Posted on 12 April 2016
This blog post has been a long time coming as it was put on pause while I have been finishing my PhD. Thankfully that is all handed in now and I feel...
Posted on 11 April 2016
Andy Jackson, the inspirational leader of the Cobweb Orchestras, thought the best way for me to get an idea of how they work would be to join in one...
Posted on 11 April 2016
After the creation of the Yorkshire Music Library (under social enterprise Fresh Horizons) in 2012, the vast collection of over 300,000 musical...
Posted on 8 April 2016
The winners can be engaged by Making Music's 3000+ members - music clubs, amateur choirs and orchestras - at fixed fees and substantial subsidies...
Posted on 6 April 2016
Last week I met with the orchestra again! My mentor David Horne was able to come to this rehearsal, which was very useful. I now have the first 2 or...
Posted on 24 March 2016
Local authorities are implementing cuts of unprecendented scale for the financial years 2016/7 and music libraries continue to be targets, most...
Posted on 22 March 2016
Could you be the UK’s best, undiscovered singing group? Whether you’re a gospel group with gusto, a band of beatbox bravados or a...
Posted on 15 March 2016
Imagine being 16 years old and conducting a choir of experienced singers in front of a full house. Last November, that daunting prospect faced Tasmin...
Posted on 15 March 2016
Whatever reputation he may have had as an enfant terrible – cheerfully watching Prommers storm out of his performances in the 1960s –...
Posted on 11 March 2016
The English Folk Dance and Song Society has launched a nationwide search for talented young musicians to become the first members of the new National...
Posted on 11 March 2016
In 2017, to celebrate the 70th birthday of composer Paul Patterson, Josef Weinberger are offering a selection of orchestral hire works to amateur...
Posted on 9 March 2016
I thought I’d better check others’ posts to see what kind of thing had already been said – I don’t want to go over aspects of...
