Author: Nick Davidson

Here’s Nick chatting to Journalist Phil Hewett about the forthcoming Ovation Rock Show, which returns to the Minerva Theatre on Saturday 20th January! 

The OVATION ROCK SHOW is back at the Minerva Theatre on Saturday 20 Jan! An evening of amazing live music from bands and groups featuring children and young people from local schools, Chichester Music Academy and Ovation Music. Definitely one not to miss! Showtime 7pm!

Tickets Available via CFT box office

Friday October 21st we are back at the Pavillion for an evening of Rock ‘n Roll with live music from 2 of our young bands – GLARS & Skyline!

We’re excited to welcome Stuart Morris to the team in the role of Trustee! Stuart is a part-time folk singer and mathematician who has enjoyed a portfolio career as scriptwriter, teacher and journalist. In the 80s and 90s, he cut his creative teeth working on music videos and performing on the London cabaret circuit. His TV and Radio scripts have been broadcast all over the world – even in Iran, and he currently shares his time between lecturing at the University of Chichester, writing, and tutoring Maths and English. For many years, he has been involved in promoting live music and strongly believes in the power of performance to change lives. His daughter Georgina enjoyed performing in several of our bands over the years before going on to University.

We are deeply saddened to say that we recently lost a good friend and huge supporter of Ovation Music. David ‘Mac’ Macdonald had been a Trustee of the Charity since our launch in Feb 2016, he also loved helping out behind the scenes at our Rock Shows and Festivals. We will miss him! Our thoughts are with his family.

It’s only been 15 months since our last Rock Show, but after a ton of work and planning (much of it on zoom) we’ve managed to safely film and record 15 bands and groups (ages 8 to 17) performing live at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Music videos will accompany the forthcoming short film “Stand Up, Stand Out” to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Ovation Music. It’s been an awesome week for everyone involved and so good to see these young bands playing together for the first time in well over a year!! Huge thank you to Chris, Gabriel & Jackson for the filming, David Scarlett and Jack Hertzberg for the sound and audio recording, Ben for the superb lighting, Murray Hughes for the support along with the rest of our excellent team of tutors (Georgie, Tom, Immy, Dan, Henry, Robbie), James for the drum kit, the Theatre tech crew, our supporters & sponsors, and everyone who donated to make this happen!

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Due to Covid-19 our 5th anniversary ‘Ovation Rock Show’, due to be held at the Chichester Festival Theatre, cannot now go ahead in Spring ‘21. This is a huge blow for the many children and young people involved, as well as for our dedicated team of music teachers and young volunteers.

What are we doing about it? Well, it’s important to keep everyone engaged in a positive and creative way, so we’ve decided to make a movie! This will feature personal stories, live footage, and great music, as well as send a message from the next generation about the importance of music in all our lives!

Now more than ever wellbeing and positive mental health in children and young people is paramount, and although we have lost ground and been hit hard by the closures of our rehearsal spaces, musical activities and live performances, we are still very much alive and kicking (albeit virtually!)!

Thanks to recent Sponsorship and additional private donations totalling £4000, we have achieved our fundraising target of £5000. 100% of all money raised will go directly towards the costs of producing this unique film.

The film will be screened at Chichester New Park Cinema in the Spring and will also be available on DVD.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Saturday Sessions in Southsea! We are teaming up with our friends at the Portsmouth Music Academy and will soon be providing music sessions in their Southsea Premises. Please contact us for more detail.