Features
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Feeling the groove: Whole-class improvisation
Jazz education legend Richard Michael outlines six steps you can follow to encourage your students to take their first stepsRead More -
Step onto cloud nine: Using Soundtrap with young people in school
Sponsored content. Mark Taylor is the director of Music at Simon Balle All-through School in Hertfordshire. He shares his experienceRead More -
Opera Now’s pick of operas online
In Travels From My Armchair (see page 43 of Opera Now’s March/April issue), Professor Anthony Ogus has given his recommendationsRead More -
Hera Hyesang Park: Opera Now’s cover artist in the March/April issue
A profound faith and a positive philosophy have been sustaining the young South Korean soprano Hera Hyesang Park asRead More -
Learning to adapt: School productions in the Covid era
Tom Kirkham and Sarah Lambie consider challenges and solutions to school performances in a pandemic. We are all learning toRead More -
Camera, action! Engaging students in online music learning
In our January issue, Elizabeth Stafford outlined some strategies to keep students engaged whenever there is an online element toRead More -
Thinking big
Little girls don’t play big Beethoven… or do they? Jessica Duchen examines established thinking on gendered repertoire I’m flying. I’veRead More -
A time for optimism
Gil Jetley, founder of the Music Holiday Italy piano courses, reflects on the opportunities and silver linings that have arisenRead More -
Back to Bach
Margaret Fingerhut immerses herself in the order and clarity of Bach’s fugues, discovering a sense of optimism amid the chaosRead More -
Album preview: Harmony by Borrtex
Czech composer and pianist Borrtex discusses his background in the film industry and introduces his new solo album Harmony WhatRead More -
River of change: NYO musicians’ mission to diversify orchestral music
There is a gaping hole in orchestral music. Harriet Clifford speaks to two musicians from the National Youth Orchestra ofRead More -
Why Michael Spyres excels at Rossini
In the cover feature of the October 2019 issue of Opera Now, Michael Spyres explained why his voice suits RossiniRead More -
Composer Julia Plaut introduces her new score for 24 Steinway pianos
Julia Plaut’s 24 Pianos was commissioned to celebrate the arrival of a new fleet of Steinway instruments at Cardiff’s RoyalRead More -
Five spooky scenes for Halloween
1: Weber’s Der Freischütz Max gets more than he bargained for when he makes a pact with the Devil’sRead More -
Recording Edward Gregson’s complete piano music
A new disc of Edward Gregson’s complete music for solo piano has been released by Naxos. Murray McLachlan shares hisRead More -
Ready, steady, rock: ABRSM Journeys Guitar review
ABRSM’s new guitar resource offers independent learners a pathway to playing rock and pop – but does this route leadRead More -
Test your wits in the Opera Now Quiz – No 2
The Opera Now QUIZ Do you know your Puccini from your Ponchielli? Test your operatic wits with another fiendish setRead More -
THE OPERA NOW QUIZ – No 1
Do you know your Puccini from your Ponchelli? Opera Now’s editorial team have put together a fiendish and intriguingRead More -
Five operatic originals to watch online online
Lockdown is gradually being lifted, but with live performances still on hold, opera companies are finding ever more inventiveRead More -
Live opera returns to Italy this summer
In the shadow of Ravenna’s Rocca Brancaleone on 21 June, Riccardo launched this year’s edition of the Ravenna Festival toRead More
