King’s College Cambridge Names Carol Composer
Judith Weir has been announced as this year’s commissioned composer for King’s College Cambridge’s Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The tradition of commissioning a new carol for each service…
Vanessa Rose Appointed as American Composers Forum President
Vanessa Rose. Photo Credit: Julia Gang. On 30th October Anne LeBaron, Board Chair of America Composers Forum, announced the appointment of Vanessa Rose as their new President and CEO from…
Final Say People’s Vote March
Melvyn Bragg has added his voice to debate on how Brexit will affect the art in the UK, saying in the House of Lords: Today our musicians travel freely; connections are…
Two composer prizewinners announced
Congratulations to young Scotsman Gregor Forbes, who is the first composer to win the International Hanns Eisler Scholarship by the City of Leipzig. He will receive 5000 euros and be invited to…
Brexit News
The excellent politics.co.uk, edited by the even more excellent Ian Dunt, posted an article on 3rd September pointing out how Brexit, whilst being a cry against metropolitan elites, will probably end up focusing…
New composers appointed to LSO Soundhub and Jerwood Composer+
The London Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of six new composers to its LSO Soundhub and LSO Jerwood Composer+ programmes, and two composers who will continue onto the next…
Musicans already refusing to enter the UK because of ‘humiliating’ visa process
On Thursday the House of Lords European Union Committee reported on the likely implications for the cultural sector once the UK has left the European Union. It stressed the importance of freedom…
Péter Eötvös receives Goethe Medal
Germany’s Goethe-Insitut makes an annual award for those who ‘have performed outstanding service for the German language and for international cultural relations.’ One of this year’s prize winner is Hungarian…
The BBC to Leave Maida Vale
The BBC announced yesterday that it is to leave its Maida Vale Studios. Starting life as the Maida Vale Roller Skating Palace in 1909, it has since played host to…
New book debunks theory that Britten died of syphilis.
Whether a recent story about proclivities of Admiral Lord Nelson is true or false, it rather proves that the sexual lives of the renowned dead provide good copy. This has always been…