London International Exhibition of Early Music 2023

Blackheath halls, London SE3 9RQ

Thursday 9th Nov - Saturday 11th Nov

Again this year as well as having a spinet in the main hall I had one for you to try in a small room where you could hear the true sound of the instrument.

Our daughter, Laura, has put together a short video of our contribution to the exhibition.

Click here to watch the video.

SRP National Festival 2022 Suffolk Branch

Chantry Academy, Ipswich, IP2 9LR

Friday 22nd April - Sunday 24th April

This was a very satisfactory event at which I sold a spinet.

London International Exhibition of Early Music 2021

Blackheath halls, London SE3 9RQ

Thursday 11th Nov - Saturday 13th Nov

This year as well as having a spinet in the main hall I had one for you to try in a small room where you could hear the true sound of the instrument.

This worked very well and I sold one spinet.

Masumi Yamamoto putting my spinet through its paces in 2018!

Summer Recorder Festival 2019

Dean Close School, Hatherley Rd, Cheltenham GL51 6EP

I exhibited my spinets throughout the weekend.

For details of further courses contact Jan Epps or visit their website

SRP National Festival 2019

at Ushaw College, Durham 12th - 14th April 2019

This was an excellent SRP Festival in superb surroundings. There was a lot of interest in my spinets with the instrument on display being sold.

My wife, Rosemary, composed the Festival Commission "Dunholm Suite" which was performed on the Sunday afternoon.

Click here to watch the performance.

For details and photos of the Festival visit the SRP website

Easter Early Music Course

at Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls 6th - 12th April 2019

I exhibited my spinets on the Monday and Tuesday.

For details of future courses contact Josée Beeson or visit her website

Recorders for All

Easter Recorder Course at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire 29th March - 5th April 2019

My wife, Rosemary Robinson, was one of the tutors and course accompanist using one of my Hitchcock spinets.

I attended on Monday & Tuesday exhibiting one of my spinets and at the evening concert gave an illustrated talk on some of the main aspects of making spinets before Rosemary and Ruth Burbidge played 2 movements from a piece for two spinets by W F Bach.

For details of the course contact Jan Epps or visit their website

Rugby Musical Union

Concert organised by Dorothee Savage in Rugby School Chapel on 9th February 2019

My wife, Rosemary Robinson, played one of my Hitchcock spinets in several items in this concert.

Rugby Musical Union is a music club giving between 12 and 15 concerts per year for members and guests.

London International Exhibition of Early Music 2018

Blackheath halls, London SE3 9RQ

Thursday 8th Nov - Saturday 10th Nov

This 3-day event generated a considerable amount of interest in my instruments.

Masumi Yamamoto putting my spinet through its paces!

English Restoration Keyboard Music from the Fitzwilliam Collection

Gallery 7, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Friday 19th October 2018 at 1.15pm.

Gerald Gifford, Honorary Keeper of Music at The Fitzwilliam Museum, gave a recital of English Restoration Keyboard Music from the Fitzwilliam Collection on one of my spinets which he had purchased last year.

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October Recorder Festival 2018

Presented by Recorders East

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th October, Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

I exhibited one of my spinets on Saturday 27th October and it was also used by my wife, Rosemary, in some of the day's sessions.

For further details of similar courses visit the Recorders East website

St. Mary's Arts

Lunchtime concert at St. Mary's Parish Church, Hinckley. Wednesday 5th September 2018 at 1pm.

Laura Robinson: recorders, viola and bass viol.

Rosemary Robinson: spinet

'A Musicall Banquet furnished with varietie of delicious airs' from 16th to 20th centuries.

To listen to Pavana: The Earle of Salisbury & Galiardo by William Byrd recorded at this concert

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Recorder Summer School

Bishop Burton College, Bishop Burton, near Beverley. 28th July - 4th August 2018

I exhibited one of my spinets on Monday 30th & Tuesday 31st July

This year was the 70th Anniversary of the Recorder Summer School. For further details of the course visit their website

Lecture-Recital at Jesses, Haslemere

Saturday 2nd June 2018

Gerald Gifford, using one of my spinets which he purchased in 2017, performed works from the music collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the Dolmetsch Library, Haslemere in the Studio of the Dolmetsch Family home. The event (members only) was part of the activities arranged that day for the AGM of the Dolmetsch Foundation, of which Gerald is President.

Concert for Recorder & Spinet

The Nordic Church, 138 Park Lane, Liverpool, L1 8HG.

Saturday 5th May 2018 at 7pm

Laura Justice - Recorders: Rosemary Robinson - Spinet

Recital in Clementi House, Kensington

Sunday 4th March 3.00pm

Lorraine Liyanage & Gary Branch performed the music of Clementi and J C Bach on one of my spinets in Clementi's former home at 128 Kensington Church Street, which is now the Stacey family home that is part of the Historic Houses Association.