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CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a Spotify playlist of music by Black British composers: open.spotify.com/playlist/4BE...

It has 25 tracks and was created by Harrison Knights, Assistant Director of Music at St James Piccadilly (London) for #BlackHistoryMonth. Read more here: www.sjp.org.uk/black-britis...

Black British Composers

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Open Up Music 🎵 @openupmusic.bsky.social · 7d

Help make the Clarion - our accessible musical instrument that can be played with any body part, including head movement - widely available to young disabled people.

Vote for Open Up Music in the #ArtExplora Audience Choice Award⤵️

bit.ly/ArtExplora2025

#EuropeanAward #AudienceDevelopment

A young female musician plays the Clarion in an orchestral rehearsal. She is smiling and is a wheelchair user. Blue text in a yellow box reads: "Vote for Open Up Music. Help us win €30,000 to make the Clarion widely available to young disabled people."

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 15

Celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th anniversary!

Hear the RCM alumnus' spirited Novelleten for string orchestra, performed by talented young musicians of the RCM Junior Department earlier this year.

Read more about his legacy and life at the RCM: bit.ly/3V0UJtT

#FlashbackFriday

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Dr. Marianne C.E. Gillion @mcegillion.bsky.social · Aug 16

#EarlyMusic is in the news this morning! But here’s a better article than the one that’s making the rounds, with more context, and input from a musicologist. The rediscovered music is #plainchant - which was the musical foundation of religious life at the time.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Buckland Abbey monk music to be played after almost 500-year gap

The music was discovered by a University of Exeter historian inside a 15th Century book.

www.bbc.com

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CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sad to see. ISM’s analysis of this year’s A-level music results "shows there has been a decrease in music entries of 1.8% across the UK in the last year. In England, fewer than 5,000 students took A-level music for the third year running."
www.ism.org/news/music-a...

Graph showing decrease in UK A-level music entries 2010-2025

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Alternative Classical @alterclassical.bsky.social · Jul 15

Sign up to our newsletter to receive our updates twice a month. This includes job and funding opportunities, new articles and upcoming events. www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/newsletter

Newsletter — Alternative Classical

Receive concert recommendations, music jobs and opportunities, and news of innovation in the classical music sector.

www.alternativeclassical.co.uk

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Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social · Jul 14

We are delighted to announce that Pontefract Library will be hosting an amazing exhibition about the history of Black British Ballet!

At the library on 1-27 August!

Our libraries are also hosting fun events as part of it!

For more information, visit: experiencewakefield.co.uk/event/black-...

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · Jun 23

What makes Ralph Vaughan Williams special as a composer?

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Neil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · Jun 7

This is a terrific disc. But, more importantly, what a composer Grace Williams was. Such a powerful and utterly distinctive voice. And, as well as this, her masterpiece - the huge, stunning Missa Cambrensis - is at last now on disc too.

John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · Jun 7

Orchestral Works: Grace Williams — John Andrews, BBC Philharmonic

“thrilling and… the word that keeps coming to mind is meaty! Anyway, sink your teeth into Williams’s fearless wind writing and clear affection for celesta.”

Our Top Classical Albums of 2024

It's been a terrific year for classical music. From passionate piano solos to lush orchestral works and beyond, here are our favorite classical recordings released in 2024!

www.classicalwcrb.org

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CHORALLY @chorally.bsky.social · May 23

🎼✨ Dream of conducting with the best? Here’s your chance!
The Sixteen is offering a prestigious Conducting Scholarship in the UK 🎶
Apply by 27 May 2025 and take your place at the podium! 🧑‍🎼
@The Sixteen
www.chorally.co/c/opportunit...

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CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · May 14

Frank has turned his IAML UK ASW talk from last month into a blogpost.

Frank Norman @franknorman.bsky.social · May 12

My latest blogpost describes a project to create a system for recording loans of music sets using #Airtable. occamstypewriter.org/trading-know...

Creating a library system using Airtable | Trading Knowledge

occamstypewriter.org

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Three Choirs Festival @threechoirs.bsky.social · May 8

It is with profound sadness that the Three Choirs Festival marks the passing of the esteemed composer and conductor Ronald Corp OBE.
We were greatly anticipating Ronald's presence at this year's festival in Hereford.

Read more - 3choirs.org/news/remembe...

