December 17th 2012 - "No Strings Attached" at Martin and Pole

For anyone who was in the town during the day yesterday and on Sunday you might have heard these chaps play already. But that didn’t stop them from providing excellent entertainment in their first performance for the Living Advent Calendar last night inside the offices of Martin & Pole.

Over 50 people watched and sung along to a series of carols performed by “No Strings Attached” a brass quartet of alumni Berkshire Maestros.

They may be familiar faces around the Town for they have been busking around the Town Hall every year for the last 5 at Christmas, bringing festive spirit to our Town Centre.

Playing for in excess of 10 years together from the beginner bands, they are now active Alumni members of the Berkshire Maestros, one of the UK’s leading Youth Music Organisations. At their peak in 2009 they were on average playing over 12 hours a week with brass, jazz and wind bands and in full orchestra, Major highlights included playing at the Royal Albert Hall for the Music for Youth Proms and tours to Strasbourg and Poland.

Chris (Trumpet) is studying Trumpet at Trinity College of Music London and has been fortunate enough to become the Principal Trumpet of the World Youth Orchestra.

Dom (Tenor Horn / Euphonium) is in his final year reading Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford University.

Matt (Flugelhorn / Cornet) is in his final year studying IT Management for Business at the University of Greenwich.

Nick (Trombone) is studying Engineering at the University of Cambridge .

Tonight’s performance will showcase a classic brass rendition of Christmas carols for a good old sing along and of course shout out any of your favourites!

And there were certainly some requests last night, including “Once in Royal David’s City”, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” and “It Came upon a Midnight Clear” played expertly by the lads of No Strings Attached along with a few other festive favourites.

Martin & Pole, our gracious hosts transformed their office into a most warm and welcoming venue for the evening providing mince pies, mulled wine, sausage rolls and nibbles for the audience. There was a distinct feeling of Christmas cheer.

David Auger of Martin and Pole said -

“Congratulations to The Cultural Partnership and all the performers for bringing something different to Wokingham. Those who have ventured out to witness the many talents of local people will have been royally impressed.

The group No Strings Attached who performed in our offices and will be seen busking around the town over Christmas are four very talented young men.

 If you haven’t got out to see a performance so far I strongly recommend you do – I promise you won’t be disappointed.”

Martin & Pole are your local estate agents and Chartered Surveyors. Martin & Pole have been offering a full range of property related advice and services for over 160 years. They are Chartered Surveyors and believe that their first duty is to their Client.

 
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We very much enjoyed the performance and are really looking forward to the next few evenings.

Here to remind you is a run down of where we will be each night until Christmas!

Tonight: Join us at The Dukes Head on Denmark Street for a magical evening.

Wednesday: We will be at Herrington and Carmichael on Broad Street staving off the cold.

Thursday: Another does of late night shopping and fine entertainment at Barbara Easton in Bush Walk.

Friday: Something classically Christmas will be happening at Waitrose.

Saturday: We are back to Waitrose for a modern and amusing performance.
Sunday: It's the Live Nativity on Elms Field (4:15pm and dress warm)
and finally Christmas Eve: Come to All Saints Church for the finale!