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Category Archives: Jonathan Higgins
Fairfield Halls to close down borough’s biggest music school
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council-owned arts centre, refurbished at a cost of £70m, is closing its doors to 200 fee-paying pupils in what one councillor describes as ‘a loss to the community’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon, London’s “Borough of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Music, Neil Chandler, Ruskin Square, Theatre
Tagged BH Live, BHLive, Borough of Culture, Cllr Esther Sutton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, London Borough of Croydon, Neil Chandler, Tory, Yamaha Music School
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Tik-Tok organ player named as Fairfield’s first Associate Artist
Matt Walters, a 23-year-old organ-playing Tik-Tok star, will headline at Fairfield Halls as the first Associate Artist in the 2023-2024 season. Walters, a Cambridge graduate, has been announced under the Fairfield Halls’ Associate Artists scheme, which aims to support the … Continue reading
Posted in Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Music
Tagged Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Matt Walters, Reductio, Tik-Tok
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Fairfield Halls rocked as Higgins leaves artistic director role
The Fairfield Halls, Croydon’s cultural centre, is seeking its fourth artistic director in little more than three years, after it was announced today that Jonathan Higgins is leaving to take a position at another venue in Newcastle. Higgins moved to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Fairfield Halls, Jon Workman, Jonathan Higgins
Tagged BH Live, BHLive, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins
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75th anniversary sees Mozart orchestra celebrate Fair Field
The London Mozart Players will be celebrating their 75th anniversary through the 2023-2024 concert season, with performances by the Croydon-based ensemble at the Fairfield Halls, in Upper Norwood and in Sussex to celebrate their history and development. LMP’s season opens … Continue reading
Budapest virtuoso latest to enthrall Fairfield music school
The Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra will be performing at the Fairfield Halls next month, the latest highlight in the Croydon venue’s International Orchestral Series. The orchestra will be performing a programme of rich, virtuoso music including Lizst’s Rhapsody No2 and … Continue reading
Fairfield Halls pipes up with series of lunchtime organ recitals
The Fairfield Halls has taken another step towards fulfilling the vision laid out before its refurbishment, to turn the arts centre into a thriving, all-day community asset, with the announcement of a series of lunchtime organ concerts, where tickets are … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Music
Tagged Andrew Scott, Concert Hall, Croydon, Elgar, Fairfield Halls, Handel, Harrison & Harrison, Sir William Walton
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Save £££s with Fairfield ticket offers for Swedish Philharmonia
Music lovers can save 20per cent on their tickets, get a free glass of wine and take under-18-year-olds along free of charge in the latest big value offer from the Fairfield Halls ahead of the next concert in their international … Continue reading
Lucky reader wins tickets for a gala concert at Fairfield Halls
Congratulations to loyal Inside Croydon patron Lewis White, the lucky winner of a pair of tickets to a gala concert by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra at the Fairfield Halls later this month. The concert is the first in a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Inside Croydon, Jonathan Higgins, Music
Tagged Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Fairfield Halls
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ENO’s revolutionary £5 tickets for La Bohème at Fairfield
The English National Opera chose Bastille Day to announce some revolutionary ticket pricing for a special, one-off performance of La Bohème at the Fairfield Halls next month. Tickets are just £5 (plus a £1 booking fee) for the ENO’s performance … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BH Live, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Music
Tagged BHLive, English National Opera, ENO, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, La Boheme
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