NEWS
2006 |
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Kent |
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25th December 2006 - Matthew will be on the Paul James
Christmas Show. 11am - 3pm. |
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Fairfield
Halls, Croydon
16th December
2006 - Matthew will be appearing at the Fairfield
Halls in Croydon on 16th December with the London Mozart
Players,The Croydon Philharmonic Choir and the Croydon
Parish Choir. The concert is titled 'Classic Christmas'
and after the performance Matthew will be doing a signing
in the foyer of the theatre at approx 9.30pm/9.45pm.
His CD will be available to buy at £8.95 and
Calenders at £8.00.
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| 10th
December 2006 - Matthew pre-recorded a Christmas show
with Paul James and Danny La Rue, Tim Brooke Taylor
(from the Goodies), Jim Davidson, Tom O' Connor,
Keith Harris, Dickie Davis, Nicola Dawn from the Unconventionals
(X Factor), Billy Nutt, Michelle Monro (Daughter
of the legendary Matt Monro), Jess Conrad and many more.
This will be broadcast on Christmas Day on the 11am show.
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Matthew
with Danny La Rue
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Matthew
with Tim Brooke Taylor
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| Christmas
Parade |
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| 9th
December 2006 - Matthew is singing at the High Halstow
Recreation Hall, High Halstow Village, Rochester
at 6pm as part of the Christmas Parade. |
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| High
Halstow Gardening Club Annual Dinner |
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| 1st
December 2006 - Matthew will be attending this dinner
by request and will be singing five songs. |
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| Singing
for Chantelle! |
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| 19th November
2006 - Matthew sang at 'The Quays' in Laindon, Essex to
a full restaurant and club including Chantelle, the winner
from Celebrity Big Brother 2006 and her family. |
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| Charity
Concert |
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11th
November 2006 - Matthew sung at a charity concert
for children with leukaemia at the Winston Club
in Laindon, Essex with Maggie and Dennis Roberts
and raised £1000. |
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| Recording
Studions |
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| 4th
and 5th November 2006 - Matthew spent two days in the
recording studios over this weekend. On the Saturday he
was at All of Music Studios in Essex and then on the Sunday
in Canvey Island. He was making an album of well
known classics/classical songs which will be available
in December. |
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Exhibition Of Arts And Crafts Of The Medieval Eastern
Roman Empire Byzantium |
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2nd
November 2006 - Matthew invited to attend the Czech Embassy,
London by Vesna Petkovic to an 'Exhibition Of Arts
And Crafts Of The Medieval Eastern Roman Empire Byzantium'. These
are Childrens Workships funded by Capital Radio and Help
A London Child and 'Awards For All'. He is
to meet the children and sing to them.
In the evening he will be attending the Gads Hill School
Autumn Concert. |
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| Christmas
Concert |
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29th October 2006 - Matthew has been invited to sing in
A Christmas Concert by Maggie and Dennis Roberts at the
Circus Tavern |
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Katherine
Jenkins Concert
23rd October 2006 - Matthew went to Fairfield
Halls, Croydon to see Katherine Jenkin's
in concert by invitation. He met her back stage
afterwards and she immediately recognised him and
said that she watched him in the final Of 'Let
Me Entertain You' whilst in Spain. She said
she thought his performance was great, and signed
his book and said in the future she hopes to sing
with him and wished him luck for his concert at
the Fairfield Halls in Croydon on 16th December
2006. |
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| Medway
Festival of Music, Speech and Drama |
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21st
October 2006 - Medway Festival of Music, Speech
and Drama. Taking place at Fort Pitt Grammar School
in Chatham from 10am - 10pm
Matthew
won four competitions and three second placements.
The competitions he won were 'Songs from the Shows'.
He was given a first place graded 'outstanding'
in the under 19 years category and received a
certificate and silver cup, The Ivor Morgan
Trophy.
He was invited to perform in the evening
concert to compete for the Junior Championship
Shield and he won this becoming Junior Champion
of the festival.
Then he won the winner of 'Songs from the Shows'
for the Juniors and the Seniors, The Arthur Whitten
Trophy and finally the 'Chairmans Cup' for
best solo singer for the Junior and Senior sections,
making him overall winner of the vocal solo section
of the Medway Festival 2006.
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awards can be seen here |
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| Charity
Concert for The World Peace Organisation |
18th
October 2006 - Matthew appeared at a
Charity Concert for The World Peace Organisation at
St Stephens Church in Notting Hill, London.
