9th November 2009 The Oxford Players with ‘Classical Music and all that Jazz’.  Top quality musical entertainment with a difference. World class musicians will take you on a light-hearted journey through centuries of classical music in this fantastic programme. There is also a soprano who scats and a pianist who does everything there is to be done with a piano, both inside and out!

WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS SET
TOES TAPPING & HANDS CLAPPING!

An eclectic mix of professional musicians who perform wonderful and familiar music in a different way making the world of classical music entertaining and accessible.

A visual spectacle, The Oxford Players use three kinds of flute, recorder and a huge range of percussion including bongos, marimba and castanets. There is also a soprano who scats and a pianist who does everything there is to be done with a piano!

The Oxford Players present a programme of well-loved favourites including the theme music of Oscar-winning Schindler’s List, Rimsky-Korsakov’s amazing Flight of the Bumblebee and George Gershwin’s toe-tapping I Got Rhythm.

Kirsten Johnson (piano), Chris Britton (flutes), Wendy Nieper (voice) and Keith Fairbairn (percussion)

Kirsten is a founding member of The Oxford Players. TOP plays a wide range of repertoire, with particular focus on contemporary classical music and British composers. Below is a sample programme.* Please email Kirsten or her agent if you are interested in booking the group. We love to work with composers so do get in touch if your festival or concert series would like to include a newly commissioned piece of chamber music.