Remembering Ronald Corp (1951–2025) | Three Choirs Festival

It is with profound sadness that the Three Choirs Festival marks the passing of the esteemed composer and conductor Ronald Corp OBE. His significant contri

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Siglo de Oro @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social · Apr 22

We're holding auditions for professional singers based in the UK, who would be interested in joining us for our projects. Successful applicants are likely to have high levels of vocal technique and musicianship, and a strong background in choral and ensemble singing.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · Mar 19

"The latest on the conveyor belt of mammoth resurrection stories came this week in the form of a slightly hairy mouse. Colossal Biosciences, the US company behind the “woolly mouse” and ensuing media frenzy"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#wato

Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford

At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford

www.theguardian.com

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · Mar 8

Each week we share a recommended choral track, many by composers who happen to be female. So for #IWD2025 here's a recap of the brilliant women we've discussed in the past year:
Margaret Bonds, Marianna Martines, Ethel Smyth, Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Caroline Shaw, Maddalena Casulana, (1/3)

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · Mar 8

Today on #InternationalWomensDay we remember Maria Hackett (1783-1874) without whom choristers today - and consequently the entire world of sacred choral music - might not exist.

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Choir of the Earth @choiroftheearth.com · Mar 8

Our first come-and-sing event of the year was on the Isle of Wight in February and @benenglandbem.bsky.social has since been conducting his way north, bringing Haydn's stunning Nelson Mass to choral singers around the UK. Today is our last UK stop, at the beautiful St Cuthbert's in sunny Edinburgh!

St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh

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Crouch End Festival Chorus @thechoircefc.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy #internationalwomensday from the women of #CEFC! 🎵🎉

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Dr Amy Zigler @dramyzigler.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is such an exciting find for #EthelSmyth research! The presumed lost complete manuscript of the Mass in D has been found!!
Congrats on this find, @lisacolton.bsky.social and the archivists @livunilibrary.bsky.social !

Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · Mar 7

I found the original manuscript of Ethel Smyth's Mass in D safely held in the Special Collections & Archives of the University of Liverpool. Thanks to @livunilibrary.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social @hannahmillington.bsky.social & @dramyzigler.bsky.social!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/music/news/s...

Original Manuscript score of Dame Ethel Smyth’s 'Mass in D' discovered by Department of Music staff | Stories | Department of Music | University of Liverpool facebooklinkedininstagramThe Origina...

news articles created in terminal 4

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Making Music UK @makingmusicuk.bsky.social · Mar 7

If you're looking to include more women composers in your repertoire, check out the databases below from Donne - Women in Music and The F-List for Music.

🎶 donne-uk.org/the-big-list/

🎶 thef-listmusic.uk

#InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomenInMusic

A webpage titled 'The Big List' featuring a grid of six images representing different centuries of women composers. Each image has a historical portrait or artistic representation of a composer overlaid on a floral background. The categories listed are '16th Century & Before,' '17th Century,' '18th Century,' '19th Century,' '20th Century,' and '21st Century.' A search button is above the grid, and a 'Join the Big List' button is below. A note at the bottom mentions that the list is regularly updated and invites users to contribute information or suggest names.

A digital banner featuring three circular images of women engaged in music-making, set against a red background with purple and teal circular accents. The left image shows a woman playing a keyboard and singing expressively. The center image features a woman playing the cello with focus. The right image depicts a woman with curly hair, wearing headphones, writing music while playing an acoustic guitar.

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CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 4

Hornsey Library is celebrating its 60th birthday. We wish them well on their 60th year in this fine building. It's a Grade II listed building, dating back to April 1965. It also provides a home to the CYM Library.

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Royal Philharmonic Society @royalphilsoc.bsky.social · Jan 29

The #RPSAwards take place at 7.15pm on Thursday 6 March at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social. We would love you to join us to celebrate outstanding musicians and achievements in classical music. Tickets from £10: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...

RPS Awards Event

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Creative Lives @creativelivescl.bsky.social · Jan 29

Registrations for this year's Make Music Day UK are now open! To take part in this wonderful annual celebration, simply host a free music event on 21 June. It's a great way to encourage new members or audiences to your group. To find out more and register your event visit makemusicday.co.uk

Home - Make Music Day

Created locally, shared globally – connecting people to the world’s largest DIY festival of music.

makemusicday.co.uk

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MUSIC:ED @musiced.bsky.social · Jan 13

Online next Saturday – Choral Conducting: An Introductory Guide, with Amy Bebbington
@Association of British Choral Directors
www.musiceducation.global/c/all-course...

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Alternative Classical @alterclassical.bsky.social · Jan 13

14 documentaries about classical musicians, all of which are on Netflix, YouTube, iPlayer or free on Amazon Prime.

www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/cla...

14 Classical Music Documentaries — Alternative Classical

Get to know composers, conductors and performers in these documentaries on Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime.

www.alternativeclassical.co.uk

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