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St Hilda’s College Oxford

Dan — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:21:12 +0000

“Conferences and events at St Hilda’s combine the elegance and tranquility of one of Oxford’s finest colleges with the up to date facilities and amenities that should be expected from one of the world’s greatest universities, to provide everything that you require to ensure the focus and success that your business deserves.”

We designed and developed a highly SEO optimised site to promote the college’s conference facilities.

South East IEP

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:50:56 +0000

Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE) is one of nine Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs) and was established to work with the south east’s 74 local authorities and 9 fire authorities to facilitate and fund projects that will drive efficiencies and service improvements across the region.

Themes include adult social care and services for children, capacity building , construction and asset management, corporate transformation, performance improvement, procurement, progress through partnership and waste resource management.

In year one, IESE enabled councils in the south east to make £18.5million cashable savings and estimates over £40m cashable savings in year two. IESE is governed democratically by members across the south east and managed by a south east chief executives’ board.

We worked with them to create a new, more engaging and easy to use site that allows members of the public and local councilors to quickly access the latest tools and news available.

Beethoven Ensemble

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:59:24 +0000

The Beethoven Ensemble is a young and exciting orchestra in Cambridge, England. The orchestra brings together the finest players of the University with recent graduates studying at music conservatoires and working as professional musicians. The aim of the orchestra is to build links between young talented players and the professional music world; by giving intimate concerts at exceptionally high levels we provide exposure and opportunities for musicians, not to mention world-class performances to our audiences.

They needed a website to promote their concerts, raise sponsorship, sell tickets, allow people to join their email list, read reviews, advertise on Facebook, YouTube and more. We built a stylish site that reflects the professionalism of the group.

Rosalind Ventris

Dan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:53:59 +0000

Recently described as a ‘remarkable talent’ for her performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Tasmin Little, twenty-one year old British violist Rosalind Ventris is quickly emerging as one of the most promising young artists of her generation.

Rosalind performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK, and has played in venues such as Conway Hall, St.John’s Smith Square, St.Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Wigmore Hall. She performs increasingly throughout Europe: at the Emiglia Romagna Festival in Italy, and the Saint-Mere Festival in France. She made her concerto debut with the Purcell Chamber Orchestra at St.John’s Smith Square in 2007, conducted by Ian Jewel, with Hindemith’s Viola Concerto “Der Schwanendreher”. She has since frequently performed as a concerto soloist: recently, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Tasmin Little, Hindemith’s Trauermusik with the EUCO, Bartok’s viola concerto with Thomas Blunt and CUCO, Bruch’s Double Concerto with Tom Gould, Daniel Hill, and the Beethoven Ensemble, and Walton’s Viola Concerto with Peter Stark and CUMS I.

Jennie Brown

Dan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:52:13 +0000

Jennie is 23 years old and studies with David Smith at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is currently completing her Masters. Jennie has recently won the Joyce Ann Beckett Prize from the Royal Academy of Music, and is supported by the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Jennie is a talented orchestral musician and has performed in all the major concert halls in the UK under eminent conductors such as Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir Colin Davis, and Sir Mark Elder. Jennie’s orchestral work includes BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, London Concertante.

Camerata Musica

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:42:40 +0000

Camerata Musica is an exciting Chamber Music series in Peterhouse Cambridge. They have distinguished artists from the Salzburg Festival giving intimate concerts in their auditorium, artists such as The Florestan Trio, Graham Johnson, Simon Tripceski, Victoria Mullova, Priya Mitchel, and the Sixteen. The trouble was, they weren’t getting the audiences they deserved, so we built a website to promote the series that allows online booking, a stylish interface, and an email list.

Edinburgh Studio Opera

Dan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:24 +0000

Founded back in 1968, what was originally Edinburgh University Opera Club formed under the guidance of University professors and lecturers. Its aim was much as it is now, to perform high standard opera. The first performance was a UK premiere of Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo. In the last 37 years, the society has undergone much change. For some time now the society has been run by students alone with great success. Also, the society has changed its name throughout the years finally ending up with its present name: Edinburgh Studio Opera (ESO).

They needed a classy and engaging new site to promote their 2009/10 season of operas, get people involved in the society and try and raise money for productions. We used Wordpress as a cost-effective starting point, and then built a bunch of CMS features on top.

Crashpadder – V2

Dan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:46:13 +0000

crashpadder.com is a global homestay network that enables hosts to earn extra cash from their spare room, and let’s guests avoid the cost of budget hotels and avoid the discomfort of cheap hostels. It gives everyone the chance to meet new people. We’ve been working with crashpadder for over a year now, having built the first version in 2008. Version 2 includes a total rewrite in Ruby on Rails, loads of new features, a new design by our friends at LookTouchFeel, and more. A huge and brilliant web application!

The Debate Chamber

Dan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:42:10 +0000

Debate Chamber has been providing exciting educational opportunities to school students across the UK since 2003. We are based in Oxford and also run regular events in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Edinburgh in addition to in-school teaching. They needed a new website to promote they’re great courses and opportunities for students. We created a powerful Wordpress driven site that gives them control over the site.

Jan Campbell Associates

Dan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:07:05 +0000

Jan Campbell Associates offers a service to government bodies, corporates and local and regional authorities to manage the implications of major decisions.

When decisions are taken within organisations that have implications for staff and management, Jan Campbell Associates provide administrative, implementation and management support to put the necessary processes and procedures in place.

We designed a clean fresh site for their new online presence. The site is simple and accessible, plus allows Jan and her team the tools to update and control the site themselves.