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July 2025

The Lady Oliver Lecture

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Thursday, July 3, 2025 - 18:45
Henfield Hall, Henfield
Coopers Way Henfield BN5 9EQ
Online Event

The Age of Jazz

Our usual musical evening in honour of our first president, Lady Oliver. 

The Jazz Age is often referred to in conjunction with the Roaring Twenties, and overlapped in significant cross-cultural ways with the Prohibition Era. The movement was largely affected by the introduction of radios nationwide. During this time, the Jazz Age was intertwined with the developing youth culture. The movement also helped introduce the European jazz movement.

We will also be serving a light supper of various cheeses and accompaniments, with refreshments. The cost will be £20 per person.

Bookings can be made in person at the May and June lectures, and by phone by telephoning 01273 494945. You will then be sent an SMS message on your mobile phone, which will include a one-time code and a link to our payments centre, so that you can enter your card details securely. An SMS receipt will then be sent to you, upon confirmation of payment, which you can use for entry to the evening's event. No refunds can be made.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Sandy Burnett

Sandy is one of the UK’s most versatile music commentators, enjoying a career that combines broadcasting, performing and lecturing. After studying at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and working as music director for the RSC, National Theatre and in London’s West End, Sandy Burnett spent a decade as one of the core team of presenters on BBC Radio 3. Combining engaging scholarship with hands-on expertise, he devises and leads cultural holidays all over the world, is the author of the Idler Guide to Classical Music, is a highly sought after double bassist on the London jazz scene, and was appointed the Academy of Ancient Music’s Hogwood Fellow for the 2018-19 season.