She has my full support. Caterpillar cakes are a notoriously male dominated industry.

Just caught up with Claire Jackson’s Claire Jackson article about the music of @annaclyne in the June issue of BBC BBC Music Magazine … so good, unpicking the tech terms for those of us unfamiliar with the world of electronic enhancement … 1/2

Unlike some artists, I always read reviews, and though they don’t change the experience of the work I do it does feel great when something is universally appreciated. 4 x 5 ⭐️ reviews for our Britten Pears Arts Curlew River so far. Nice!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'The effect - as with the rest of the piece - is transformative' ✨ Claire Jackson reviews Britten's Curlew River at Aldeburgh Festival 👀 Read the full review below... gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…

German pianist Felix Mendelssohn is often cited as one of the greatest composers in classical music history. 🎹🎶 But in recent years, music assumed to be by Felix has been revealed to have been written by his sister, Fanny. Claire Jackson writes. ✍️⬇️ bigissue.com/culture/music/…

I see this lad’s back in his usual monday night slot on Sky Arts

Dr Kanneh-Mason spoke to me a few weeks ago about the steep decline in the school that nurtured the musical life of her older children so carefully. "Sheku won BBC Young Musician — and then the new head teacher axed the cello teacher." thetimes.com/culture/classi…

I don’t keep records of what books I’ve got - so I have been known to acquire the odd duplicate

Piano lid goes up. Prommers in arena: Heave! Prommers in gallery: Ho! Nearby audience member to his friend: Is that Just Stop Oil? #overheardattheproms #nichecrowd

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As music continues to be marginalised in schools, community-minded music organisations and individuals have taken up the slack. Will the new government change that? 🎶 Claire Jackson looks at the productions combining professional & amateur forces. ⬇️ bigissue.com/culture/music/…

"I need AI to help me write because it's hard and not everyone is able" writing is supposed to be miserable, if you need a crutch that's what substance abuse is for, sylvia plath would choke you to death with her bare hands and edgar allan poe would use your skull as a bong

Protect Welsh National Opera! Funding cuts are putting its future at risk. Support the Musicians' Union's campaign to keep its members in secure work and keep Wales' rich musical heritage strong Musicians' Union #WNOProud Sign the petition: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/prot… via @megaphoneuk

I’m in Leeds for Leeds International Piano Competition - after yesterday’s extraordinary performances I’ve pushed my inadequate map-reading to the limit and followed the city’s joyful piano trail 🎹

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spell-check lols continue

Ahead of their live performance at tonight's PRS Presents at LSO St Luke's, Manchester Collective tell Claire Jackson about taking on works by the likes of Dobrinka Tabakova, Errollyn Wallen and Philip Glass. prs.info/WvUF50TvpQx

At last an opera about me, featuring a dashing critic with darkly brooding looks and perfect Teeline shorthand...or not. My adventures at WexfordFestivalOpera with Charles Villiers Stanford's Tudor bizarre romp of an opera, *The Critic*. thetimes.com/article/bf6402…

🎨Art in the community "There are no signs asking passersby not to touch – or skate over – the instruments on the piano trail." - Claire Jackson Big Issue ❤️ Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes bigissue.com/culture/music/…

I asked chat gpt to write a program note for op. 110 Beethoven and it got the wrong piece and mislabeled the movements even of the wrong piece so I think the lucrative program note industry can breathe a sigh of relief