This year 175 nations are coming together to agree a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty to cut plastic production

Ask your MP to keep up the pressure for a genuinely transformative treaty that tackles plastic pollution for good

act.gp/4cRfRKU

Look, it works! The first actual letters received, from actual people, written without the aid of AI (although I haven’t actually read them yet, to be fair).

If you fancied writing me a letter, I’ll be replying using an actual pen.

PO Box 1709, Berkhamsted, HP4 9FN, UK

Do you have a passion for new music and the skills to engage effectively with audiences, press and media?
We have a fantastic opportunity to lead on PR, marketing & sales in our small team, to promote music by today's British and Irish composers.
nmcrec.co.uk/recruitment

🎶🎺🎵🎷 Have you switched to #Dorico from other music #notation software? 🎶🎺🎵🎷

We want to hear from you! Send us your #Dorico SwitchStory and be part of our upcoming Dorico campaign. 🕺
For more information, read below:
blog.dorico.com/2024/03/dorico…

hymn writers deciding which note to give the altos

Writing a piece for Choir & Organ about mental health in the choral/church music profession and looking to speak to musicians/composers with a story to share

Please get in touch ([email protected]) thank you!

#journorequest

One day more! 🌟

The extended deadline for our job vacancy for a digital marketing manager is Monday 15th April at 5pm.

All details: echo-choir.com/opportunities

If you love the arts and designing creative digital campaigns, come and work with us!

#digitalmarketing #jobvacancy

summer concert by Covent Garden Chorus !

15th June – 6pm – London

including a new work I've composed for us & saxophone, setting an Anglo-Saxon riddle (yes we're singing the original!)

book by end 14 April (Sun) for early-bird discount (message me)

eventbrite.co.uk/e/ancient-ridd…

next month!

concert by the amazing Morris-Begg duo, including the long-awaited (belated) premiere of my comedy song cycle setting poems by Jessie Pope 😊

11th May – 6pm – Kings Place

#NewMusic #FunnyMusic

🎟️ igf.org.uk/guitar-in-lond…

🚨 !!COMPOSERS!! 🚨
A friendly reminder that applications to our New Voices Academy with The Carice Singers and Daniel Kidane close at 9AM on Monday 15 April. Our judging panel are meeting soon after the closing date so we can't accept late submissions
3choirs.org/join-in/new-vo…

there's an upcoming opportunity to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty, to protect 30% of oceans

email your MP to ask them to attend & support the debate –

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🚨 BREAKING: Belize has become the THIRD country to pass the Global Ocean Treaty into law! 🎉

When will the UK?

composer opportunity!

focussing on choral composition, with The Carice Singers & Daniel Kidane 🎶

deadline: 15 April

📢 🎶 We’re pleased to announce the release of the latest maintenance update for #Dorico 5. Dorico 5.1.30 is available now as a free update for existing #Dorico 5 users, and includes some 45 bug fixes and a number of useful improvements. 🎶

Read more:
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blog.dorico.com/2024/04/dorico…

Musicians need self-belief & optimism despite poor labour market outcomes & high risk. But, we ask if being a musician akin to gambling, where optimism is, unusually, a negative trait

Bold questions w/ @SallySharp & Dr Maike Klein published in Musicae Scientiae ESCOM Society 🧵

well done #FileOn4 for sharing the stories & covering the impact on the victims of Alex Woolf

incredible work by those young women to investigate such chilling actions against themselves, though they shouldn't have had to of course...

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Das Land ohne Musik....

Music is one of humanity's great universals – a source of joy, community-building, celebration 🎶

Why are we not valuing it accordingly? (answers on a postcard...)

We're thrilled to announce that applications to the New Voices Academy are now open! This composer development scheme aims to open new pathways to beginner career composers. 🎵🖋
Learn more 👉 3choirs.org/join-in/new-vo…
Daniel Kidane The Carice Singers Spitalfields Music

🎵 🚀 Join our #DoricoSwitchStories campaign! 🌟
Have you made the #SwitchToDorico and want to inspire fellow musicians? 🎹 Share your journey in a short video. Let’s create a wave of inspiration for #musicians worldwide—Your Switch Story Matters! 🌎🎶
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blog.dorico.com/2024/03/dorico…

Just one day left to apply for the 2025 RPS Composers programme! Find out more about the opportunity - a commission, premiere and year of professional development sessions - on our website, and apply by 11am tomorrow: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rps-…