Christmas Medieval to Modern

Come and experience the sound of Christmas down the ages; 700 years of Festive music in just one hour, played by professional musician Danielle Saxon Reeves on original period and replica instruments.

Danielle is a fretted instrument specialist playing Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin; with a particular personal interest in the music of the 19th century : the Early Romantic Guitar, the Classical Mandolin and the Classic Fingerstyle Banjo .  Having previously studied with Craig Ogden and Mark Ashford, Danielle then graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire in June 2001. She has performed at a wide range of UK venues and festivals including at Art in Action, St David’s Cathedral Festival, The Royal Festival Hall at The South Bank; The Bolivar Hall, London; the CBSO Centre in Birmingham, the Royal Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool and Birmingham Town Hall; at York Guitar Festival, Bath Banjo Festival, Droitwich Festival, Jane Austen Festival, Bath; Hagley Music Festival and numerous appearances on BBC Radio and Television both as a soloist and with various ensembles.

As well as a performing career, Danielle directs the Midlands Fretted Orchestra, which was founded in September 2001 to promote the ensemble playing of fretted instruments. The Award Winning orchestra is based on the principles of the original fretted orchestras which were popular in the 19th Century, and is one of only a handful of similar ensembles in the UK.