Play and Paint the Seasons — a music and art session for children at The Farm at Avebury

Ahead of the ‘Notes on Colour’ concert later that evening, primary school aged children are invited to join renowned musicians Ruth Rogers, Hilary Davan Wetton and the Nadejda Quartet to get up close and personal with the music and instruments for an exclusive taste of Vivaldi’s famous ‘Four Seasons’. Find out what a harpsichord sounds like and experience four differently-sized string instruments, as you discover how each instrument paints different colours through music and how they all work together to create a harmonious palette.

Artist and workshop leader Georgie Weedon will then guide you through creating a piece of your own visual art, inspired by the music you have just heard and the natural environment all around us.

These artworks will be exhibited for the concert attendees to view later that evening, while the exhibition along with other creations will be on show at the children’s sessions that weekend at Ramsbury Memorial Hall.

All children must be accompanied by an adult and remain the responsibility of the accompanying adult throughout the show.

Georgie Weedon

Georgie Weedon is a British painter working in acrylics, drawn to the colour and quiet strangeness of an ancient land, its boats, wild swimmers, flowers and circus, its weather-beaten coasts and old, old stones. Her practice celebrates joy as a serious subject: luminous, unapologetic paintings that find the extraordinary in the ordinary and the timeless in the sea-worn edges of Britain.

Her studio is in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, and her last London show was on Portobello Road. Georgie is Artist in Residence 2026 with the National Trust at Avebury, with an exhibition titled Ancient Pathways opening there 11th September and running until 5th November.

https://www.georgieweedonart.com/

Ruth Rogers

Ruth Rogers studied with Itzhak Rashkovsky and Herman Krebbers. Described as “the finest of the younger generation of violinists” (Musical Opinion) and hailed by the Guardian as “superb”, Ruth is in demand as soloist, leader, and chamber musician. She was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal - the Royal College of Music’s highest accolade. Ruth has performed as a soloist at the Pyramids in Cairo, the Acropolis in Athens, the Royal Albert Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. She appears regularly at such prestigious venues as The Wigmore Hall with Aquinas Piano Trio and has made many recordings as part of that ensemble, including recent releases by Naxos which have been very well received by the critics.

Ruth was appointed as Leader of the London Mozart Players in 2015, Leader of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra in 2022 and Co-Concertmaster of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023. She worked as Co-Leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 2008 until 2012 and appears as a guest leader of many other major orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Ruth regularly leads orchestras abroad and has performed as a soloist in many different countries. Ruth has played to orphans, landmine victims and malaria patients in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border.

Nadejda Quartet

Nadejda - meaning ‘hope’ in several Slavic languages - represents the shared values of reconciliation, beauty and healing which the members seek in their devotion to chamber music.

The Nadejda Quartet was formed in September 2025 at the Royal College of Music in London. They were chosen as the college's String Quartet Platform group for which they receive regular coaching and mentorship from the members of the acclaimed Marmen Quartet.

Other influences include Mats Zettergvist, Daniel Rowland, Gabrielle Lester and Leonid Kerbel. The group enjoys working on a diverse range of repertoire from early baroque to contemporary compositions. They perform regularly throughout London and the UK, most recently at the Wigmore Hall as part of the RCM Strings Showcase, at the Clarence House in London and at the final of the 74th Royal Overseas League Competition. Some highlights from the quartet‘s upcoming season include performances at the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall, recitals across Belgium and the Netherlands and a residency at the Lake District Music Festival.

https://www.instagram.com/nadejda.quartet/

Hilary Davan Wetton

Hilary Davan Wetton is a nationally renowned organist and conductor. An organ student of George Thalben-Ball at the Royal College of Music, he was later Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's Girls' School. He was Jo Brand’s organ teacher for the BBC 1 series, Play It Again; organist posts have included St George’s, Southwark, and St Mary & St John’s, Oxford.

A prize-winning student of Sir Adrian Boult, Hilary Davan Wetton has conducted some of Britain’s leading choirs, as well as recording with the LPO, the RPO and the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was also the presenter of Classic FM’s ‘Masterclass’, in which he explored great orchestral works with a live orchestra in the studio. He recently relinquished the role of Artistic Director of the Military Wives Choirs, with whom he has made a number of successful recordings.

https://www.hilarydavanwetton.co.uk/

The Farm at Avebury

Contemporary self catering accommodation, event spaces and produce from our working farm in Avebury — a beautiful and historic landscape in the heart of Wiltshire, just outside Marlborough and an hour and a half from London.

https://www.thefarmatavebury.co.uk/

Address: The Farm at Avebury, Galteemore Farm, Beckhampton, Wiltshire, SN8 1FE
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Artist Georgie Weedon photo by Chloe Lodge taken at Avebury Manor National Trust

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