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15491 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 512 of them this year alone and, so far, 133 this month (May 31).

From This Moment On ...

Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).

Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! BACK ON JUNE 15.
Thu 08: Easington Colliery Brass Band @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 08: Faye MacCalman + Blue Dust Archive @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Dilutey Juice + Ceramic @ The Ampitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields. 7:00pm. Free. A South Tyneside Festival event.
Thu 08: Lara Jones w. Vigilance State @ Lubber Fiend, Blandford Square, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Michael Littlefield @ the Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Country blues.
Thu 08: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 09: Emma Rawicz @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Sat 10: Miners' Picnic @ Woodhorn, Ashington. Music inc. Northern Monkey Brass Band (3:00-3:50pm); New York Brass Band (4:00-4:55pm).
Sat 10: Front Porch Three @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Americana, blues, jazz etc.
Sat 10: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sun 11: WORKSHOP: Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Workshop @ JG Windows, Newcastle. Time TBC. Further details tel. 0191 232 1356.
Sun 11: Jeremy McMurray's Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Ropner Park, Stockton TS18 4EF. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 11: Groovetrain @ Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Longbenton NE12 8TY. Doors 6:30pm. £15.00 (£7.00. under 16).
Sun 11: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Breaking News! Ros Rigby stands down after fifteen years as Performance Programme Director of Sage Gateshead

Ros Rigby OBE (pictured left), Sage Gateshead’s Performance Programme Director, who has overseen around 300 popular performances each year since the music venue opened in 2004, has today announced that she will be standing down from the post after fifteen years at the end of July.
Abigail Pogson, Sage Gateshead’s Managing Director, also announced that Tamsin Austin, currently Head of Popular and Contemporary Programme at Sage Gateshead, has been appointed as Director of Programming to head up this team from September.   
Abigail Pogson said:                              
In Ros we have been lucky to have such a dedicated and passionate advocate of culture who has given so much to this region over so long, and for the last fifteen years has made a formative contribution to Sage Gateshead. Her programmes and festivals – not least the Gateshead International Jazz Festival which we’ve enjoyed again this past weekend – have helped put Sage Gateshead on the national and international map. We are very sad to see her go, but thank her very warmly for everything she has done.
In Tamsin Austin we have someone who has already made a great contribution to Sage Gateshead through her creative programming across our festivals and engagements with some of the leading rock and pop artists worldwide. She is 100% committed to seeking out new talent, supporting local artist development and to delivering international artists to the region. I am really looking forward to working with Tamsin in the years to come.” 
Ros Rigby initially worked in arts development roles in Peterlee and Gateshead before co-founding Folkworks in 1988, which became the UK’s foremost producer, presenter and educator in folk and traditional music. Ros was awarded the OBE for this work in 1999.
When Sage Gateshead opened, Folkworks, along with Royal Northern Sinfonia, was a founding partner and became integrated into the new organisation in 2001. Ros was appointed Performance Programme Director for Sage Gateshead with responsibility for around 300 concerts a year across, folk, jazz, world, non-western classical, brass bands, rock, pop, electronic and spoken word. The programme includes well-established festivals such as Gateshead International Jazz Festival and SummerTyne Americana Festival.
Alongside her role at Sage Gateshead, Ros has also been heavily involved in regional and international cultural developments;  she served on the Board of Northern Arts for six years in the 1990s and is a Board member of the North East Culture Partnership and chaired the Steering group for the Case for Culture, launched in 2015. She is also a Board member of the Europe Jazz Network, whose membership includes over 100 jazz promoters from 31 countries across Europe, and was elected President of the EJN in 2014.
Ros will continue to work with Sage Gateshead on a project basis on its jazz programme and will combine other freelance work and non-executive roles with being able to spend more time with her three grandchildren, and in supporting her busy family’s own cultural activities.
Ros Rigby said:
“Being involved in the development of Sage Gateshead from the mid-1990s onwards has been an enormous privilege, and I will take with me very many vivid memories of both successful events and challenging moments, wonderful artists and hugely committed staff and partners. I look forward to having continued contact with the company on a different basis, and also to having more time to become involved in other developments in the region and beyond. Tamsin Austin and I have worked together very closely since she was appointed in 2003, and I cannot think of a better person to lead the work of our team, and to take it in new and exciting directions.”
Councillor Mick Henry, Leader of Gateshead Council and a member of Sage Gateshead’s Board, said:
“I’ve been a great fan and friend of Ros for many years. Her energy and dedication to developing culture in the North East has been extraordinary, and we owe her a massive thank you. I’m grateful for everything she’s done for Gateshead, both when she worked for the Council as Arts Development Officer, long before Sage Gateshead opened, then her role leading Folkworks and, of course, her pivotal contribution to Sage Gateshead. Her programmes there, and especially the Jazz festivals, have become nationally and internationally important and I look forward to them every year. I also know that Tamsin is a very talented programmer and has already done great work founding the SummerTyne Americana Festival, which will have its 11th year in July. So, I look forward to working with Tamsin and I’m also looking forward to enjoying whatever Ros does next. I wish her all the very best.”
Tamsin Austin joined Sage Gateshead in 2005, and has two decades of experience working within both the arts sector and wider music industry. To date for Sage Gateshead she has delivered headline international concerts including Nick Cave, James Brown, Sting, John Grant, Pet Shop Boys, Underworld, Kacey Musgraves and kd Lang, and led on many major projects including founding and developing the SummerTyne Americana Festival, alongside very successful collaborations between Royal Northern Sinfonia and contemporary artists including John Grant, Raul Malo, Efterklang, Joanna Newsom and Ben Folds.
Following her appointment, Tamsin Austin said:
“This is a very exciting opportunity at a significant time of change at Sage Gateshead. The music scene in the North East is stronger than ever and I am really looking forward to continuing to contribute to making this region a destination for international touring artists and promoting our own home-grown talent. We are lucky to have one of the best facilities in the world and I am thrilled to be part of the team as we steer into the next decade.”

3 comments :

John Colin Woodland (on F/b) said...

Sad news

Jude Murphy (on F/b) said...

Wow, that's a surprise and not a good one.

Patti D (on F/b) said...

Big news - wonder what it means in terms of programming?

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