Have you booked your ticket yet for the 2026 #RPSAwards? On Thursday 12 March, join us for a celebration of UK classical music-making at @southbankcentre.bsky.social's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Tickets from £10 (plus venue fees) are available via: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...

New in the Early English Church Music series, English Saints' Office I, the first in a three-volume set of transcriptions from over forty cycles of liturgical chants composed in England from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries. Now available @stainerandbell.bsky.social https://bit.ly/49d1YqL

Celebrating the UK's non-professional music-makers, this Award is supported by @stainerandbell.bsky.social. Voting closes 11am on Mon 2 Feb. You can join us when the winner is announced at the 2026 #RPSAwards, Thursday 12 March at Queen Elizabeth Hall: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...

Wrapping up our 2025 composer visits with Fraz Ireland. A brilliant conversation on Friday and an exciting new choral work announcement coming soon! 🎵 @nyogb.bsky.social

We're so grateful to @stainerandbell.bsky.social for supporting this year's RPS Inspiration Award, which recognises the remarkable constellation of non-professional music-makers nationwide.

🎹 Celebrate Christmas at the piano!🎄 Get a FREE PDF of Mendelssohn’s Six Christmas Pieces Op. 72 edited by Otto Thümer. Perfect for pianists of all ages. Available as a ‘free purchase’ in our shop: stainer.co.uk/shop/49118/ . #ChristmasMusic #PianoMusic #FreeSheetMusic #Mendelssohn #AugenerEdition

If Elgar were a bulb vegetable… 🧄🎩 Meet Sir Edward Elgarlic and friends in The Musical Vegetable Patch: Six early-grade piano pieces by Kristina Arakelyan with stunning illustrations by @rosiebrooks.bsky.social stainer.co.uk/shop/h515/

New music for new cellists! 🌟Alison Moncrieff-Kelly presents CelloSongs - 12 original pieces to make learning joyful & creative from the very first notes. 🎻 #LearnCello #CelloSongs @thewittjones.bsky.social youtu.be/utghLwBasNo?...

New volume in our Early English Church Music series, Matthew Locke: Small-Scale Sacred Music is now available from @stainerandbell.bsky.social. It extends our picture both of Locke's abundant talent and of music for worship in the Restoration period https://stainer.co.uk/shop/ec67/

🎉 The Musica Britannica SUMMER SALE is still on! Don’t miss 50% off most volumes in the series – offer ends 31 August. Critical editions of British music, including chamber, choral, opera, orchestral, and more. 🎼 stainer.co.uk/MB #MusicaBritannica #ClassicalMusic

"New Vaughan Williams Banjo Sextet. Subtitled The Lark Descends. Found in the Bodleian under ‘British Birdsong’. OUP will be as sick as parrots." My spoof post-match interview for classical music publishers who also love football clichés. WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/CsPBo... #Comedy #ClassicalMusic

🚢 “The Good Ship Attenborough” sets sail this Saturday at 7:30pm in Hexham Abbey! Join Hexham Orpheus Choir for the 3rd #LivingVoices premiere of the day — a dazzling new piece by Russell Hepplewhite, with Roger McGough’s poetic warning on global warming. 🌍🎶 #davidattenborough #newmusicforchoir

🌟 The second of three world premieres in one day! This Saturday in Warwick, hear Divertimento perform "Tender" — a beautiful new choral work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a specially commissioned poem by Mona Arshi🎶✨ www.divertimento.org.uk/concerts

This Saturday our #LivingVoices series continues with the Birmingham Bach Choir premiering "Song of Flight" — a powerful new work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a moving poem by Jamila Gavin. The first of three premieres in one day! 🎶🕊️ #ChoralMusic

'Lord and the Dance' and 'When I needed a Neighbour' feature at Glastonbury thanks to the fabulous James B Partridge 🎵 Who said nostalgia isn't what it used be? 🤣 #SydneyCarter www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

No yodelling experience? No worries! But if you're feeling bold, give it a whirl — Crystalla Serghiou’s Little Ol’ Lady Who? is a playful, cross-genre choral romp full of surprises. Thrilled to welcome Crystalla to our #ChoralNow series! 🎶 stainer.co.uk/shop/cn77/

🎶 World Premiere #6 from our #LivingVoices series! The Whitehall Choir presents “Riddle” — a stunning new work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a specially commissioned poem by Alice Oswald. Poetry meets music this week — don’t miss it! 🌿🎵 #ChoralMusic #NewMusic

