MT26.7 John on Jazz

John Blandford, director of the Cambridge Jazz Festival, chats about the concert being held at Downing this coming week.Cover image copyright Cambridge Jazz Festival.-=-=-=-Thursday 12 November, 6.30-7.30pm, Chapel: Griffin SingersThursday 12 November, 9.30pm, Chapel: Choral ComplineFriday 13 November, 7pm, Chapel: DCMS Organ Recital. Tickets (free) available here.Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm, Howard Theatre: Odd Couple: An Evening with Noel Coward and Harold Pinter. Tickets available here.Sunday 15 November, 6pm, Chapel: Choral EvensongTuesday 17 November, 7.30pm, Howard Theatre: Cambridge Jazz Festival: The Andy Sheppard Trio. Tickets available here.

Our new Junior Organ Scholar fills us in on her first term at Cambridge, and we meet Joe and Henry, a decidedly 'Odd Couple'.Cover image credit Downing Dramatic Society.-=-=-Thursday 5 November, 6.30-7.30pm, Chapel: Griffin SingersFriday 6 November, 9pm, Downing Bar: Week 5 BluesSunday 8 November, 10.55am, I-staircase War Memorial: Act of RemembranceThursday 12 - Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm, Howard Theatre: Odd Couple: An Evening with Noel Coward and Harold Pinter. Tickets available here.Friday 13 November, 7pm, Chapel: DCMS Organ Recital

We meet Nathan Adlam, a student of Lubomyr Melnyk, ahead of the latter's greatly anticipated concert on Tuesday.Cover image credit Nathan Adlam.-=-=-=-Sunday 1 November, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Eucharist with instrumentalistsMonday 2 & Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm, Chapel: Moonlight Monologues. Tickets available here.Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm, E-staircase Music Room: Lubomyr Melnyk in concert. Tickets available here.Wednesday 4 November 12-5pm, Heong Gallery: New exhibition 'No Provenance' opening.-=-=-=-If you'd like to come on the show to chat about something creative, please email [email protected]

Vicki Ambery-Smith tells us about her work as a silversmith.Cover image credit Vicki Ambery-Smith-=-=-=-Thursday 22 October, 6.30-7.30pm, Chapel: Griffin SingersThursday 22 October, 9.30pm, Chapel: Choral Compline by CandlelightSaturday 24 October, 7pm, Howard Theatre: DCMS presents Big Band Roulette. Tickets available here. Code 'SOULMAN' gives a discount for Downing students.Sunday 25 October, 6pm, Chapel: Choral EvensongTuesday 27 October, 6.30pm, E-staircase Music Room: DCMS Freshers' Recital. Sign up here if you'd like to perform.-=-=-=-If you'd like to come on the show to chat about something creative, please email [email protected]

We catch up with Library Assistant Harley Jones and talk tiddlywinks, Gilbert & Sullivan, and more!Tiddlywinks @ Downing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQqVcdTH5bQCover image credit Hannes Grobe, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.-=-=-=-Friday 16 October, 9-11pm, JCR: DCMS Open Mic nightSunday 18 October, 11.30am, Great St Mary's Church: The University Sermon, featuring Downing Chapel Choir. All welcome, gowns required.Sunday 18 October, 6pm, Chapel: Choral EvensongMonday 19 October, 1.30-2.30pm, East Lodge Garden: Autumn Flower-arranging. Just turn up!Tuesday 20 October, 6pm, Howard Theatre: Howard Foundation Lecture. Tickets available here.-=-=-=-Downing Jazz Band auditions take place this weekend. Email [email protected] for more information.Tickets are now on sale for Big Band Roulette on Saturday 24 October: https://fixr.co/event/big-band-roulette-mission-from-god-tickets-744252047-=-=-=-

PhD student Jo Tonge introduces us to the weird and wonderful world of Hawaiian surfboards.Cover image credit Tom Pohaku Ston.-=-=-=-Thursday 8 October, 6pm, Chapel: Postgraduate Matriculation Evensonguntil Sunday 11 October, Heong Gallery: 'Ten Good Years' Exhibition https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-arts/heong-gallery/ten-good-yearsTickets are now on sale for Big Band Roulette on Saturday 24 October: https://fixr.co/event/big-band-roulette-mission-from-god-tickets-744252047-=-=-=-

Downing Freshers' Reps: James Woodham and Zaria JG.@downingfreshers2026Email: [email protected]=-=-=-Downing College Music Society: Ameiyah Jeyachandran & Elliot Roberts (Co-Presidents).@downingcollegemusicsociety / @downingjazzbandEmail: [email protected]=-=-=-Downing Dramatic Society@downingdramaticsociety_https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/current-students/clubs-and-societies/downing-dramatic-society-=-=-=-The Chapel Choir of Downing [email protected]/about/chapel-downing-college/chapel-choirEmail Matthew Chanwai, Senior Organ Scholar: [email protected]=-=-=-Cover image copyright Louisa Denby.-=-=-=-Tuesday 7 October, 6-6.45pm, Chapel: Undergraduate Freshers' EvensongThursday 9 October, 6-6.45pm, Chapel: Postgraduate Freshers' Evensonguntil 11 October, Heong Gallery: Ten Good Years exhibition. https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-arts/heong-gallery/ten-good-years

A feature-length episode to finish off this fourth series of the Downing Arts Podcast: a special interview with Downing alumnus and former diplomat Leigh Turner.-=-=-=-'Ten Good Years' continues in the Heong Gallery until Sunday 11 October.-=-=-=-Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this series. If you would like to take part in the Michaelmas Term series of the podcast, please email [email protected].

Former Education student Lily Ellis drops by one year after graduation; we also hear from Jude Hughes about a play he has written.Cover image credit Louisa Denby.-=-=-=-Thursday 18 June, 5.30pm, Chapel: Chapel Choir May Week Concerthttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/downing-choir-may-week-recital-tickets-1988271907799Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June at 5pm, Saturday 20 June at 4pm, East Lodge Garden: DDS present 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'https://www.camdram.net/shows/2026-the-merry-wives-of-windsorFriday 19 June, 2pm, Masters' Lodge: DCMS May Week Concert & Garden PartySaturday 20 June, 3.15pm, Chapel: Donors' Day Organ Recitalhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organ-recital-tickets-1985939075234-=-=-=-Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 June, 9.30pm, Corpus Playroom: 'Giving Out'. Tickets available here.

We catch up with recent graduate George Jackson as he begins his career in the world of Musical Theatre.-=-=-=-Cover image credit Paul Ashley.Sunday 14 June, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Evensong-=-=-=-Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 June, 9.30pm, Corpus Playroom: 'Giving Out'. Tickets available here.-=-=-=-If you'd like to take part in the DCMS May Week Recital on 19 June, contact Ria (DCMS President) on [email protected].