We were delighted to be playing onboard HMS Warrior for the annual ‘WarriorFest 2017’ on Saturday night Hosted by the Staggeringly Good Brewery, the event was so much fun, and where better to enjoy a pint of real ale than on board the Warrior. There were loads of breweries on board, but naturally we thought the highlight was […]
On Saturday the TBQ ladies played at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) for a very big function! We’d been booked to provide background music while dinner was served at a black tie event hosted by the Freemasons of Hampshire & IOW. They were celebrating their work to raise over £7 million for their charity. It […]
On Friday night we went over to Brighton as we had been invited to perform at the BACP Research Conference at the Holiday Inn. BACP is the British Association for Counselling and Pschotherapy and every years hosts its annual conference in different cities around the UK. This is a chance for counselling professionals to get […]
It’s not everyday you get to see a String Quartet at The King Street Tavern, in Southsea. Last night we entertained an audience at this lovely pub. We were delighted to be welcomed back by Sam and Nathalie and the team at the KST. We have played there several times before over the years and […]
We were delighted to be invited to perform at the Southsea Show this year. The Southsea Show is an eclectic mix of music, artists and stalls held on Southsea Common each summer. We performed, amped up, in the Big Top stage, on Sunday to a crowd of many. We had thought long and hard about […]
On Saturday 24th August, The Bossard Quartet entertained for the last night of the bandstand series, an evening of classical repertoire out on Castle Fields in Southsea. We performed a selection of classical and popular repertoire to entertain the audience out on the fields, who had brought along picnics and chairs to listen. We also […]
This post is a big shout out to Ruth who is playing as part of the Festival Of Chichester with a group entitled, Violas Ascendant. This is a concert featuring an ensemble of violas – a rarity and something that should not be missed! The Viola, the first instrument of the violin family to evolve, […]
Thanks to the West End Singers for kindly inviting us back to share their summer concerts with them this year. We really enjoyed playing with them last year (see blog post), and we happy that we were going to play not one, but two concerts with WES ! The first concert kicked on on Friday […]
We enjoyed playing at Southsea Bandstand on Sunday 1st July 2012 with the amazing Freestyle Funk Collective. Following our debit with FFC the previous evening at the Jolly Sailor (see blog post) we were ready and excited to play in the full collective. What was the line up I hear you ask? A huge collective […]
Wow that’s a lot of acronyms! What does it mean? This weekend we had the pleasure of playing not once, but twice with the amazing Freestyle Funk Collective! (Well, three times if you count the rehearsal!) For those not in the know, FFC are a talented funk band based in Portsmouth (and available for public […]
We were delighted when Sam from the King Street Tavern got in touch and invited us to play at his lovely establishment in Southsea. A favourite haunt for us quartet girls, we were sure that we could put on a fun, string quartet-filled evening for the regulars of the KST. So, we played last night […]
The English Heritage invited us to play for two evenings in the grounds of Osborne House as part of their summer season of concerts. We did two evening concerts in the grounds of the amazing Osborne House on the Isle of Wight recently. We were happy to pop over to the island on the Red Funnel […]
As you may have seen from one of our previous posts, we recently shared a concert with the West End Singers (read our blog entry here) at Thornden Hall in Eastleigh. This concert was broadcast live on Southampton Hospital Radio. The Southampton Hospital Radio team were there on the night, giving us advice on microphone positioning to […]
On Saturday we had a very enjoyable morning playing at the Gunwharf Quays Christmas Food Fayre. We played a selection of our favourite pop tunes to an audience of food lovers. We were collecting money on behalf of the Rowans Hospice, a fantastic local charity that provides care to people with cancer and other illnesses. […]
Amy, Anna and Sophie are busy on Saturday 3rd December 2011 playing in the orchestra for the University of Portsmouth‘s Choir Concert at St John’s Catholic Cathedral in Portsmouth The University of Portsmouth Choir will be singing Beethoven’s Mass in C which was a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807, and Haydn’s Te […]
Earlier this year, the West End Singers got in touch with us and invited us to share their concert, “Sing out for Summer” at Thornden Hall, in Eastleigh. The West End Singers are a fun loving choir who enjoy singing modern pop songs with a twist. We enjoyed meeting them and their enthusiastic conductor Alex […]
For those of you who live in Southsea it is unlikely you haven’t heard of Southsea Fest – a one day Southsea-based music festival spread across numerous Albert Road venues, and a feat of organisation of tens of bands from the UK. The fest is to showcase local talent, old and new. Last year, we […]
The Littleton & Harestock Flower Show is an annual event in September. The Bossard Quartet were delighted to be invited to play at such a community event. Last year we were playing at the wedding of Catherine and James at Lainston House when one of the guests at their wedding told us he was on the […]