Roman River Festival

Roman River Festival Roman River Music produces top notch classical concerts in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere around Colchester, Essex

Roman River Music aims to bring the finest talents from around the world throughout the year to Colchester. The festival in Autumn is a celebration of music (classical, jazz and world), art and culture and has become a highlight of the social diary in Colchester and its surrounding areas. Roman River Music prides itself on exploring the region's many hidden gems by choosing intimate and unusual v

enues for its concerts. Through its schools and community programme, Roman River Music has won the Essex County Council Chairman's Fund Award "in recognition of their commitment and dedication to enrich the lives of young people in their local community". Join our mailing list: https://wildarts.org.uk/contact

A wonderful confluence of music and art: as of today, The Minories in Colchester is filled with Charlotte Bernays’ beaut...
09/05/2026

A wonderful confluence of music and art: as of today, The Minories in Colchester is filled with Charlotte Bernays’ beautiful, beautiful work, each piece a different form of meditation on permanence and change.
Particularly exciting for us is ‘River - The Constant State of Becoming’, twisting wire and shadow evoking the tides and inspired and accompanied by Arvo Pärt’s ‘Spiegel im Spiegel’ played like breathing by pianist Alissa Firsova and cellist David Cohen.
Treat yourself and visit the exhibition and then come and hear Alissa and David live at this year’s Roman River Festival (dates tba shortly.)

Look down the list to No Strings Attached! For the second year in a row, CCC has generously given us funding to mirror a...
29/03/2026

Look down the list to No Strings Attached! For the second year in a row, CCC has generously given us funding to mirror an evening Roman River Festival concert with a free lunchtime one for Year 6 pupils at the primary schools of Greenstead - and it’s within walking/cycling distance for them in medieval St Andrew’s church.
Huge thanks to CCC for continued support of Zélie’s aim from the outset to twin world class music with education and outreach.
Watch this space for more about this as the RRF 2026 begins to take shape.

One of the highlights of this year’s festival 🥰
30/09/2025

One of the highlights of this year’s festival 🥰

It was fantastic to be last Sunday performing some classical music favourites in our free family concert, bringing our ...
30/09/2025

It was fantastic to be last Sunday performing some classical music favourites in our free family concert, bringing our 25th anniversary festival to a close. Members of the Wild Arts performed music with a French theme including Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Bizet’s Jeux d’Enfants and Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Plus we were blown away by an extraordinary performance from young pianist .

Tonight’s the night! Our 25th Anniversary Festival finale is here!The Wild Arts Ensemble are joined by three world-class...
27/09/2025

Tonight’s the night! Our 25th Anniversary Festival finale is here!

The Wild Arts Ensemble are joined by three world-class soloists for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and then they perform Iain Farrington’s arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 for chamber orchestra. Conducted by our Artistic Director Orlando Jopling, this promises to be an unforgettable night of music making at the very highest level.

Kathak dance comes to Colchester tonight as the legendary master of the genre brings her eponymous company to the Old Ga...
26/09/2025

Kathak dance comes to Colchester tonight as the legendary master of the genre brings her eponymous company to the Old Garrison Gymnasium. East meets West as Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is reimagined through Sujata’s innovative choreography.

🎟️ via the link in our bio

BBC Young Musician of the year comes to this evening to show us that there is way more to percussion than those instru...
25/09/2025

BBC Young Musician of the year comes to this evening to show us that there is way more to percussion than those instruments at the back of the orchestra 🥁

We’re mid-festival and tonight it’s time to take a little pause to enjoy some relaxing piano music. The perfect mid-week...
24/09/2025

We’re mid-festival and tonight it’s time to take a little pause to enjoy some relaxing piano music. The perfect mid-week pick-me-up.

🎟️ via the link in our bio

Our 25th Anniversary Festival is off to a great start and continues all week.Tonight toast Shostakovich on the 50th anni...
23/09/2025

Our 25th Anniversary Festival is off to a great start and continues all week.

Tonight toast Shostakovich on the 50th anniversary of his death with a rare (we think unique) opportunity to hear both his piano trios in one concert.

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Mind the conkers! They’re falling from the churchyard tree here in gorgeous Dedham while Sacha, Sijie, Bart and Sam rehe...
20/09/2025

Mind the conkers! They’re falling from the churchyard tree here in gorgeous Dedham while Sacha, Sijie, Bart and Sam rehearse inside for tonight’s performance of Messiaen’s moving Quartet for the End of time.
Tickets still available on the door or online: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/wildarts/1669337

20/09/2025

We are so sorry that Jamie Catto had to cancel his event today. We’re refunding ticket holders - if you hadn’t pre-ordered andwanted to grab book, head to Red Lion Books where they’ll be happy to help you!

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