Rook Lane Blog

August 31, 2023

Screening of Dylan Howitt’s documentary The Nettle Dress followed by Q&A

August 10, 2023

The Kleio String Quartet’s special, full-length concert rounds off the series.

August 10, 2023

Two young Ukrainian musicians, Double Cup, present the third concert of works for guitar and flute.

August 10, 2023

The programme for the Levanto Ensemble’s concert includes music spanning four centuries from Mozart to works by living composers.

August 10, 2023

Saraband Early Music Ensemble specialise in music that would have been heard in the grand houses, sitting rooms, coffee houses, taverns and streets of the 17th and 18th centuries performing in venues that compliment the music architecturally as well as giving our audience a sense of informality and intimacy.

May 2, 2023

The best of Frome’s musicians, interpreting the great songwriters, raisung money for a legendary charity. A wonderful evening of music and food raising money and awareness for WHY

March 8, 2023

On September 1 1939, two days before the outbreak of war, an entire school was evacuated to Frome from the East End of London as part of Operation Pied Piper. They stayed in Somerset for two thousand days. While at first the war is only a distant backdrop, it increasingly intrudes into the lives of the young evacuees and presents them with huge personal challenges, each of them a rite of passage.

March 8, 2023

A delightful evening of music by Leonard Cohen, performed by local musicians in our stunning venue. Stash Huchrak – Bass, Jay Simms – Guitar, Mark Jones – Keyboards, Tim Whatts – Drums 

November 24, 2022

Over the last four years, guitarist Alexandra Whittingham has reached listeners worldwide, not only through concerts and competition successes but above all online, where her video performances of classical guitar repertoire have gained over 35 million YouTube views. Now she comes to Frome with a wonderful recital to include works by Francisco Tarrega, Heitor Villa Lobos, Ralph Towner and many more.

November 24, 2022

Elua Percussion are passionate about showcasing the art of percussion music and increasing its reach. This exciting young duo offer a very varied programme ranging from original percussion pieces by composers such as Gene Koshinski and Nebosja Jovan Zivkovic to arrangements of works by many other composers including the duo themselves.