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February half-term

Family lute tour: music and stories around the Gallery

Join us for a musical adventure
Date
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Time
Session times
  • 12 - 12.45 pm
  • 2 - 2.45 pm
Audience
Families, for all ages

About

Bring your friends and family along to join lute player, Andrew Maginley, and Gallery educator and storyteller, Fiona Alderton, for a musical adventure around the Gallery. 

Through repetition, rhythm and rhyme, Fiona Alderton invites you to help her tell a story as you explore a selection of paintings. 

Join us on a musical adventure bringing paintings to life through tales and tunes! 

Andrew Maginley

Andrew Maginley is a concert soloist and accompanist. Born in New York City, his musical journey began performing at the Juilliard School’s first performances of Baroque opera while studying lute at the Mannes College of Music, where he gained a Masters Degree in Historical Performance Practice. Andrew was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to further study at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany.

Andrew has performed with some of the world’s leading ensembles and orchestras including Freiburger Baroque Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the English Concert, and the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment.  He has also performed live on the BBC Breakfast Show with soprano Daniel de Niese, and in a film by author Allie Esiri, ‘A Poem for Every Autumn Day’, with Jamal Westman and Helena Bonham Carter.

His special interests are art and music in 17th- and 18th-century Europe and the Americas.

Fiona Alderton

Fiona Alderton is a Gallery Educator and storyteller. With a background in performing, she writes and gives sessions for adults and children, including commissions for various organisations such as the National Portrait Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and the Royal Opera House in London.

Music & performance

February half-term

Family lute tour: music and stories around the Gallery

Join us for a musical adventure
Date
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Time
Session times
  • 12 - 12.45 pm
  • 2 - 2.45 pm
Audience
Families, for all ages

Free, drop-in sessions

Spaces are limited, and wristbands will be given on a first come, first served basis from 11:00am in Central Hall.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. We advise a minimum age of 5 years.

Due to new security measures, you will need to allow more time for entry. Find out more here.