He performed with Phyllis Shilling, an American
Opera Singer and Marion Whitehead, a Prestigious
Concert Pianist. The concert was attended
by the Bishop of Jerusalem and the Palestinian
Ambassador. Also appearing were Jaymee Coonjobeeharry,
a 13 year old flutist and Vicky Yannoula who
is a classical pianist and jazz musical theatre
singer.
The concert was organised by Madam Maria Andipa
and Cecilie Fortune. |
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Matthew
with Madam Andipa and Cecilie Fortune
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Matthew
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Matthew
with the Palestinian Ambassador |
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| September
Inspirations |
23rd
September 2006 - Matthew headlined at the 'September
Inspirations' Classical Concert at Rochester Cathedral,
Kent.
The show featured the UK's youngest baritone and
Star4Medway winner - Matthew Crane accompanied
by 'The Medway Sinfonia' and International Soprano
- Christine Hubbard and Ken McCarthy. The concert
was attended by the Mayor Angela Prodger and Mr
Brian Prodger and the former Mayor Mr Ken Webber
and Anita Webber, Vanessa Feltz and Ben Ofeodu.
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Matthew,
Christine and Ken performing at Rochester
Cathedral
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Pat
Marsh Radio Show
18th
September 2006 - Matthew was on the Pat
Marsh Show on Radio Kent to celebrate
his win on the BBC2 Show, 'Let Me Entertain
You' and to promote his Concert on 23rd
September 2006, at Rochester Cathedral.
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| TV
News Coverage |
| 15th
September 2006 - Matthew appeared on the BBC South
East News at 6.30pm, and 10.30pm to say he had won
a national talent show. |
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Matthew
Crane wins Let Me Entertain You
15th September 2006 - Matthew won the final of
the talent show Let Me Entertain You singing his
favourite song, 'Nessun Dorma'. He became Series
Champion and won a week in Australia and two shows
at the Sydney Opera House.
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was one of eight finalists and won with 36% of
the studios vote. |
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| Let
Me Entertain You Final |
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| 15th
September 2006 - Matthew is through to the final of 'Let
Me Entertain You' and it will be broadcast on September
15th, at 5.10pm on BBC2. |
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| KMFM
Radio |
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| 30th
August 2006 - Matthew was interviewed by Rona Pinkerton
from KMFM radio and it was broadcast on 31st august on
100.4 fm. |
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| Radio
Kent Breakfast News |
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| 29th
August 2006 - Matthew was interviewed by Alex Bisch from
Radio Kent Breakfast News. The interview was transmitted
on the 30th August at 7.50am on 96.7fm |
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| Promotion
in Rochester |
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| 27th
August 2006 - Matthew sang and signed autographs to
promote his concert in September at Rochester Visitors
Centre. |
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| Matthew
on TV |
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| 25th
August 2006 - Matthew will be appearing on BBC Breakfast
TV in the morning which will be his first live tv news
appearance. He will be talking about the Brian Conley
show that he will be appearing on later in the day on
BBC2 at 5pm. Matthew won a £1000 Saville Row suit
and a place in the final on September 15th. |
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| Brian
Conley Show |
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| 21st
August - Matthew appeared on the BBC 2, Brian Conley Show
this evening. The show is called 'Let Me Entertain You'
and it is a knock-out talent show. Matthew succeeded in
going through to the weekly final which will be broadcast
on Friday 25th August. By winning this part of the show
Matthew won a £1000 trip to Rome. |
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| Star4Medway
Final |
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| 12th
August 2006 - The final is to be held at the King Charles
Hotel, Brompton and Matthew will be performing and handing
over his title to this years winner. |
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| Brian
Conley Show - Let Me Entertain You |
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Matthew
attended a pilot show of the new Brian Conley Show and
impressed them. He is filming for the new series from
4th - 18th August at the BBC Studios in Teddington, Middlesex.
The show will be televised from 21st August for four weeks.
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| Private
Auditions |
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| 26th
July 2006 - Matthew will be attending private auditions
at the Metropolis Studios, Chiswick, London. They are
with Major Record Giants including Sony, Warners
and Universal Classics and were arranged by Steve Long
who is Matthew's Manager. |
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Gads
Hill School Ball
13th July 2006 - Matthew
attended the Gads Hill School Summer Ball with
his friend Abbie Cahill.
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evening was themed 'Gangsters and Molls'. |
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| Festival
For Stars |
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June 2006 - Matthew achieved a last four placing at this
competition making him a Regional Finalist. Unfortunately
he was up against pop music groups and dance troupes and
this is what the judges were looking for on the day.
