On the 15th of December SHOT and Qharmony, the student orchestra from Nijmegen gave an awesome concert. The concert took place at the University of Applied Sciences of Arnhem and Nijmegen.

According to a lot of music lovers, music is timeless. Therefore music and time go hand in hand. This autumn the student wind orchestra SHOT has brought time and music even closer in their concert SHOT travels through time. The past, present and future segued in the pieces SHOT has performed.

In the piece The Sunken Village by Philip Sparke SHOT travels back to the Middle Ages. It is a symphonic poem based on the medieval legend about the town Vineta. According to this story Vineta was taken down into the Baltic Sea as a punishment for its immoral inhabitants. The piece Stone Age by Thomas Doss is a journey through three periods in human history: the Stone Age, The Middle Ages and the Modern Age. Moreover, Philip Sparke lets us take a glance into the future with his piece Two-Part Invention. Two soloists will show what beautiful inventions their instruments are. This provides hope that in the future equally great inventions will be done.

The lustrum year has started, 30 years of SHOT has to be celebrated! Despite corona, the lustrum committee has in the recent months been busy to celebrate the birthday of SHOT in grand style. The birthday party has started with a pub quiz about SHOT and its full history! Our current members have studied how SHOT has started and which adventures former members have experienced. A month later a reading was held by Joop Boerstoel and Alex Poelman, both former members of SHOT and no strangers to the music world. Joop, the only former conductor of SHOT, told us about the art of conducting. After that, former SHOT hornist Alex Poelman talked about the magic of composing.

A ‘The Mole’ activity is planned before summer and also a lustrum video is put together for which old footage is used. After summer we hope to organise more activities on location, such as a parents day, a secret activity a lustrum gala and of course a spectacular final concert!

Are you new in Enschede and looking for a nice orchestra to join? The student orchestra Twente, or SHOT, normally rehearses on Thursdays from 20.00h until 22:30h in the Audiozaal at the Vrijhof, located at the campus.

If you want to join (one of) the rehearsels, please send an email to secretaris@shot.utwente.nl