Nice review of the recent concert in memory of Ron Corp. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Sounds like an intriguing crossover of art and choral music.

It's a fascinating listen, about the piece that most choral singers will know so well. #HandelMessiah

In an interesting post from Finchley Chamber Choir, their singers share the performances, films and moments that first brought Shakespeare's words to life for them. fcchoir.co.uk/in-sweet-mus...

The finale is throwing everything it's got at me (including a tummy-wobbling organ contribution), and that's EXACTLY what I'm here for. I only hope my neighbours are still talking to me tomorrow #TurnThatShitUp 🔊🔊🔊🔊 #NowListening #NewReleases2026 #34

Interesting short guide to 'How to start a church choir" by Bijan Omrani. Also references RSCM's 'The Choir Project'. thecritic.co.uk/how-to-start...

⏳It’s 10 days until CoMA Festival 2026 kicks off and here’s the full line-up of events at a glance. 👀See what’s happening near you and then head to our festival programme page to find out how you can be part of a new music adventure! 📌https://www.coma.org/whats-on/events/coma-festival-2026/

Happy #NewReleaseFriday! I only discovered Elsa Barraine last year. Now her impressive symphonies get their second recording. Plus music by another fascinating Frenchwoman. These and lots more on my symphony & orchestral #NewReleases playlist, updated every Friday. ▶️ open.qobuz.com/playlist/513...

It's surprising to see a leader in The Economist about the shortage of tenors! Many choirs have to deal with this problem. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Unsung: Treasures of the RCM opens today at the RCM Museum! Discover the untold stories of the RCM's diverse community and an array of musical curiosities. 🔍 Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-unsung 📷: © Yvadney Davis, Milein Cosman/The Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust

#Libraries - @creativelivescl.bsky.social want to hear how creative groups across the UK are faring. Everyone who completes this survey can enter a random draw to win a £250 grant to support their creative group. www.creative-lives.org/creative-liv...

A thought for all the singers out there! 🎶

Happy Birthday Felix (performance from 2024 I think…).

Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday - a good reason to ask you all to come along and sing Elijah on 7th March at Strodes College 10am-4pm www.eghamchoral.org/product/come-and-sing-event “his wrath will pursue us till he destroy us” is great fun to sing atm

16 composing opportunities, including a residency programme, a call for scores, and an award for young composers: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs

The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds. Prize: £1,000 bursary Deadline: 5 Jan www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/

**NEW POST** This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it. leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...

PARTSONGS: 12 pieces specially composed for small vocal groups, including works by Amber Priestley, Janet Oates, Christopher Fox, Kerry Andrew and Michael Pisaro. Try them in classrooms, workshops, concert halls – or even around the festive fireplace. Order here: www.coma.org/our-music/pu... 🧵3/4

Our #ChristmasChallenge is NOW LIVE 🥳 This week, please consider a donation to London Youth Choirs to help us achieve our citywide vision for all young singers 🙏 Head to the link below to donate today 🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Wishing all musicians & music-lovers Gool Cecilia Lowen: happy St Cecilia’s Day! We’re celebrating it by singing Brahms, with soloists Florian Störtz and Francesca Chiejina & accompanied by our good friends the Three Spires Orchestra. Truro Cathedral, 7.30 tonight, tickets on the door if needed.

Fabulous article by Dr Samantha Ege ahead of tomorrow’s release. @leahbroad.bsky.social

Yesterday at St Paul's Cathedral @johnrutter.bsky.social conducted the premiere of his I'll Make Me a World with mezzo-soprano Melanie Marshall, baritone Jonathan Brown and The Bach Choir. We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5. 📷 Duncan Wood

Mega-niche programming shout-out: early Baroque-ish Christmassy things for not more than SSATB (or SSATTB at a pinch) plus instruments (quartet) which involve, or /could/ involve recorders? I have the Messe de Minuit, obviously...

🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️We’re back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power 📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps

This exhibition at Foundling Museum, London looks interesting: "Explore the power of music thru Handel’s ‘Hallelujah’. Musical scores, librettos, musical instruments, paintings, photos, archives. A fresh look at origins & popularity of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’. foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/a-gran...

