What is Snape Maltings?
[[Image:Snape Maltings.jpg|thumb|250px|The concert hall at the Maltings, Snape]] '''Snape Maltings''' is a group of buildings including a famous [[concert hall]] in the [[village]] of [[Snape]], [[Suffolk]]. Many [[concert]]s are given in the Maltings. Every year the [[Aldeburgh Festival]] has many of its concerts there. The composer [[Benjamin Britten]] used to live in [[Aldeburgh]] with the singer [[Peter Pears]]. They started a music school for young people. The Britten-Pears Foundation still continues today, with many concerts based in the Maltings. This foundation gives young musicians a chance to learn from famous music teachers and perform at concerts. Many of them have recently [[graduate]]d from a music college. The buildings on the site are mostly from the [[19th century]]. They are built on the banks of the [[River Ore]]. Originally they were built to make [[barley]] and [[beer]]. When the barley had been [[malt]]ed it used to be sent to [[London]] and exported to [[Europe]]. The Maltings closed during the [[1960s]]. Since then the buildings have been restored and rebuilt to include the famous concert hall. It was opened in 1967, burnt down in 1969, and rebuilt in 1970. The '''Holst Library''' is connected to the Maltings and is named in honour of [[Imogen Holst]], the daughter of [[Gustav Holst]], who was a close friend of Benjamin Britten and an artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1956 to 1977. The concert hall is a place for concerts and many other [[community]] activities during the year. Aldeburgh Music have concerts in June, and in August the Snape Proms take place. These are concerts at which some audience can by cheap tickets and sit on the floor at the front. They often take [[rug]]s to sit on. ==Related pages== *[[Aldeburgh Festival]] *[[Benjamin Britten]] *[[Peter Pears]] ==Other websites == *http://www.snapemaltings.co.uk/concerts.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824132623/http://www.snapemaltings.co.uk/concerts.asp |date=2007-08-24 }}