Category: Journal
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Daniel Pioro to become associate artist at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Developing musicians get to collaborate with a brilliant musician
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Dame Shirley Williams on Benjamin Britten
Dame Shirley Williams tells the story of Britten in a talk given during the Southbank’s Rest is Noise
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Thoroughly Good post-pandemic
Thoroughly Good is interested in meeting in pub gardens from Monday 12 April.
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Orchestra of the Swan’s new album Labyrinths in recording at Saffron Hall this week
Classical – whatever the format or the content – is more than entertainment. It’s art. It’s also community.
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Introducing the UK’s fourth classical music radio station
Thoroughly Good Radio launches on Friday 21 May 2021 at an innovative open-air COVID-safe street festival not that far from Blackheath.
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David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan release The Interpretation of Dreams
It’s taken a pandemic to empower a subsection of the classical music world to create the content they’ve long wanted to see on their screen.
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#ABO21 BBC Radio 3’s Alan Davey responds to dismay about BBC Proms recruitment advert
Davey: “The advert is not saying classical music is dull, embarrassing or only for old people.”
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#ABO21 Arts Council England Nicholas Serota speaks on diversity research
Serota: “research clearly illustrates that black or black British musicians are underrepresented at every stage of the training pipeline and workforce.”
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#ABO21 Caroline Dinenage MP shares some surprising Culture Recovery Fund figures
Minister of State for Digital and Culture appears to report a funding increase for some British orchestras by a factor of ten.
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The women who make me the person I am
International Women’s Day is triggering more than just a desire to celebrate, but to think, specifically about personal responsibility.