My recital of American songs was included in the programme of “Music in the City 2012“. The event, Music in the City, was set up by a small group of people who want to make more of the music in Southampton. The project aimed to:

• º Help music in Southampton get the recognition it deserves;
• º Promote the great range of music in this city;
• º Get more people involved in music – singing, playing, learning, performing, and enjoying;
• º Support the music-making that improves many peoples’ health and happiness in life ;
• º Bring music to places where it doesn’t usually happen, like our historic buildings;
• º Bring together the music communities in Southampton; and
• º Hold a showcase festival every year to celebrate and get people involved.

Gilly and I performed a lunchtime concert in the Southampton City Art Gallery, surrounded by their fantastic paintings exhibition, a rare and unknown jewell conserved in one of the oldest and most glorious building of the City.

Music in the City 2012, 3 October 2012, 1 pm

City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK

“Pardon My English”, Music from the American Musical Theatre

Programme

Gilly Slot, Piano