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About Me

Based in Newcastle here are some samples of my projects.

Tango Zapatito are Newcastle's favourite tango band. With Margot Hardman on Accordion, and both singing in Spanish, Tango Zapatito add their own quirky slant to traditional Argentinian and European Tangos, Milongas and Waltzes. Rhythmic and melodic, sensuous and melancolic. Great for dancing, also listening or dining, Penny Callow & Margot Hardman as Tango Zapatito are regulars on Newcastle's lively tango dance scene.
 
 
 

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Rosanna Whitton & Penny Callow
 
Baroque and Renaissance music on cello and recorders. Pictured here in the Alnwick Garden, we especially enjoy playing in beautiful surroundings. Performances recently have been in Brinkburn Priory and St Thomas the Martyr Church, Newcastle. Now with added Viola da Gamba!
 
The Music playing is an Allemande by Corelli.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Cellodees is a group of cellists who meet to play for fun, fortnightly in Wylam and monthly (from Spring) at St James and St Basil's Church in Newcastle. The music is often arranged/rearranged by me to accommodate different players. The group enjoy the classics - Bach, Telemann, Tallis etc, Piazzolla and other tangos and Apocalyptica. We do not often perform, however we made an exception to play on the SageGateshead Concourse, (aka The Glasshouse) pictured here. Contact me for details of play dates.
 
 
 

Live Rhythms - a collective group of improvising musicians who play for 5 Rhythms Dance Sessions, part of the Newcastle Dance Collective. Players include founder member Gordon Sharp, Steve Nash, Mark Barford, Tracey West and Andrew Marchant.

From 2011 to 2017 I conducted the Semitones, a small orchestra who regularly perform in Care and Residential Homes. The musicians love to play together and perform a variety of Classical and Popular Music, and like me to do the introductions and MC the events. Here we are performing at St Thomas' Church, Haymarket, Newcastle as part of "Our Big Gig" 2013.


I-sister performing at Archie Brown's Christmas at the

Cluny. With Andrea Harris vocals, Lisa DeLarny guitar and Jerry Drake on drums.

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