THE Bermuda School of Music is picking up any slack there might be in Bermuda's Golden Jubilee celebrations with a formal concert of royal coronation music.

Some royalists in the community have complained that Bermuda just isn't doing enough to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the coronation of the Queen.

But there are several individual events being staged during the next week including the Bermuda School of Music's Music for Royal Occasions concert at St. John's Church, Pembroke on Saturday, June 15, starting at 8 p.m. The music will be performed by the Bermuda Chamber Choir.

"The celebrations do seem to have been low-key," said Bermuda School of Music principal John York Skinner. "Several members of the choir suggested we do this as a programme when we were looking for something for our next concert. Our last concert was in March.

"Some people came to me and said, 'There is very little going on so let's do something to mark the Golden Jubilee. The music is largely coronation music starting with Handel's music and going right the way through to the 20th century. It is a very festive programme."

Mr. Skinner is particularly excited about the programme because he sang in the choir at Westminster Abbey for Princess Anne's wedding. And in 1977 he was a member of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir when the Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee.

"There is also one piece which we are performing that was not taken from a coronation," said Mr. Skinner. "It was performed at Princess Diana's funeral. It is John Tavener's song Athene. The interesting thing about it is that it was written in 1993 in Bermuda. At the bottom of the sheet of music it says 'Bermuda, N'Aldretts'. I assume N'Aldretts is the name of a house somewhere."

Concert organiser Allan Lee said he thought the concert was the most formal event organised in Bermuda.

"There has been no mass celebration the way there has been in other places," he said. "The celebrations in England were brilliant. They really rolled out the red carpet." Mark Dorrell is the organist. Tickets are available from Meyer Travel, The Music Box, Bermuda School of Music and at the door. Tickets for adults are $20 and $10 for students.

Meanwhile, the Corporation of Hamilton has also organised several events for this weekend, including a concert in City Hall car park on Sunday, and a special banquet for dignitaries including Premier Jennifer Smith and Governor Sir John Vereker.

Monday is the Queen's Birthday holiday in Bermuda.

Corporation Secretary Roger Sherratt said Bermuda was holding most of its Golden Jubilee events a week after England because of scheduling conflicts.

"One of the things that was unusual from Bermuda's point of view is that we are celebrating a week after everyone else," he said. "Most of the rest of the world has already celebrated.

"When we came to organise the activities for the Golden Jubilee we discovered that for the same weekend, plans had already been made a year ago for the President's Choice concerts held in St. George's and Dockyard last weekend.

"Unfortunately, Bermuda is too small to have two major events going on at the same time and same day. The President's Choice concert involved bringing people in from abroad and all those arrangements had been made a year in advance. It was decided we would hold our events the next weekend which would tie in with the Queen's Birthday Parade."

If the weather is bad on Sunday, the City Hall car park concert will be held on Monday evening.

Three bands will perform music that has been popular during the Queen's reign. The concert starts on Sunday, June 9 at 7.30 p.m.. There will be a children's play area and a food court. There is also a special service of thanksgiving and intercession planned to mark the Golden Jubilee at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity on Church Street in Hamilton that begins at 11 a.m. .

The church collection that day will be donated to the Adult Education School.

"That is a specially designed service along similar lines to the ones held in England," said Mr. Sherratt. "It is open to all, but members of the congregation are invited to a reception afterwards at City Hall."