Forthcoming Performances
11th May 2024. Kendal Parish Church, 7.30pm
Kirkland, Kendal LA9 5AF
Programme to include Haydn, Greig, Chaminade, Chopin, Schubert, Bach and Downs.
Tickets: £12 adults / £10 Concessions / £5 Students and Children / £25 Family ticket (two adults and up to 4 children). Available on the door, cash only or book online
Go to ‘Try Booking’ for tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DAXA
18th May 2024. Lancaster Priory Coffee Concert, 10.30am
Castle Hill, Lancaster.
Retiring Collection
‘Songs without Words: Jazz Standards Reimagined’. A programme of jazz, easy listening, film music and songs from the shows arranged by Dominic Downs plus some of his own piano compositions including his popular tango ‘Rosa’ and the atmospheric ‘Tidal Bell’, inspired by the art installation at Morecambe Jetty.
25th May 2024. Lakeland Composer’s Annual Concert, 10.30am
Premiering John Pratt’s ‘Fantasy for Piano’
Lancaster Priory, Castle Hill, Lancaster.
5th June 2024. St Ann’s Church, Manchester, 1pm.
Programme to include Bach, Chopin, Chaminade and Schubert.
Ann’s Square, Manchester, M2 7DH
6th October 2024. Alderley Edge Methodist Church, 2.30pm
An afternoon recital to celebrate harvest festival, in aid of charity, and with tea and cakes available.
Programme to include Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven and Liszt.
12 November 2024. Northumbria University, Newcastle, 1.15pm
Programme to include Haydn, Schubert, Chaminade, Downs and Chopin.
Great Hall, Sutherland Building, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
17th November 2024. St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, Preston.
Programme to be confirmed
Egerton Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, PR2 1AJ
20 November 2024. Christ Church, Southport, 1pm.
Programme to be confirmed.
124 Lord St, Southport PR8 1AA
Burnley Parish Church. 1st March 2025 at 11am
Programme to be confirmed.
St Patrick’s Church, Patterdale. 16th March 2025 at 7pm.
Programme to be confirmed
Past events
21st April 2024. St Michael and All Angels, Preston, 3pm
Tickets £12 Adults, £10 OAP concession, £5 Children, £25 family. Booking via Eventbrite or cash on the door.
Performance to include works by Chopin, Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Greig and Downs.
Bury Parish Church, 1 March 2024. 12.30 (Lunchtime Recital)
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, The Rock, Bury BL9 0AH
Performance to include works by Greig, Haydn, Chaminade, Chopin and Downs
Royal Northern College of Music, 21 February 2024. 6.30pm
Carol Nash Recital Hall – Nature on Film – Silent Film Accompaniment by Dominic Downs and others
Royal Northern College of Music, 19 January, 6.30pm
Carol Nash Recital Hall – Spotlight Concert
The Sunrise Jazz Ensemble, featuring Dominic Downs on piano
15th November 2023
RNCM Private Recital. Included works by Chaminade and Downs.
4th November 2023
Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Solo Recital, included works by Bach, Chopin, Downs, Schubert, and Chaminade
3rd November 2023
Performance of Chaminade and Kabalevsky at Lancaster Music Makers
6th October 2023
20 Stories Manchester. Private Event for Black Solicitors Network NW. Jazz.
24th September 2023
St Michael’s and All Angels, Preston, 3pm. Solo Recital including works by Kabelevsky, Bach, Chaminade, Beethoven, Liszt and Downs
1st July 2023
Alderley Edge Methodist Church, 11am. Solo Recital including Beethoven, Bach, Schumann, Chaminade and Gershwin.
9th June 2023
Lancaster Music Makers Performance, University of Cumbria. Performed Beethoven Moonlight Sonata
20th May 2023
Lancaster Priory Coffee Concert Series, included works by Gershwin, Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chaminade and Paderewski.
Reviewed for Lakeland Composers Bulletin by David Collins, who commented the recital was ‘assured and mature, with genuine musical exploration’.
20th August 2022
Salvation Army, Ramsgate. Performed. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann.
25th June 2022
Gaia @Lancaster Priory. Performed worked by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann.
