Witches, out-of-control sorcerers, magic cacti, blue deer, vertigo, lovesick opium-taking composers, and a magic baton… SURE, you’re all COMPLETELY safe with me this week…😜😎😱😳 @nco_gb #makingmusic #youthorchestra #orchestralife #magicalmusic #womencomposers #gabrielaortiz

Thank you! Thank you NCO-GB and Aldryn Estacio for your NCO support. #orchestraschangelives

LOVE @nco_gb’s tag. Think we’ve done what it says on the tin? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ An incredible performance yesterday - energy on stage was palpable. MAHOOSIVE bravo to all. My cup of NCO joy & inspiration overfloweth & my heart is full. Back to earth with a big BUMP. TY Arts Council England

‘Conducting is hard’ 🤣🤣🤣

So pleased to be stepping in last minute to this wonderful programme, opening this year’s brave and bold Brucknerfest Linz Brucknerhaus Linz. A few of my very favourite things: young people and female composers! brucknerhaus.at/programm/veran…

Auntie D! On In Tune! Thanks BBC Radio 3 for making space for DH’s wonderful music. The disc was a true labour of love for me and I’m so excited this great music can now be heard again & again. And hats off to kirsty matheson for fab cover art! BBC Concert Orchestra Signum Classics

Very excited to see that the edited book 'Perspectives on Conducting' = available for pre-order shortly. Really enjoyed working on this with co-editor Ciarán Crilly (UCD) and all our wonderful contributors. Details here: routledge.com/Perspectives-o… Routledge Music Editors Routledge Books

Happy #NewReleaseFriday! I've been waiting for a record like this ever since I heard the gorgeous 'Lamia' five years ago BBC Proms. If Dr Leah Broad's 'Quartet' has led you to Howell then it's the record for you too this #InternationalWomensDay. Try it here spoti.fi/400asdn

Catch Penny Smith's Magic Classical show from 10:00 this morning to hear music from Rebecca Miller's new Signum Classics album of Dorothy Howell's orchestral works🎶 💿lnk.to/DorothyHowellO… 📻planetradio.co.uk/scala-radio/ pic.x.com/VY2pzjQgRf

So proud and honoured to have painted this cover. It’s out today!!

To celebrate International Women's Day 2024, we're sharing our Recording of the Week, 'Dorothy Howell - Orchestral Works' (released on @signmusicrecords)! Featuring the @bbcconcertorchestra conducted by Rebecca Miller. 📖 Read the article here: tinyurl.com/3f5s2nb4 #IWD2024

Our new #discoftheweek is a fascinating album of orchestral music by Dorothy Howell. Consisting mostly of first recordings, it shows her flair for orchestration, brilliantly played by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Rebecca Miller. Perfect for #IWD2024! Read our review tinyurl.com/mr2d52wu

Thanks to the advocacy of Rebecca Miller and support of Signum Classics, orchestral music of almost-forgotten English composer Dorothy Howell - with its "imaginative orchestration" - now gets its due. It's the Presto "Recording of the Week." Rebecca Miller prestomusic.com/classical/arti…

Auntie D … at Number Three! One week after release! Thanks Presto Music Signum Classics BBC Concert Orchestra Dr Leah Broad Ikon Arts Management PremierClassical

Tune into BBC Radio 3 #RecordReview this morning to hear Andrew McGregor discussing the recent Signum Classics album by Rebecca Miller and BBC Concert Orchestra, Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works🎶 Experience this wonderful, overlooked composer! 📻bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… 💿lnk.to/DorothyHowellO… pic.x.com/8oTfQFD3GO

Cheers Gramophone for this feature on Auntie D! gramophone.co.uk/blogs/article/… Ikon Arts Management Signum Classics BBC Concert Orchestra

‘Would that one of those mythical figures featured in Howell's oeuvre could whisk her back to Worcestershire, offer her a gin and tonic and play her these splendid performances.’ - lovely review in Gramophone of Howell CD. Signum Classics PremierClassical BBC Concert Orchestra Ikon Arts Management

The very wonderful @RGCWbaritone will be joining us at Warwick Hall on Thursday 27 June at 7:30pm, performing Mahler's Rückert-Lieder - with or without his slippers! #Mahler #RoderickWilliams #Baritone

Sir Keir Starmer, ‘We lifted our step as we heard your music’. #whywedowhatwedo

Prime Minister Keir Starmer reflected today on how playing the flute gave him many opportunities at a young age. Music has the power to enrich young people's lives. It is vital that Labour fulfils its pledge to put music and the arts back at the heart of our schools.