Exploring Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with Ash Khandekar, David Price, Morag McLaren and young, professional singers.

One of the most dynamic and creative forces in orchestral music today, Aurora returns after last year’s sold-out concert to perform a selection of Chamber music including piano works by Fauré and Mozart.

Brighten up a dreary January with some soulful and joyful singing! We are delighted to welcome Daniel Thomas to Frome to lead a full day  gospel singing workshop for all abilities.

To kick start the festive season, we are delighted to welcome back ‘one of British Folk's mightiest combinations' (MOJO), O'Hooley & Tidow, for an evening of beautifully performed original, contemporary, and traditional winter songs from their latest album 'WinterFolk Vol 1', produced with BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Ben Walker.

One of the foremost Scottish folk singers, Siobhan Miller is an exceptional talent. Her soulful and stirring renewal of traditional song has won her the title of Scots Singer of the Year an unprecedented three times at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, as well as the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track.

Opera has a unique way of telling a story. We restart season 4 of CHOC on 25th October, when Morag has invited back pianist Ella O'Neill and soprano Daisy Brown to explore the importance of text and narrative in opera.

For our annual St Cecilia Day concert we welcome back Gregor Riddell and Torun Stavseng presenting a thrilling eclectic programme alongside [BirdWorld ‘other half’/drummer] Adam Teixeira and Nepalese tabla player Sanskriti Shrestha made up of traditional and original compositions encompassing world, folk, jazz and contemporary music.

Cross-dressing, gender-bending operatic trouser roles are explored in this British Premiere of Pants!

Acclaimed as a pianist of “... amazing power and panache.” The Telegraph, Clare has devised an imaginative programme for her return visit to Frome.

Influenced by Foy Vance and Jeff Buckley, her crystalline vocals, and insightful lyrics resonate across all ages, rekindling old memories and capturing imaginations. Combined with catchy melody lines and a cheeky, charismatic stage presence.

We are delighted to present the premiere of 'On A High Note', a one-woman production devised and performed by Erin Alexander that tells the story of soprano Graziella Sciutti, the last true soubrette.

This brand new workshop is aimed at anyone already involved in musical theatre groups wanting to develop a role or for anyone who would like to start performing! Following the success of last year's “Singing Sondheim” workshop, we are expanding  the repertoire to include the broad spectrum of  favourite show tunes!

The 6th year running for this popular course open to former participants and absolute newcomers, all of whom will be  encouraged to gain skills and confidence when singing alone.

The versatile pianist Shai Wosner joins Aurora Principal Players for an eclectic programme which includes one of the greatest works in the canon of chamber music.

This month's meeting of CHOC we will explore Bizet's much loved opera, Carmen. With Ash Khandekhar editor of 'Opera Now' magazine hosting; David Price on piano, and singers Morag has chosen and coached performing excerpts, we're in for a passionate and fiery evening!

Come along an enjoy a day singing Faure's Requiem with Bath Camerata's new Musical Director, Benjamin Goodson.

Experienced professional performer and our Creative Director, Morag McLaren wraps up the festive season and welcomes in the New Year in true Scottish style with a new programme drawing on a career which encompasses everything from opera to cabaret and from improvisation to one woman shows.

We'll be kicking off the start of the festive season with a bit of a party event, so feel free to get the sparkly frocks out! With a Champagne Cocktail Bar and fun packed evening ahead, tickets are expected to sell quickly, so do be quick off the mark!

A very special St Cecilias' Day Concert this year is once again curated by Gregor Riddell who is delighted to welcome members of the Gagliano Ensemble, fellow members of London Contemporary Orchestra and principal cello with Aurora Orchestra, Torun Stavseng. They will be joined by Cooper Hall Bursary Award winner Soprano, Erin Alexander.

We launch season 3 of our Opera Club with something rather different and special. We are delighted to welcome Lucy Stevens to perform Kathleen Ferrier Whattalife! This new one woman play with music tells the story of the great English contralto, whose voice and recordings are treasured to this day.

The bride is Jewish. The groom is Catholic. Her mother is a force of nature, his mother is a tempest in a cocktail shaker. And when the bride’s ex-boyfriend shows up, the perfect wedding starts to unravel faster than you can whistle “Here Comes the Bride!

To officially open this year's Frome Festival we are delighted to present a Gala Evening Recital with Dame Felicity Lott. Accompanist Eugene Asti. Renowned soprano Dame Felicity Lott presents an eclectic and accessible programme of German, French and English songs by composers ranging from Schumann, Offenbach and Britten to Noel Coward.

Join TROUPE in a playful musical adventure for families, exploring themes of friendship, loss and change. The Two Persons find their world turned upside-down by the mysterious silence of an empty chair.

Ballamy and Warren create a moving and compelling programme based on their shared love of music from many disciplines. Their concert programme spans both centuries and continents ranging from classical works by Dowland, Chopin and Butterworth through to early and rare English folk songs, re-workings of classic Jazz standards, Brazilian masterpieces and their own contemporary original works.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we wish to announce that cellist, Tatiana Chernyshova is unable to perform with pianist, Elena Kiseleva at Cooper Hall during the Frome Festival. However, we are very excited that the third member of their Rheinhart Trio, clarinetist Anna Hashimoto has kindly stepped in as a worthy replacement.

