On the 6th September, Corinne sets sail from Liverpool on Fred Olsen’s cruise ship, the Boudicca. (D1721) This is a 16 day cruise heading to Lisbon, Barcelona, Toulon, Nice, Monaco, Mahon and Cadiz. It returns to Liverpool on Friday 22nd September. Join us for another series of ‘Ebony, Ivory and a Touch of Bronze’ concerts and some spectacular glitzy and glamorous sightseeing if you can!
Corinne’s ‘Ebony, Ivory and A Touch of Bronze’ programme delighted the audience in the Burton Town Hall on Saturday 13th May 2017. They thoroughly enjoyed a fanciful and intriguingly varied programme of piano music which included the theme from the 1960’s film, The Apartment, ‘Jealous `Lover’ by Charles Williams, Charles Auchester’s scintillating score, ‘Aeolian Whispers’, Carl Bohm’s ‘Salon Mazurka’ and William Bibby’s delightful ‘Silver Moonbeams’. Jazz scores were played on the two saxes and much-loved songs from scores by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ennio Morricone and Rodgers & Hammerstein were played on the oboe and cor anglais. 
On Tuesday 30th May, Corinne drove to North Shields, Newcastle, to meet Fred Olsen’s cruise ship the Balmoral. At 5pm they set sail for Lysekil, Sweden. Other ports of call on this cruise were Helsingborg, Karlskrona & Trossö, Stockholm, and then Arendal for a visit to Gothenburg. The guests were given a warm Swedish welcome at all the ports. At some, the ship docked along the quayside and at others the crew dropped anchor offshore where the ship’s tenders were used to travel to shore.Corinne gave two multi-instrumental concerts in the Neptune Lounge on the long sea days and the atmosphere was electric! Several guests expressed appreciation for the Victorian Parlour music and Winifred Atwell’s ‘Britannia Rag’ went down a treat!
‘Gabriel’s Oboe’
Action shot on the tenor
Corinne performed another multi-styled, multi-instrumental programme before a capacity house in the Museum Hall as part of the Haslemere Festival. The warm and sensitive acoustic, in the hall that used to be the music room, created an ideal environment for the Bose L1 to accompany the music Corinne played on the oboe, cor anglais, soprano and tenor saxophones.
Much to the delight of the audience, Corinne played “Serenade des Anges”, written by Charles Kinkel for the piano, as an encore.
Good news for all fans too: Corinne has been asked to keep May 2019 free for another event in the Festival.
Watch this space!
Corinne has recently returned from adjudicating the three week NIAA Eisteddfod in Harare, Zimbabwe. She had the pleasure of hearing a multitude of young musicians perform solo as well as in orchestras.
The Performing Arts Centre logo at the Harare International School.
It was particularly wonderful to see so many students studying to play such a wide variety of instruments, including double bass, trombone, oboe and bassoon. A particular highlight were the choirs, of both school age children and adults. The standard was very impressive. Continue reading →
Don’t miss Corinne’s performance in the 2017 Haslemere Festival. On Friday 26th May at 7:30pm in the Haslemere Museum, multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, Corinne presents another entertaining programme of music for all tastes on her combination of five unusual instruments. The programme will include the piano music featuring on Corinne’s new CD which will be available later this year. Don’t miss it! Here’s the link to book your tickets… www.haslemerefestival.org.uk/events/ebony-ivory-and-a-touch-of-bronze
On Saturday 13th May 2017 at 7:30pm, multi instrumentalist, Corinne Marsh will take her variety extravaganza “Ebony, Ivory and a Touch of Bronze” to the Town Hall in Burton upon Trent. The programme promises to be another exciting and entertaining evening which will include a variety of music played on the piano and four wind instruments. Continue reading →
In this video, Corinne plays J.S.Bach/Charles Gounod’s popular melody of Ave Maria, originally published in 1853 as “Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J. S. Bach”. She plays on a cor anglais Model 180 D made by Gebrüder Mönnig in Markneukirchen, Germany. The main body of the instrument is made from seasoned Grenadilla wood with a Cocobolo wood bell which creates a warm and mellow tone. Much of the key work is gold plated giving the instrument a stunning golden hue.
