Our aim is to purchase a set of Baroque timpani for Leeds Baroque Orchestra for performance of music from the17th & 18th century.
by Jillian Johnson in Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Pete Woods (pictured below) who made our lovely timpani was featured this week oin the BBC series 'The Repair Shop' We thought you might like to 'meet' him as he restores an original drummer boy's drum from the first world war. It illustrates some of the skills that went into…
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Our timpani are being made and we thought you would like to see "work in progress" - here is one of the pair on the workbench at the Henry Potter workshops in Aldershot.
We hope to collect then during the second week of October and they make their debut at our…
Please join us for the debut concert for the timpani you so generously supported when we will be joined by a brilliant team of soloists including ledgendary Baroque trumpet player Crispian Steele-Perkins in a programme of works by JS Bach.
Sunday 27 October 2019 at 3:00pmThe Venue, Leeds College of Music,…
On behalf of all associated with Leeds Baroque this message comes with grateful thanks to all who have helped us achieve this ambitious goal of owning our own historically appropriate timpani.
We have been overwhelmed by the generosity, not just of those who pledged their financial support, but also those who…
We are overwhelmed by the support for our Timpani project. To celebrate this wonderful response and our up-coming twentieth anniversary, we have launched a redesigned logo - all the familiar elements but a more stylish design.
The new logo features on our much sought-after Leeds Baroque designer T-shirt, (available in two…
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