News for Category: Sage Gateshead News
Applications open for soloists for The Snowman
Do you know someone who is… Aged 11-14? A great singer with an unbroken voice (boys and girls)? Brave enough to sing solo on the stage of Sage One, accompanied by Royal Northern Sinfonia, in front of an audience of over 1000 people? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Royal Northern Sinfonia…
SAGE GATESHEAD SHORTLISTED FOR THREE NORTH EAST TOURISM AWARDS
Posted on behalf of NewcastleGateshead Initiative Businesses from across the region are celebrating after being shortlisted for the revamped North East England Tourism Awards 2020. Sage Gateshead has made the cut in three categories: Accessible and Inclusive, Business Tourism Venue and Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable. Nearly 150 applications were received for the awards and businesses…
CITV programme Dare Master
This week Sage Gateshead featured in CITV’s programme, Dare Master, presented in British Sign Language by Wallsend teenager Danny Murphy. Danny is brilliant and in this episode takes on the challenge of cleaning our windows! See him head up on to the roof with our regular window cleaners ISIS Property Services and watch him abseil…
'Tea Tyne’: Scarlett Moffatt hosts World Record-Breaking Cream Tea party to Celebrate National Lottery's 25th Birthday
TV personality Scarlett Moffatt joined 1,054 people from across the UK on our Concourse and across our Hall Bars as they munched their way into the Guinness World Records™ hall of fame by taking part in the largest cream tea party.
NORTH EAST YOUTH BAND PREPARES FOR NATIONAL CONTEST AT SAGE GATESHEAD
Young musicians from across Sunderland and Durham will be performing in the national Brass in Concert Youth Entertainment Championship next month. Pride of the North East – Houghton Area Youth – was formed over 40 years ago and is made up of over 40 members aged between seven to 19. They will compete alongside six…
Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus tells all about Haydn's Creation
When Joseph Haydn turned his hand to the greatest story of all time – the creation – his imagination simply bubbled over. Filled with sparkling melodies and blockbuster choruses, singing The Creation on October 25 will be a real treat for the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia. “I feel like a kid presented with a…
NEW MUSIC STORAGE DONATED TO IN HARMONY SCHOOL
Pupils at In Harmony school Hawthorn Primary took delivery of some fantastic new storage for their musical instruments and books thanks to Keepmoat Homes and Newcastle College. Every child at Hawthorn Primary School in Elswick learns an orchestral instrument through In Harmony Newcastle Gateshead, delivered by Sage Gateshead. The programme aims to inspire and transform…
BRASS IN CONCERT – THE COMPETITION
Sage Gateshead is the venue for the 43rd Brass in Concert Festival on 16 and 17 November 2019. The weekend comprises of a main senior brass band competition, an evening gala concert and a youth brass band competition. David Bennett, of Brass in Concert, looks back at the history of the long-established senior competition. “In…
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA SHORTLISTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS RPS AWARD
Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS) – orchestra of Sage Gateshead – has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award, ‘celebrating the outstanding, the pioneering and the inspirational in classical music’. The chamber orchestra, which celebrated its 60th year in 2018, resides at Sage Gateshead, which opened in 2004. It performs more than 130 concerts each…
“The musical power is obvious – we just need more of it!”
Royal Northern Sinfonia Dementia Friendly Performance Media Release: 26th September 2019 A performance from Royal Northern Sinfonia will take place in a supportive and relaxed environment, suited to those with dementia and their families / carers on the 16th October at Sage Gateshead. This is the second dementia friendly performance from the orchestra this year.…
STRICTLY STAR VICK HOPE CROWNS SAGE GATESHEAD AWARDS CHAMPIONS
Strictly Come Dancing star and TV presenter, Vick Hope, surprised international music centre, Sage Gateshead, with the news that they have been crowned the National Lottery’s Best Arts, Culture & Film Project in the UK. Newcastle born TV and radio star Vick Hope, was on hand to deliver the good news to the team after…
SAGE GATESHEAD IN THE RUNNING FOR PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD
Sage Gateshead is appealing for votes after reaching the finals of the 25th Birthday National Lottery Awards – the search for the UK’s favourite ever National Lottery-funded projects. More than 565,000 National Lottery grants have been awarded since 1994, the equivalent of around 200 life-changing projects in every UK postcode district helping to strengthen communities,…
Music stars get behind new Sage Gateshead development
New era for Sage Gateshead announced ahead of this weekend’s 14th SummerTyne Americana Festival “I’m delighted to hear that Sage Gateshead has been successful in this bid. Sage One is a special room to play and I have some wonderful memories performing there. This new project should provide an even more dynamic live experience for…
Ahead of SummerTyne Americana Festival, Eve Selis opens up about how tragedy has shaped her music
Last time award-winning Americana singer Eve Selis performed at Sage Gateshead was in 2016. But when a series of tragedies struck not long after her return home, she became incapable of listening to music never mind singing. Thankfully, with determination and positivity, Eve will be joining a special line-up at this year’s SummerTyne Americana Festival…