Music and stories around the Gallery
About
Bring your family along to join lute player, Andrew Maginley and Gallery educator and storyteller, Fiona Alderton, for a musical adventure through the Gallery.
Focusing on a selection of paintings, this walking tour will explore music from different eras, bringing paintings to life through stories, 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, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy and the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment.
Andrew 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.
October half-term: Musical lute tour
Music and stories around the Gallery
Free
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.