112th Festival Update

The 2024 Festival is now well advanced with most events planned and in place.

The Festival will start on Friday 8th March 2024 with the Jazz Festival Night, this year to be held at Chipping Norton Theatre, followed by Junior Choirs the next morning. The Festival will end 2 weeks later with the Festival Concert on Saturday 23rd March.

There are two Adderbury concerts on Sunday 10th featuring Viv Mclean - piano, performing
Bridge “Phantasie” Piano Trio
Beethoven Piano Sonata no.23 op.57 “Appassionata”
Schubert Piano Trio in B flat

The Folk Night will be at The Chequers public house and will be led by Paul Bryan on Friday 15th March.

The North Cotswold Chamber Choir conducted by George Parris and featuring Susie Allan on Piano will be performing to celebrate Springtime - new life, light and abundance. This will be on Saturday 16th March at the Town Hall.

A Family concert on Sunday 17th at 3pm will be Story Telling through music - The Adderbury Ensemble will narrate and perform two of the 4 Season's by Vivaldi with tea and cakes during the interval.

After a successful launch in 2023, The Shauni McGregor Young Performers' Recital will return on Sunday 17th March

The Schools Workshop will be run by Ben Goodall and will be on the 19th March at the Town Hall.

Thursday 21st March the second Adderbury Ensemble concert featuring Viv Mclean, to include
Dvorak Piano Quintet no.2 op.81

Already in the planning are Bursary grants to encourage youngsters to perform against a background of rising living costs, to apply for one of these in confidence simply email entries@cnmf.org.uk

All key confirmed dates are showing in the panel on this page to the right, but are subject to change.

Please check regularly for updates.

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and the rest of the committee for all the amazing work you put into organising the CNMF. Both my children have played in the festival this year and last and it's just been great for them to get the chance to perform in a non-threatening environment. The adjudicators this year (Nadia and the chap who did the piano classes on Saturday) were fantastic, just the right balance between being encouraging but giving great pointers of things to work on. Last year's adjudicators were great too but I can't remember their names! Thanks again, you are doing an amazing thing putting the festival on every year. Many thanks."

Janet Hayes

Our enormous gratitude also goes to the team of volunteers, official accompanists, Friends,people, and businesses in the town who support us as well as the parents and teachers who support and encourage our participants. If you would like to support or get involved in the Festival in some capacity, or have any feedback on what we offer, do please contact any committee member.