Book your tickets for 1 February for this recital of songs by Schubert including The Shepherd On The Rock, performed by Roy Stratford, Susan Gritton (soprano) and Victoria Medcalf (clarinet).
Join us at this Sunday afternoon concert as Caroline Weeks and Mary Hampton come together to present a new vocal ensemble performance, that will include a selection of settings of poems by Edward James himself.
Book your place for this Literary Salon on Wednesday 19 February with author Lynne Truss at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. She has written many short stories, comedies and monologues for the radio, and spent four years as a sports writer.
Book your place for this Fine Art Talk with Caroline Jane Harris on Thursday 26 February in the Old Library at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.
Book your place for this Fine Art Talk with inaugural 'Gardens Artist in Residence' Stuart Whipps on Wednesday 4 March.
Join us for this evening lecture on Saturday 7 March in the Old Library, where accomplished plantsman Rory Dusoir and photographer Jason Ingram will talk about their latest collaboration, a beautiful book about the gardens of Hauser & Wirth, Durslade Farm in Somerset.
Join us for this talk with artist Bethan Lloyd Worthington on Wednesday 11 March in the Old Library, where she will discuss her latest commission, as well as her wider practice.
Book your place for this talk on Wednesday 25 March with best-selling author Julia Crouch at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.
The celebrated Chilingirian Quartet return to West Dean College of Arts and Conservation as part of their annual string ensemble course and concert. In this concert, they will perform a programme that includes: Haydn – Op 50 No 6 in D Major; Janacek – From An Overgrown Path; Puccini – Crisantemi; Haydn – Op 76 No 4.
With apologies we advise that Chilli Fiesta 2020 will not now take place. If you are a ticketholder you should have received an email from us, or please contact chilli.refunds@westdean.org.uk.
A new Summer Arts Series is instead being developed for 2020 to welcome you to event days in the same glorious setting during August. Details to be announced soon. Thank you for your support.
The evening series commences on Saturday with a solo recital by prize-winning Croatian virtuoso Zoran Dukić as part of the West Dean International Classical Guitar Festival. Book your tickets for this live concert in St. Andrew's Church, West Dean.
The Guitar Festival Season Ticket includes entry to The Guitar Festival Open Day and all of the Guitar Festival concerts.
The 2020 Guitar Festival Open Day will include exhibitions of music and instruments, a guitar makers’ showcase with Jan Depreter, masterclass with Zoran Dukić, and David Leisner will discuss his new book ‘Playing with Ease’, and concluding with a Recital by the NYGE Fellowship Ensemble, directed by Helen Sanderson.
The NYGE Fellowship Ensemble, directed by Helen Sanderson, will take to the stage of St Andrew's Church, West Dean, to perform a recital. They are performing this August as part of the West Dean International Classical Guitar Festival. Book your tickets for this live concert now.
Join us in St.Andrew's Church, West Dean on Monday 24 August for this concert with critically acclaimed guitarist Gary Ryan. Gary is performing this August as part of the West Dean International Classical Guitar Festival. Book your tickets for this live concert now.
Concluding the Classical Guitar Festival's series of evening musical performances is a West Dean debut performance by the Mēla Guitar Quartet. Book your tickets for this live concert in St. Andrew's Church, West Dean.
Join us for this evening recital on Saturday 26 September, where Roy Stratford, Kathryn Parry and Emma Baldock will perform Beethoven's trios for piano, violin and cello. This evening recital is part of the music short course Beethoven, a celebration of his 250th anniversary – music appreciation.
