Improvising pianist Matthew Bourne has curated a voice-focused event, gathering together a diverse collection of collaborators. This concert will take full advantage of the chapel’s unique space; positioning each performance within the building differently. Matthew himself will guide us through this two hour journey playing alongside the artists and voices he's chosen to showcase. Poet Dorothy Lehane will join us at the Union Chapel to read selected sonnets from her latest publication, Bettbehandlung. Lehane is the author of three poetry…

In 1960 composer Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn decided to reinvent Tchaikovsky’s holiday ballet classic The Nutcracker as a jazzy, brassy “melting pot of musical styles past and present,” according to The New York Times. The Sugar Plum Fairy becomes the sultry Sugar Rum Cherry, while the Dance of the Reed Pipes becomes Toot Toot Tootie Toot. In a rare performance the blistering talent of Tomorrow’s Warriors Soon Come Big Band bring this vibrant suite to life on our stage…