U P C O M I N G     P E R F O R M A N C E S
(listing my performances and selected performances of my
compositions by other performers when I know about them!) 

2008
January
Saturday 26th Glasgow Masterclass Masterclass for guitar students at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Saturday 26th Edinburgh Ensemble/Solo Concert with the Scottish Flute Trio, including works by Eddy McGuire, Ken Dempster and Alan Thomas. 7:30, Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh. Phone 0131 665 2240 for ticket info.
Tuesday 29th London Solo Private recital for the Foundation for International Education.
February
Tuesday 5th London Solo/Ensemble Premiere of Laurence Crane's Some Rock Music for Alan Thomas for electric guitar and iPod, as well as a new ensemble work by Michael Finnissy with mandolin. "New Music Night" at the Rational Rec. 8.30pm, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 44 Pollard Row, London E2 6NB
Saturday 9th Leicester Concerto Premiere of Alan's concerto Rhapsody on a Spanish Theme for guitar and orchestra with the University of Leicester Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin. 7:30, Fraser Noble Hall. Contact 0116 252 2455 for ticket info.
March    
Saturday 15th Oak Park, IL, USA Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook. Music for Life Foundation.
April
Wednesday 2nd London Ensemble Performance of the Villa-Lobos Sexteto Misticowith Lontano. Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre.
Saturday 12th Bradford Ensemble Performance of African Sanctusby David Fanshawe, with "Backbeat" percussion ensemble. Bradford Cathedral.
Wednesday 23rd Leicestershire Solo Recital "Concert for St. George's Day". 7:30, St Bartholomew's Parish Church, Quorn. Phone 01509-414287 for tickets.
Saturday 26th Miami, Florida Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook. Miami Classical Guitar Concert Series. 8pm, St. Philips Episcopal Church, 1142 Andalusia & Columbus Avenue, Coral Gables, FL.
Saturday 26th West Midlands Composition The Midlands Fretted Orchestra plays Alan's "Snapshot". "Making Music" West Midlands. Bromsgrove Methodist Centre, 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove B60 1AS.
May      
Monday 19th Chicago Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook. Live radio performance, WFMT Chicago.
June      
Sunday 8th Leicestershire Solo Recital Lunchtime Recital. 1:00, St. Philip's Church, Evington. (address: St Philip's House, 2A Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB)
Sunday 8th Leicestershire Masterclass Masterclass. 2:15, St. Phillips Church, Evington. (address: St Philip's House, 2A Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB)
8th-15th Beijing Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook on tour in China.
Saturday 14th Brill Ensemble Performance of African Sanctusby David Fanshawe, with "Backbeat" percussion ensemble.
Friday 27th Brighton Recital "Sing Softly" song recital with soprano Juliet Fraser, based around songs by Dowland alongside works by Cage, Skempton and Finnissy. Soundwaves Festival, 1:00, Pavillion Theatre.
Sunday 29th Breedevoort, Netherlands Composition Duo '78 (soprano Ivette van Laar and guitarist Jaap Majoor) will play Alan's song "Sorrow, stay (Mr. Dowland's Blues)". Beedevoort Bookfestival.
Sunday 29th West Midlands Composition The Midlands Fretted Orchestra plays Alan's "Snapshot". Sunday afternoon bandstand concert. Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses Westbourne Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3TR, 1.00pm – 4.00pm. 0121 454 1860 http://www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
July      
Sunday 6th West Midlands Composition The Midlands Fretted Orchestra plays Alan's "Snapshot". St Saviours Church, Park Road, Hagley, West Midlands. DY9 0NS, 7.30pm. Tickets from 0121 422 7884
19th-26th Spain Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook on tour in Spain.
August      
Friday 8th Kansas City, USA Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook. 8:00, NFA Festival.
September      
Saturday 6th London Ensemble Duo concert with flautist Rowland Sutherland. Private function in Fulham Palace.
Saturday 13th West Midlands Composition The Midlands Fretted Orchestra plays the premiere of Alan's "How One Becomes a Musician". Artsfest 08.
October      
Thursday 2nd Yuba City, CA Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook.
Saturday 4th Hemet, CA Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook.
Friday 17th Portland, OR Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook.
Saturday 18th Klamath Falls, OR Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook.
Sunday 19th Ashland, OR Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook.
November      
Saturday 8th Blackburn Ensemble Performance of African Sanctusby David Fanshawe, with "Backbeat" percussion ensemble. Blackburn Cathedral.
Saturday 15th West Sussex Ensemble Duo concert with flautist Rowland Sutherland. Adur Festival, St Mary's House, Bramber, 7:30.
December      
Tuesday 2nd New York City Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook at the GuitarPlus concert series. 8:00, Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, Baruch College.
Tuesday 2nd Leicestershire Solo Alan plays solo recital sets in the "Belvoir by Candlelight" series at Belvoir Castle.
Thursday 4th Leicestershire Solo Alan plays solo recital sets in the "Belvoir by Candlelight" series at Belvoir Castle.
Sunday 7th San Diego, CA Composition The outstanding Cavatina Duo plays pieces from Alan's Balkan Songbook
Monday 29th Leicestershire Recital Alan plays solo in Peckleton Village Hall, Leicestershire.


            
 
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