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Live vocal festival launches tonight
A new online festival of live vocal music launches tonight. ‘Live from London’ features music from the renaissance to contemporaryRead More -
Arts workers protest 800 redundancies at National Theatre and Southbank Centre
On 1 August, hundreds of staff from the National Theatre and Southbank Centre are set to protest the mass redundanciesRead More -
‘An impartial, safe space’: Wellbeing Collective launches for composers
The Composer Wellbeing Collective was launched in response to the absence of a network of support for composers in dealingRead More -
LPO releases video resources for young composers
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has released a video series on social media as part of The Studio, an online resourceRead More -
Snape Maltings Concert Hall to reopen for live performances
***Statement from Britten Pears Arts (Friday 31 July): ‘Following the government’s new announcement this afternoon, the first two weeks ofRead More -
Wigmore Hall announces autumn season reopening
Wigmore Hall director John Gilhooly has unveiled plans for the London venue’s autumn season, which will include a seven weekRead More -
Oxford Piano Festival 2020 moves online
The 22nd Oxford Piano Festival will take place online 3-7 August 2020. The Festival typically welcomes some of the world’sRead More -
Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy launches digital festival
The Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy (PYPA) has launched its first-ever digital piano festival, online from 1 to 9 August. HighlightsRead More -
Montana’s Tippet Rise Art Center launches online piano initiatives
Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, US, has announced two new online initiatives, adding to its website’s existing offering ofRead More -
Polish pianist wins Northern Ireland’s Walled City Competition
The 2020 Walled City Music International Online Piano Competition has been won by 27-year-old Polish pianist Elżbieta Bilicka. She wasRead More -
London’s Fairfield Halls returns fleet of Phoenix Pianos
Fairfield Halls in Croydon has returned its fleet of nine Phoenix Pianos after venue operator BH Live ran into financialRead More -
Portland Piano International to host Virtual Piano Extravaganza
Portland Piano International has launched an immersive online festival of solo and duo piano music, featuring two days of liveRead More -
Mander Organs ceases trading
Mander Organs Ltd ceased trading on 27 July. The London-based organ builders posted an announcement on its website: ‘Mander OrgansRead More -
Leeds College of Music announces new name
Leeds College of Music is set to be renamed Leeds Conservatoire from 3 August. The name change reflects a newRead More -
Orchestra of the Swan helps special school pupil win place at conservatoire
A Year 13 pupil at a special school in Birmingham has won a place at the city’s Royal Conservatoire withRead More -
Music must be central to the curriculum catch-up, sector leaders urge
Sector leaders have called on the Education Secretary to ensure music education is central to the curriculum when schools fullyRead More -
Classical Opera and The Mozartists launch Pay It Forward appeal
Classical Opera and The Mozartists have launched an appeal to generate funds for freelance artists who are unlikely to receiveRead More -
St John’s Smith Square announces Artist Lab project to support musicians
St John’s Smith Square (SJSS) has launched the Artist Lab project, in which supporters are invited to commit to aRead More -
Three Choirs Festival Week online
The 2020 Three Choirs Festival is running virtually, from 25 July to 1 August. It will include videos of festivalsRead More -
Celebrating Yorkshire Day in music
Darius Battiwalla gives a live organ recital at Leeds Town Hall as part of a celebration of Yorkshire Day onRead More
