Stalwart's special appearance at church concert

A former Municipal Choir accompanist will give a Saturday morning recital at St Peter's Church in Burnley on September 19th.

Pianist Paul Greenhalgh will perform works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Albéniz, and Chopin at the event which starts at 11 a.m.

Paul was born in Lancashire in 1958. and gained a BMus degree from Cardiff University, followed by two post graduate years at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying piano with Philip Kubilius, Martin Jones, Geoffrey Buckley and more recently with Martin Roscoe. 

While at Cardiff, Paul was awarded the Harlech Television Prize and the Morfydd Owen Prize.

Paul appears regularly as recitalist and accompanist at venues throughout the North West. He is principal of the Blackburn School Music and teaches piano at Stonyhurst College in the Ribble Valley.

Paul is the accompanist for the Preston Orpheus Choir, and forthcoming concerts include a solo recital at Lancaster Priory in October. He is also a member of the Pendle Piano Trio, alongside violinist Gaynor Sutcliffe and cellist Bob Buller, and they will be playing in St Peter’s Parish Church and for Clitheroe Concert Society next year.

Admission is £7, which includes refreshments from 10-30 a.m. and parking in the school yard at Rawcliffe Street or in the church yard for disabled drivers.

For more information, see https://stpetersburnley.com/music/saturday-morning-concerts