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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…
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…
SAGE GATESHEAD GIVES AMBITIOUS ARTISTS A BOOST
Media Release: 6th September, 2019 Singer-songwriter Ruth Patterson – who wants to ensure all music venues provide appropriate access for disabled musicians – has been announced as one of three new ‘Artists in Residence’ at Sage Gateshead. Ruth, who is lead singer of Newcastle-based folk-rock band Holy Moly & The Crackers, has said she will…
Abigail's Blog: Don't mention the retaining wall
This week Sage Gateshead’s Managing Director Abigail Pogson talks about our exciting new plans for the building… We recently announced our plans to undertake some capital work on Sage Gateshead. It’s the first work of this kind on our building, which will be a whole 15 years old this December. This is a milestone in…
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…
Inspiration Choir Celebrates 10 Years
A Newcastle choir that now performs at Sage Gateshead and around the world is celebrating its 10th birthday. Inspiration Choir was set up in 2009 by Gary Griffiths with a firm belief that singing in a large group is life-affirming and fulfilling. It is open to anyone that wants to sing and the choir, which…
Thousands of children sing for smiles at Sage Gateshead
More than 3,000 children had the experience of a lifetime when they joined together to sing at Sage Gateshead. Pupils from 70 schools from across the North of England took part in Sage Gateshead’s Big Sing and Mini Sing. This year the theme was health and wellbeing, with the aim of singing to bring calm…
Abigail's Blog: 50:50
Last week Sage Gateshead signed a pledge to have a 50:50 gender balance in all of our commissioning, our associate artists and our festivals. In doing this we joined hundreds of other organisations as part of Keychange, an international movement to increase gender balance in the music industry. Last week I also watched two operas…