
Paul McCreesh
@paul_mccreesh
Conductor. Father. Centrist. Passions - music, arts, educ, young. Hates class snobbery / political hypocrisy. Sticks head above parapet. Age not moderating!
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10-04-2014 14:12:40
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I missed this on BBC News (UK)




Our Choral Director vacancy closes on Monday at 5pm! A superb opportunity to direct two of our outstanding choirs and deliver our Schools Singing Programme to schools in the Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust. Visit dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk/vacancies/ for more details and the application pack.


Closes Monday 5pm! A lovely job - brilliant colleagues and lots of support available. Could suit early career or new graduate musicians, Daniel RodrĂguez TĂjaro has done a fantastic job developing the choirs and school provision and the overall Singing Programme is in great shape.



More painful truths from Matthew Syed - this should be essential reading.

âIf we allow cultural capital to be inherited rather than taught, then we give up on justice. We allow background to dictate future. We let go of one of the very reasons schools exist.â This is such a good post! I couldnât agree more with Mark McCourt Quoted one extract above but


Stop designing ârelevantâ curricula for the poor. This by Mark McCourt is bracing, and brilliant.




On Sunday 8th June the BBC Radio 4 recording which features our children from the Bradford Catholic Youth Choir, will be broadcast for Pentecost. Tune in at 8:10am or you can listen back afterwards on BBC Sounds. Canât wait to hear it!đ”Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust Diocese of Leeds Music



Save Surrey Youth Choir! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/HpMCwRM2kY via Change.org UK

Tonight: Paul McCreesh conducts the Poznan Philharmonic in a programme including Sibelius' 2nd Symphony. More information and tickets here: bit.ly/3FCOicC Filharmonia PoznaĆska im. Tadeusza Szeligowskiego Paul McCreesh


Happy Birthday to our Chairman, Paul Spicer 6th June (1964) was also the date Howells completed 'Take him, earth for cherishing', so here's Paul's recording: youtube.com/watch?v=52FC_OâŠ