Songs for a Summer Evening

Songs for a Summer Evening

PERFORMERS:
Sebastian Field, countertenor
Vicki Field, soprano
Gina Kruger, piano, soprano

PROGRAMME:
Sebastian and Vicki Field will return to sing a program featuring English Song.
Music of Vaughan-Williams, Quilter, and other English composers will transport us to the English countryside.
Sebastian and Vicki Field (our fabulous singing duo from Gloucester) and Gina Kruger (piano) will evoke a timeless rural idyll. The concert will be followed by some classic English dining.

For information about Sebastian and Vicki's musical projects visit their website: www.creativefield.uk

Pre-concert wine and post concert wine and food are on the house.

BIOGRAPHIES
Sebastian Field - Countertenor
Sebastian is active across the West Country and beyond as a soloist and consort singer. He lives and works in Gloucester where he teaches singing in several local schools and sings in the Cathedral Choir. Previously a Liberal Democrat City Councillor from[masked], Sebastian was honoured to be the Mayor of Gloucester for the Civic Year[masked].
With his wife Vicki (also a singer), Sebastian is heavily involved in the local civic and musical life in Gloucester, organising the annual Gloucester MusicFestival, a free event, as well as co-running several choirs, the professional consort Gaudeamus, the Gloucester Recitals series, and the arts promotion company Creative Field. As a consort singer he sings regularly with the John S Davies Singers, is a founder member of the Proteus Ensemble, and has sung with Armonico Consort.
Having begun his musical career as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral, Sebastian has gone on to sing under conductors including Harry Bicket, Adrian Partington and Kristjan Järvi. He is in demand with choral societies, and has sung as a soloist in the Colston Hall, Bristol, the Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and in the Royal Albert Hall. Recent engagements include Messiah with Gwent Bach Choir, Bach’s Magnificat in Llandrindod Wells, and baroque masterpieces with Exmouth Choral Society. Future events include recitals in Gloucester and London and concerts with Gaudeamus for VE Day and American Independence Day.

Vicki Field - Soprano
Vicki has a reputation in the Gloucestershire area and beyond, for possessing a clear and attractive tone. As a soloist she specialises in the baroque repertoire, and she is also in demand as a consort and choral singer. She lives in Gloucester, where she is well-known as a singer, singing teacher and choral animateur.
Vicki directs the Ecclesiastical Insurance Staff Choir, who have performed in Gloucester Cathedral and other local venues. For twelve years Vicki co-directed Gloucester Cathedral Junior Choir, and the cathedral's outreach programme. She teaches singing in several local schools, co-runs several choirs with her husband Sebastian, and is active in education and singing with local schools and companies.
As a consort singer Vicki is a founder member of The Proteus Ensemble, and has worked with ensembles such as the John S Davies Singers, Aldwyn Voices and Gaudeamus.
Solo engagements in recent years have included Bach's St John Passion with Fairford & District Choral Society, Dido and Aeneas in St Laurence's Church Ludlow, Israel in Egypt with Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir, and Saint-Saens's Oratorio de Noël and Charpentier's Messe de Minuit with Charlton Kings Choral Society.

Gina Kruger - Piano/Soprano
Gina holds degrees in piano from the United States and a post-graduate diploma from the Royal College of Music, London. During her studies at the Royal College of Music, she won the Fossat Award for Chamber Music which resulted in performances for the Queen of Denmark and a residency in France. She continues to appear as a recitalist locally and internationally. Her performance in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, featuring Spanish repertoire was deemed a ‘finely turned performance’ by the Irish Times in 2010. Other international venues have included solo performances in Altdorf Switzerland and in the Vienna Conservatory. She has performed extensively in Croatia, as a soloist, and with guitarist Igor Paro.
Performance engagements in the United States have included two broadcasts of solo piano works (Messiaen, Beethoven, and Schumann) on Nebraska Public Radio, and appearances at such prestigious venues as Merkin Concert Hall and The Juilliard School.
After completing studies in musicology, the result of which was a National Endowment for the Humanties grant (through Columbia University, NY) Gina has continued to develop her interest in church music as an organist, choral director, and soprano (singing regularly with choirs for Evensong and as a soloist in church settings). Having held posts in several boarding schools, chapels, and churches in London and further afield, she is currently organist at St Mary, Tottenham.