This is not surprising and is very similar across the board! Diversity comes in many forms and we all need to look at how we open the route to study and performance for all backgrounds.

Not only are orchestra & chorus to be made part-time at Welsh National Opera & two touring venues cut next spring, but now voluntary redundancy has been offered across the rest of the company. How on earth can Arts Council England & Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales defend their cuts? And how bad does the… 🧵1/3

Fantastic opportunity here for children aged 7 to 11, with applications now open for the Royal Opera House's Young Voices and Youth Opera Company: roh.org.uk/learning/young…

Announcing three incredible soloists for Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall!

𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, Rachel Duckett and Hayato Sumino 角野隼斗 - かてぃん will be joining the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on stage next Monday.

Gabriella Swallow Opera star Nicky Spence will serve as ISM President for 2024/25, taking on the role from Tuesday 16 April.

As President, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 says he wants to 'help protect the conditions musicians need to deliver brilliant art' 👇

📷: Ki Price

Thrilled to have Gabi onboard… x

It's party time! 🎉

Soprano Mary Bevan, tenor 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and joseph middleton join forces for an evening of songs by Noël Coward and his contemporaries!

Don't miss out on a colourful evening of pure entertainment.

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Yes Ben Goldscheider! Yes 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! Yes Britten Sinfonia! What a pulse-racing spirit-raising concert at Milton Court Barbican Centre - both soloists in their element in Britten's Serenade then Ben remarkably bounded through Huw Watkins's ultra energetic new Horn Concerto.

ISM Members’ Day 2024 - one week to go! 🙌

Stay tuned for a full day of focus groups, workshops, music from Filkin's Drift & Brixton Chamber Orchestra and In Conversation with ISM President-Elect 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 OBE and Katie Derham. #ISMmembersday

Blood, tears and taboos – how periods affect a singer's voice: thetimes.co.uk/article/4dcda6…

Really happy to have this feature in The Times and The Sunday Times today – it's about a subject we should all be less afraid of talking about. (1/2)

Today, 4pm Saffron Hall we perform with 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and Ben Goldscheider. Join us for an afternoon of music by Britten, Mozart & Judith Weir, plus a premiere from Huw Watkins.

🎟️ Ten tickets for £10 have just been released – grab them while you can!
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“How can we avoid slithering back into that Neanderthal state? Here are four problem areas, and possible ways forward.”

This piece has whetted my appetite for ⁦the upcoming BBC Radio 3⁩ series by Richard Morrison⁩ about the current state of UK music: thetimes.co.uk/article/this-i…

A Journey through Scottish Song with 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 promises an evening of heart-stopping lament and high comedy devised by Scotland’s proudest tenor, who will be joined by soprano Eleanor Dennis and pianist d. perez
Wed 24 Apr, Kings Place #ad
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Do come along to our Scottish Concert Kings Place on 24 April 2024… including a premiere by marvellous Helen Grime

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Come hear the WORLD PREMIERE of my horn concerto for Ben Goldscheider and Britten Sinfonia under Michael Papadopoulos Saffron Hall next Sunday! (That’s 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 pictured, who’ll be singing Britten Serenade there, what more could you want?)
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Our long awaited recording of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius is still available to pre-order!

Listen to our second clip with 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 singing Pt. 1: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death.

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So excited for this residency… roll out the barrel etc x

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I may never recover from hearing Cynthia Erivo live again tonight… this time with Jason Robert Brown. Bloody astounding singing!

Fabulous appointment!