He was a Regional Finalist in both the Under 14's Solo
Singing and Under 14's Musical Theatre. The awards can
be seen on the Awards Page. |
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| Metropolis
Recording Studios |
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| 31st
May 2006 - Matthew went to the Metropolis recording studios
in Chiswick to record some new songs. He used the same
microphone that has been used by names such as Michael
Jackson, Annie Lennox, Queen and Freddie Mecury, David
Bowie, Simply Red and many others. |
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| Rural
Dickens |
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May 2006 - Rural Dickens at High Halstow Cricket Ground, Christmas
Lane, High Halstow, Rochester at 1pm.
This event
was cancelled due to bad weather and will be rescheduled.
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| H
Factor Finals |
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25th
May 2006 - Matthew won the final of the H Factor
Competition at the Hungry Horse in Laindon, Essex.
He was presented with £1000 prize money
and a medal and trophy by Shane of Boyzone and
a quote from him can be found here.
Matthew
is pictured with Tom Fowler who organised the
H Factor Competition. |
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Ilford
Talent Show
22nd
April 2006 - Matthew finished second in this competition
and won some prize money plus a lot of adoration.
The
picture shows Matthew with Michael and Kathleen
Maguire who are parents of Sean. Sean was a regular
in the cast of Eastenders. |
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Carlsberg
and Tetley Talent Show
10th
April 2006 - Matthew entered the Carlsberg and
Tetley talent show at East Ham in London.
He came first and won prize money and recording
time in a studio. He also won a trophy for gaining
the poeples vote. |
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| Talent
Show - H Factor |
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| 6th
April 2006 - Matthew recently entered a talent show in
Laindon, Essex called the H Factor and he is now through
to the semi-final which takes place on 11th or 18th May.
The finals are on the 25th May 2006 |
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| Mayors
Charity Show |
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1st
April 2006 - Matthew appeared in the Mayors Charity
Show at Rochester Grammar School for Girls. Photo to
follow soon.
Matthew
singing Nessun Dorma (takes approx 1 min to load
on broadband) |
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Matthew
with Mayors of Medway, Essex, Dartford, Greenwich, Swanscombe
and others. They are all holding Matthew's CD which
they purchased at the concert. |
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| Festival
for Stars |
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the 26th March 2006 Matthew went to the Grange City Hotel
in London and reached the Regional finals of Festival
for Stars, the UK's biggest talent competition in the
musical theatre section and the That's Entertaiment section. |
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| Gads
Hill Spring Music Festival |
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23rd
March 2006
Matthew
won the Gads Hill Spring Music Festival on the
23rd March at the Royal Historic Dockyard Church,
Chatham. He was presented with a certificate and
shield by Ms Alison Moncrieff Kelly, an adjudicator
for the National Schools Chamber Competition and
an examiner for the Associated Board to the Royal
Schools of Music who trained at the Royal
College and the Royal Academy. She said Matthew
had exceptional ability and deserved to win the
competition. |
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| Live
Ape |
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Matthew
took part in the Live Ape charity show in aid of the John
Aspinal Foundation on March 4th 2006 at the Brook Theatre,
Chatham.
He performed six songs: 'Nessun Dorma', 'If I Ruled The
World', 'Goodbye', 'Jerusalem', 'Be My Love' and 'A Whole
New World'. |
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Charity
Concert
2nd March 2006 - Sung at Charity Concert at Orsett Hall,
Orsett, Essex in aid of Breast Cancer. |
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| Rochester
Cathedral Campaign Concert |
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| 8th
February 2006 - Sung at Rochester Cathedral Campaign Concert,
Rochester, Kent with Gads Hill School Choir. |
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Sarastro's
Restaurant
30th January 2006 - Booked to sing at Sarastro's Restaurant,
126 Drury Lane, London. |
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The
Grange
29th January 2006 - Booked to sing at The Grange, Allhallows,
Kent. |
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Mostly
Mozart Concert
26th January 2006 - Sung at 'Mostly Mozart Concert' at
Strood Methodist Church, Strood, Kent. |
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Peter
Andre and Jordan
13th January 2006 - Sung to Jordan and Peter Andre
at Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre, Gillingham.
Peter praised him on his "amazing voice". |
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Pride
of Medway
6th January 2006 - Went back to old school (High Halstow
Primary School) to sing at their prizegiving and in the
evening picked up "Pride of Medway" nomination certificate
at Pembroke House, Chatham, Kent. |
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