St Mary's Church

Taunton

Sunday December 5th

3:00 pm

A programme featuring one of Haydn’s more unusual ‘surprise’ Symphonies and welcoming local musician Alex Ennis as our soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto, nicknamed 'The Turkish.’

Symphony No. 4 -  Boyce

Violin Concerto No5 in A Major - Mozart

(soloist Alex Ennis)

Symphony No 60 Il Distratto - Haydn

Organised by

Somerset County Orchestra

Year 3 Christmas Play

8th December

2:00pm

Tickets are limited to 3 per family.

Join us for our year 3 Prep School Christmas play, Little Red Riding Hood.

Refreshments will be available in the Birchall Hall Foyer.

Join us for a wide selection of music (some with a festive feel!) performed by the ensembles of Queen's College Senior School.

Retiring collection for

The Sidney Lawton Trust

by

Marcus Paul, formerly Deputy Head, Queen’s College, Taunton

This talk will focus on the life and work of James and Agnes Kinnier Wilson in 1870s frontier America. The Wilsons’ adventures and life story provide a gripping tale of romance, danger, self-sacrifice, faith and hope. Their experiences give a unique insight to the life and work of a missionary couple from Ireland and Scotland in the ‘Wild West’ of America and the world of ‘cowboys and Indians’.  The lecture will be illustrated by over a hundred historic slides of 1870s America most of which will never have been seen before by the audience. Marcus has material on the Cheyenne exodus of 1878 which has never previously been published.  

Organised by

The Historical Association

Thursday 9th December

11am

Birchall Hall

Maximum 3 tickets per family

Join us for our Pre-Prep Christmas play.

Refreshments will be available from 10:30 in the Birchall Hall Foyer.

Friday 10th Decmber

11:00 am

Birchall Hall

Maximum 3 tickets per family

Join us for our Pre-Prep Christmas play.

Refreshments will be available from 10:30 in the Birchall Hall Foyer.

Friday 10th December - QPA Film Night for all Prep School children

Film 1 - Home Alone (PG)

Calling all Prep School children, you are invited to join us for a showing of Home Alone in the Birchall Hall. You are welcome to bring your PJs or Onesies to change into and to bring along your favourite teddy or cuddly toy.

There will be popcorn, pizza, hot dog and a drink for you to enjoy.

Start time - 4:45 pm

Collection time approx - 6:45 pm

Book tickets £5 per child

Friday 10th December - QPA Film Night for all Prep School children

Film 2 - Arthur Christmas (U)

Calling all Prep School children, you are invited to join us for a showing of Arthur Christmas in Room 1. You are welcome to bring your PJs or Onesies to change into and to bring along your favourite teddy or cuddly toy.

There will be popcorn, pizza, hot dog and a drink for you to enjoy.

Start time - 4:45 pm

Collection time approx - 6:45 pm

Book tickets £5 per Child

‘The Visual Culture of Politics in Britain c.1880-1914’

by

Dr James Thompson, University of Bristol.

James will focus how Britons understood ‘public opinion’ prior to the rise of polling. The talk will examine how posters, banners, films and photographs inform us about the visual culture of British politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A period in which major issues, including those of a social, imperial, nationalist, trading and military nature, and many others, were reflected vividly in various visual forms.

Organised by

The Historical Association

By

Charlie Waite

A fully-illustrated lecture given by one of the world's leading landscape photographers who has exhibited at the Royal Academy.This amazing lecture will include over 60 images exploring the relationship between the making of an image and the way in which it is perceived by the viewer. The eye and the brain are an extraordinary double act made up of visual references and intellectual interpretation.

This continues the series of lectures organised by The Arts Society Taunton Evening. Tickets can be purchased for indivudual lectures either through this box office or on the door. To become a member of the Society, or for further information, please contact 01823 412102 or email annephillips267@gmail.com

Organised by

The Arts Society Taunton Evening