Music at Leasowes Bank is one of England’s remotest music festivals. About ten miles to the south of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, between the dramatic rocky outcrops of the Stiperstones and the Long Mynd is Leasowes Bank Farm where, each summer, concerts covering a diverse range of music are held in a converted barn.

The atmosphere is informal and the location stunning. Each year a new work is commissioned; the composers are drawn from all genres of music and have included Howard Blake, Michael Nyman, Geoffrey Bush, Bob Wilber, Diana Burrell, Neil Ardley, John Mayer and David Matthews.

The 2009 Festival commission has been awarded to the remarkable jazz pianist and composer Andrea Vicari who was described by the Penguin Rough Guide to Jazz as "one of the most brilliant young jazz musicians in the UK - an outstanding pianist and superbly fertile composer". The work will be premiered by her Quintet on Saturday 11th July 2009.

Leasowes Bank is a very special festival with many attractions – its informality, its setting, its musical range and interesting programming. Come and share in the music-making!