The fifth world premiere in our #LivingVoices series takes place this Saturday in Epsom! 🎶 Epsom Choral Society presents "True Story" — a captivating new work by Russell Hepplewhite, featuring a specially commissioned poem by beloved writer Michael Rosen. 🎼

🎉 The Musica Britannica SUMMER SALE is ON! For a limited time, get 50% OFF landmark critical editions of British music — including chamber, choral, opera, orchestral, and more. 🎼 👉 stainer.co.uk/MB #MusicaBritannica #ClassicalMusic

The fourth instalment in our #LivingVoices series is served this Saturday in Wimbledon! 🎶 Join the Wimbledon Choral Society as they unveil "from: Gravity Archives" — a powerful new choral work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a specially commissioned poem by Sir Andrew Motion.

The third gem in our #LivingVoices world premieres is in North London on Saturday!🎶Highgate Choral Society perform "The Diarist’s Pages" — a mysterious, exciting new work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a specially commissioned poem by Joseph Coelho. @russellhepplewhite.bsky.social

With great sadness we mourn the passing of conductor and composer Ronald Corp OBE. A friend of Stainer & Bell over many years... stainer.co.uk/ronald-corp-...

The second of our #LivingVoices world premieres is this very week! 🎶Gloucester Choral Society perform "Leaving" — a beautiful new work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a specially commissioned poem by Pam Ayres. We can't wait! gloucesterchoral.com/concerts-and... @gloucestercathedral.org.uk

Dear Friends of Clear Music, We are delighted to announce our new partnership with the esteemed British music publishing house @stainerandbell.bsky.social From 1 April 2025, we will serve as the exclusive rental agent for Stainer & Bell’s catalogue across Australia and New Zealand! 🎶

Behold, the sea itself! @stainerandbell.bsky.social‘s “new critical edition” of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ glorious ‘A Sea Symphony’ With corrections, improved layout, efficient page turns and generous rehearsal cues. [email protected] www.clearmusic.com.au #stainerandbell #clearmusicaustralia

Day 2 at #ACDA2025 in Dallas is underway! 🎶 A huge thank you to ECS Publishing for graciously hosting us at their booth. And guess who stopped by yesterday to say hello to our Choral Ambassador, Angus Smith? None other than #ChoralNow composer Shruthi Rajasekar.

The first of our #LivingVoices world premieres is almost here! 🎶 On 5 April in Exeter, experience I Wake—a stunning new work by Russell Hepplewhite, set to a specially commissioned poem by Wendy Cope. Don't miss it! stainer.co.uk/living-voices/ #NewMusic #WorldPremiere #ExeterFestivalChorus

A full house today here at S&B HQ! Such a pleasure introducing some of the National Youth Choir's Emerging Professional Artists to the magical world of classical music publishing 🎼#choralnow

@stainerandbell.bsky.social youtu.be/PFOlvtPFRkg?...

We're thrilled to see that Tom Lydon, the winner of our unique 1000-piece jigsaw of the opening page of A Sea Symphony, is making great progress already! 🧩 🤩

NEW EDITION: Our landmark, critical edition of A Sea Symphony is now available. Pre-release orders are shipping around the world. ⛵⚓🎼 Published with the kind support of @vwfndn.bsky.social DETAILS... stainer.co.uk/shop/b973/

At S&B, there's nothing we love more than chatting with composers about their music. Last week we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming Áine Mallon.🎼

Tune in to @classicfm.com at 16:45 GMT today to hear the inimitable Stephen Fry narrating The Christmas Story, from the Thomas Hewitt Jones stable of festive musical gems. 🌲🎼

Behold! A Sea Symphony critical edition full score is now available for pre-release discount. Prepared by David Matthews, the edition includes key updates to the orchestration and has been meticulously re-engraved. Published with the kind support of @vwfndn.bsky.social stainer.co.uk/shop/b973/

It was such a treat last week to host National Youth Choir composer Cameron Biles-Liddell here at S&B HQ and to talk all things choral composition.🎼

Welcoming Welsh composer Claire Victoria Roberts to our #ChoralNow series with her stunning Emily Dickinson setting, The moon is distant from the sea, for mixed unaccompanied voices. Written for National Youth Choirs and recorded on @nmcrecordings.bsky.social: stainer.co.uk/welcoming-cl...

👇 that gorgeous Masefield poem sung here by a voice so rich it could hire its own butler www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_u...