The Canterbury Enthronement...the music?

[ardcarp]

Sorry Jamie, can you explain HTB to an uncool cat? (All I can think of is 'hit the bottle'.)

On the subject of bongos, I didn't spot them, but one would surely need a commodious cassock to accommodate them between the knees.

[Contre Bombarde]

Sorry Jamie, can you explain HTB to an uncool cat? (All I can think of is 'hit the bottle'.)

On the subject of bongos, I didn't spot them, but one would surely need a commodious cassock to accommodate them between the knees.

http://www.htb.org.uk/

and

Tambourines

[Wolsey]

Did I see the lay clerks playing bongo drums or tambourines in one of the hymns? I'm sure I did.

The drums were African djembe, a familiar sight in many school music classrooms in this country today. Bongo drums are Cuban in origin, and always comprise a pair, one drum (male) smaller than the other (female).

[ardcarp]

So he he wasn't playing the Nakers then?

[Flosshilde]

If there were two drums and held between the lay clerks' knees, then they were Bongos. If hand held and with little cymbals around the rim, they were tambourines.

Fairly easy to distinguish, I would have thought

[paul duggan2]

What was DF wearing??

[Oldcrofter]

Re HTB (Holy Trinity Brompton) and the new Archbishop, an interesting article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/10/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-holy-trinity-brompton

I didn't recognise the HTB abbreviation - but it seems to be increasingly common to use initials for (mainly evangelical ?) churches. Our local Baptist chuch uses "MBC" at every opportunity and Stroud Christian Fellowship is SCF. Intended to give a sort of corporate feel to the organisation, maybe - cool to say "I'm with MBC" rather than "I go to the Baptist church" ?

Doesn't bother me - though the use of such abbreviations ( for example, references to choral directors on these boards) is inclusive for those in the know and exclusive for those who are not.

By the way, what was DF wearing ? A gold lamé onesie ? A toupée ? Swimming trunks and goggles ? I think we should be told.

[Jamiewhall]

What was DF wearing??

I think it may have been a doctoral gown from the University of Kent. I'm no fashion expert though!

[paul duggan2]

I think it may have been a doctoral gown from the University of Kent. I'm no fashion expert though!

Neither is he, clearly.

[ardcarp]

Show me a grudgicon, someone. I thought he cut rather a splendid figure (clearly not a dressing gown from the UoK) and I thought it rather good that a musician was in full view directing things...not banished to the touchline.

[Miles Coverdale]

He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music by the University of Kent in 2002, and an honorary fellowship of Canterbury Christ Church University in 2008, where he has recently been elected a Visiting Professor in Church Music.

[paul duggan2]

He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music by the University of Kent in 2002, and an honorary fellowship of Canterbury Christ Church University in 2008, where he has recently been elected a Visiting Professor in Church Music.

Does the University of Kent have a music department?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Does the University of Kent have a music department?

http://www.kent.ac.uk/music/scholarships.html

[ardcarp]

So a music dept, yes. Awarding trad music degrees probably not. But then some universities that ought to know better (e.g. Exeter ) have ceased running music degree courses on the grounds that they are not 'cost-effective'

It is probably libelous to suggest that some VCs may be philistines. t

[ardcarp]

...correction....at Kent maybe you can:

Our BMus Music [!] offers you the opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge and advanced understanding of the subject needed by today’s musicians. You study a wide range of music, looking at earlier, historical styles as well as music that has evolved over the past few decades. Your technical skills in performance and music notation are an important feature of this degree, and we also encourage you to find your own creative voice with specialist composition modules.

Within the School of Arts, you can also explore music’s relationship with other disciplines and we offer modules in music for film, television and live events. A distinctive feature of this programme is that we encourage you to collaborate with students from our other programmes, such as Fine Art and Creative Events, building important teamworking skills that have a direct relevance to many music careers