My garden is tiny but it is currently full of beauty. And there are Great Tit chicks in the bird box on the kitchen wall. I can hear them from the kitchen!

Amazing Day1 of PGR Conf2024-a string of amazing presentations, from immersive audio as improvisatory tool to questions on voice and agency in the opera industry, and from brass quintet arrangements to anti-colonial sound worlds in video games- thank you RNCM Research Royal Northern College of Music

Such an amazing concept!

We are really looking forward to welcoming two leading baroque wind players to Manchester Baroque at our next concert on 15th June- Gail Hennessy and Sally Holman. We will perform together Reichenaer's Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon - a complete rarity. 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/queens-of-th…

☀️Summer Concerts at Manchester Cathedral☀️ Join us for two exciting summer concerts in the beautiful surroundings of the cathedral. Book now for a wonderful night of live music! 🎵 🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/o/manchester-b…

Sale M33! Saturday! Watching this rehearsal was such a special treat! Honestly they are just SO GOOD. If you want to get away from all the bad news in the world & just have 2 really wonderful chilled hours watching something truly beautiful, grab yourself a ticket for this ❤️

This series is a wonderful local gem, organised in her own time by my friend Cheryl Law, who puts immense work in and does it to bring high quality music to her local community. 👏👏👏 Please do check it out if you’re Manchester based! This will be a gorgeous concert! ❤️

Another fabulous concert London International Choir! Wonderful repertoire from across the globe sung with such skill, enthusiasm and an infectious love for singing. So uplifting! This is why its worth fighting for investment in music/education RMA MusicHE The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark

This looks like a great read 👀

Today’s the day! Keep tuned for updates on the conference throughout the day. We’re particularly looking forward to hearing from Sarah K. Whitfield not posting here anymore! who has been working on this for a year since joining the committee.

We LOVE this video from Sale Festival 😍👇 Behind the scenes of #ANightAtTheBallet this Saturday at Waterside Arts Tickets still available but selling fast now! #DontMissOut So excited! See you Saturday 💃🎻🎉 #ballet #SaleM33 #M33Sale #Music #violin #Manchester #Mcr #String4tet

SAS leading a call for joint advocacy for the humanities. Great sharing of initiatives today with representation from uni sector and subject associations. Key message: joined-up thinking and turn what we know on the ground into a piece of "being useful". Voice+action=campaign.

The RMA condemns the provisional redundancies at Goldsmiths Music Department in the strongest possible terms. We encourage our members to sign and share this petition started by Goldsmiths music students: change.org/p/protect-musi…

Devastating news for music students & staff at Goldsmiths Music Department. The planned redundancies will leave huge gaps in provision & swift decline is the inevitable outcome. The whole funding system is broken but this cannot be the answer. Sign the petition: change.org/p/protect-musi…

MUSIC: From soul legends to fantastical opera, live art to dance’s cutting edge, we select our highlights from the Royal Northern College of Music's Autumn Season: creativetourist.com/event/rncm-aut…

It’s 3 weeks to go until the Royal Northern College of Music Saxophone Day & I’m so looking forward to performing @andyscottmuso’s double concerto ‘Tjuonavagge’ with carlraven and the RNCM Saxophone Orchestra, directed by @RobBucklandSax 🎷🎷 Get your tickets here: rncm.ac.uk/festivals/rncm…

Fabulous to see so many budding young violists turn out @RNCM for our BBC Philharmonic Orchestra student scheme auditions this afternoon! Such a great standard and so many lovely performances! Thanks to all the brilliant students and dedicated teachers doing such great work! ❤️🙏👍

The African Concert Series returns to Wigmore Hall for a series of concerts in 2025! ℹ️Programme & tickets 🎫 wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/serie…

My fellow director RNCM PRiSM Emily Howard is up for the BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award 2025 for her piece Anvil which uses in its composition a huge Anvil Grid text of 41x23 words It’s a public vote! Link here to vote wisemusicclassical.com/news/4990/Emil…

For all history, poetry and music lovers: join me in congratulating Emily Howard and Michael Symmons Roberts for the BBC MusMag nomination (and vote if you like it!) classical-music.com/awards/2025-aw… BL Sound Heritage Visit Manchester Manchester Museum Royal Northern College of Music RNCM Research RNCM PRiSM