After the presentation of Handel opera at our last meeting, we move on to explore a change in style for our next opera club when we look in detail at Gluck's opera based on the myth of Orfeus.

Frome Selwood Rotary present an evening's musical extravaganza featuring Morag McLaren in her original One Woman Show.

Following an intensive weekend of workshops exploring the Baroque style of singing with Rosa Mannion and Morag McLaren, four of Iford's artists will present a selection of arias ahead of their production of Handel's Jeptha as part of their 2017 programme.

We are thrilled to welcome Christopher Gillet to host our March Cooper Hall Opera Club event, hot from his most recent performance in Billy Budd at Teatro Real in Madrid last month.

Coven are a collective of three of the British folk scene’s finest, most formidable and forthright female acts, taking to the stage to celebrate International Women’s Day in a week of unforgettable concerts.

After several of our supporters asked if  Morag McLaren would tailor a workshop for a small group to find out what it really requires of a singer to interpret and present the work of Stephen Sondheim her answer was an enthusiastic “Yes!”

As a professional singer herself, Morag McLaren understands only too well the importance of presentation and performance skills, and shares her knowledge and experience with warmth and generosity in a structured and supportive environment.

This month's event will be hosted by Opera Now's Editor, Ash Khandekar and Morag McLaren

Our Creative Director Morag McLaren is introducing to Frome one of her other, Impropera jobs. Presenting an evening of good food, good company and much laughter to support the work of Dorothy House Hospice.

Come and join Charles Dickens for a reading of A Christmas Carol with Pip Utton. Victorian dress optional!

Our Creative Director Morag McLaren is introducing to Frome one of her other, Impropera jobs. Presenting an evening of good food, good company and much laughter to support the work of Dorothy House Hospice.

Our annual St Cecelia's Day concert is curated each year by cellist and composer, Gregor Riddell.

Rip-roaring riffs, hook laden tunes and thrilling climaxes sit side by side with heart shattering musical whisperings and turned the concept of the piano trio on its head.

Playing a mixed set from their acclaimed album, “The Hum” and a selection of songs from their Summat's Brewin' tour.

Join us on Thursday October 1st at 19:30 for our first official Opera Club event with the support and invaluable input of international magazine 'Opera Now' editor, Ash Khandekar. 

Judith Ingolfsson and Vladimir Stoupel are both soloists with strong profiles, who search passionately for new paths in the intimate atmosphere of the chamber music recital, and have devoted themselves to the cultivation of unusual repertoire.

Alan Ayckbourn's adaptation based on the novels of PG Woodhouse with music by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

A truly special event ...come rain or shine!

Bring a picnic, view the fabulous exhibition of sculptures and enjoy smooth jazz piano with Keith Harrison-Broninski of Frome Jazz Club.

Cooper Hall present a delicious taste of genuine Italian flavoured opera with an authentic programme of “coloratura” arias for soprano and tenor combined with interesting and entertaining duets. Coloratura, literally “colouring”, from Latin colorare “to colour” is a style of singing usually in opera that contains a lot of high notes sung very fast.

Enjoy a special singing workshop led by Rachel Acworth, specialist voice development tutor, and Jane Harris, Director of Songways. OPEN TO ALL including those who think they cannot sing.

Develop the range & resonance of your voice
Increase confidence & release tension
Discover the therapeutic benefits of singing healthily
Feel & hear the difference in your own voice
Sing your heart out with others in glorious harmony
Accessible & supportive, inspiring & uplifting

Martin Dimery and Morag McLaren will be joined by  some of the very best talent living locally and the evening will be hosted by comedian Tim O'Connor. The Cooper Hall Variety Show the has attracted Internationally acclaimed singer Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman, which provides a rare opportunity to hear  the person Q Magazine describe as “Quite possibly the worlds most beautiful female voice" in the wonderful acoustic of this intimate venue.

As a pre Frome Festival taster, we welcome Ash Khandekar who will give an accessible and entertaining discussion prior to our in house production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel - a collaborative production between Cooper Hall Emerging Artists Opera Workshop and Bath Philharmonia.

Come and sing with Jane Harris for a day of uplifting harmonies, joyous singing and moments of glorious tranquility all in our beautiful space. Relaxed, fun and rewarding, open to all, no need to read music.  All music will be taught by ear on the day.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Kyoko Hashimoto plays Cooper Hall. This is a rare opportunity to hear this legendary pianist and  teacher, Gyorgy Sebok describes as “...an extraordinary musical talent ...one of the finest of her generation” in a much more intimate space.

Following on from the very successful first Going Solo workshop last year, Cooper Hall Creative Director (and recently appointed Patron of the Frome Festival), Morag McLaren will be facilitating another day's course in February for anyone who would like to gain skills and confidence when singing alone.