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No Metro Service (Friday 20 & Saturday 21 December)
The RMT union is to go ahead with a train crew strike on the Tyne and Wear Metro, bringing major disruption to thousands of passengers on one of the busiest weekends of the year. The strike means that no Metro services will be operating system-wide on Friday December 20 and Saturday December 21. Passengers will…
New Year's Day Concert: An Interview With Jessica Cottis
Ahead of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s New Year’s Day Concert, we caught up with conductor Jessica Cottis to find out more about her role, what she’s looking forward to about the concert, and her resolutions for the year ahead. How has 2019 been for you? It’s been quite an extraordinary year, actually. It’s been super…
Abigail's blog: Prevention and cure
With both my parents and my children succumbing to the flu which has been rampaging around and living in a solidly red constituency during a labour election campaign which has been big on health, my awareness of the NHS has been high over the past few weeks. Prescriptions have been on my mind one way…
YOUNG MUSICIANS AT THE HEART OF BRASS IN CONCERT FESTIVAL
One hundred young musicians from the region took centre stage at this year’s prestigious Brass in Concert Festival at Sage Gateshead. Pupils aged between eight and 16 from schools in Bedlington and Ashington took part in workshops with professional brass musicians in the months leading up to the event, which took place at Sage Gateshead…
RNS BRING MUSIC TO LIFE FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
Music being studied by young people in the North East was brought to life by Royal Northern Sinfonia for 656 school pupils at a special concert at Sage Gateshead. Pupils from 24 schools took their seats in the world-famous Sage One concert hall to hear RNS Live! – performing major works by Handel, Vivaldi, Beethoven…
New Gateshead Jazz line-up announced!
Sage Gateshead has today announced the artists joining Gateshead Jazz headliner Jamie Cullum at next year’s festival. Hard-hitting electronic trio GoGo Penguin, Mercury-nominated SEED Ensemble, dancefloor fillers Ibibio Sound Machine and House Gospel Choir, rising star Judi Jackson and many more will all be performing at Gateshead Jazz on Friday 20 March to Sunday 22…
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…
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…
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…
Abigail's Blog: Humbug!
The nature of language in public and private life has bubbled to the surface of topicality in the past weeks. You might think at this stage that it just needs doing, no matter how or that it needs doing in the right way and not until the right way can be found, or indeed that…
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…
Swing Bridge Closure
The Swing Bridge, which is located a short distance from Sage Gateshead on Bridge Street, is set to close overnight for two weeks from Monday 7 October. The closure will be in operation from 10pm – 6am and may impact on visitors heading home after an event at Sage Gateshead. Diversion routes will be in…
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…
Fane announces additional artists and events for the inaugural WORDS WEEKEND festival at SAGE GATESHEAD on 6-8 December 2019.
Fane announces additional artists and events for the inaugural WORDS WEEKEND festival at SAGE GATESHEAD on 6-8 December 2019. Highlights announced today include Konnie Huq, Greg James, Norman Jay MBE, Flo Perry, Jess Phillips MP, Nikesh Shukla, Chris Smith, Nina Wadia and Laura Jane Williams. A new mural of Gil Scott-Heron is unveiled today…
Abigail's Blog: Green is my favourite colour
So said one of my colleagues last week. We were discussing the forthcoming performance season. We use a simple traffic light system for how tickets are selling for each event – green for exceeded target, amber for on track but still to make sales, red for behind target. Saturday’s open concert of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s…