Today and tomorrow we are pleased to be hosting a visit fromJonathon Govias to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He is finding out about our education and outreach work - he is also working with our students on various aspects of chamber music, performance and conducting 🙂

Liverpool

I haven't seen liverpoolphilEd and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for about five years! Time to get reacquainted in the best possible way - active collaboration. Looking forward to it!

I've been sent to Coventry

Maybe as the world gets increasing digital, the idea of retaining something analogue becomes increasingly valuable? Counterpoint for the sake of provocation...

Maybe we don't need to when everyone else is going digital anyway? Contact with technology is virtually inevitable and growing. Contact with analogue music production is undergoing erosion.

That moment in a presentation when one panelist realizes for the first time his organization does something similar to another panelist's. Collaboration impending? #MusicMark2018

Ahhh ha ha ha ha ha ha! "Welcome to Edmonton!"

The ISU Symphony Orchestra 2019-2020 launches on Friday Oct 11!

That moment of unalloyed joy when you're programming a concert and find the perfect piece to complete it.

Every year I swear I'll stop running multiple projects/circuses and every year they get bigger. New this year: no clowns involved!

Observing the regional rubber cylinder slappers makes me sad.

Reflections on 10 years in Sistema jonathangovias.com/2020/02/10/ref…

Montero vs. Maduro – and why the truth matters jonathangovias.com/2020/04/12/mon…

The Day of Reckoning for Racism is Here jonathangovias.com/2020/06/07/the…

What the pandemic has taught us about music and education jonathangovias.com/2020/06/14/wha…

How can the Buffalo Sabres' situation get worse? They could hire Peter Chiarelli...

Ahhh, Montréal, like Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton and Calgary before you, you will raise our hopes and then dash them quite expertly by losing in game 7 of the finals.

Some award recipients from today's (6/2) #NCORE2022 General Session (🧵): Jonathan Govias Change Agent Award

As author of what has been labeled "the original blog" on Sistema, I reluctantly accept the responsibility of writing its obituary. Where to begin... jonathangovias.com/2023/06/13/sis…