Roger Allam talks about his role in The Choral, a Alan Bennett-scripted film, directed by Nicholas Hytner. It shows a choir in 1916 preparing for a performance of the Dream of Gerontius. Simon Russell-Beale has a cameo as a very grumpy Elgar. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Ralph Vaughan Williams believed music should belong to everyone. In this article, Jack Pepper opens his new Pepper’s Portraits series for medici.tv with the story of a composer who lived - and wrote - for humanity. 📖 Read it here:

Here is a Spotify playlist of music by Black British composers: open.spotify.com/playlist/4BE... It has 25 tracks and was created by Harrison Knights, Assistant Director of Music at St James Piccadilly (London) for #BlackHistoryMonth. Read more here: www.sjp.org.uk/black-britis...

Help make the Clarion - our accessible musical instrument that can be played with any body part, including head movement - widely available to young disabled people. Vote for Open Up Music in the #ArtExplora Audience Choice Award⤵️ bit.ly/ArtExplora2025#ArtExplora #EuropeanAward #AudienceDevelopment

Celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th anniversary! Hear the RCM alumnus' spirited Novelleten for string orchestra, performed by talented young musicians of the RCM Junior Department earlier this year. Read more about his legacy and life at the RCM: bit.ly/3V0UJtT #FlashbackFriday

#EarlyMusic is in the news this morning! But here’s a better article than the one that’s making the rounds, with more context, and input from a musicologist. The rediscovered music is #plainchant - which was the musical foundation of religious life at the time. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sad to see. ISM’s analysis of this year’s A-level music results "shows there has been a decrease in music entries of 1.8% across the UK in the last year. In England, fewer than 5,000 students took A-level music for the third year running." www.ism.org/news/music-a...

Sign up to our newsletter to receive our updates twice a month. This includes job and funding opportunities, new articles and upcoming events. www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/newsletter

We are delighted to announce that Pontefract Library will be hosting an amazing exhibition about the history of Black British Ballet! At the library on 1-27 August! Our libraries are also hosting fun events as part of it! For more information, visit: experiencewakefield.co.uk/event/black-...

What makes Ralph Vaughan Williams special as a composer?

This is a terrific disc. But, more importantly, what a composer Grace Williams was. Such a powerful and utterly distinctive voice. And, as well as this, her masterpiece - the huge, stunning Missa Cambrensis - is at last now on disc too.

🎼✨ Dream of conducting with the best? Here’s your chance! The Sixteen is offering a prestigious Conducting Scholarship in the UK 🎶 Apply by 27 May 2025 and take your place at the podium! 🧑‍🎼 @The Sixteen www.chorally.co/c/opportunit...

Frank has turned his IAML UK ASW talk from last month into a blogpost.

It is with profound sadness that the Three Choirs Festival marks the passing of the esteemed composer and conductor Ronald Corp OBE. We were greatly anticipating Ronald's presence at this year's festival in Hereford. Read more - 3choirs.org/news/remembe...

We're holding auditions for professional singers based in the UK, who would be interested in joining us for our projects. Successful applicants are likely to have high levels of vocal technique and musicianship, and a strong background in choral and ensemble singing.

"The latest on the conveyor belt of mammoth resurrection stories came this week in the form of a slightly hairy mouse. Colossal Biosciences, the US company behind the “woolly mouse” and ensuing media frenzy" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #wato

Each week we share a recommended choral track, many by composers who happen to be female. So for #IWD2025 here's a recap of the brilliant women we've discussed in the past year: Margaret Bonds, Marianna Martines, Ethel Smyth, Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Caroline Shaw, Maddalena Casulana, (1/3)

Today on #InternationalWomensDay we remember Maria Hackett (1783-1874) without whom choristers today - and consequently the entire world of sacred choral music - might not exist. 1/5

Our first come-and-sing event of the year was on the Isle of Wight in February and @benenglandbem.bsky.social has since been conducting his way north, bringing Haydn's stunning Nelson Mass to choral singers around the UK. Today is our last UK stop, at the beautiful St Cuthbert's in sunny Edinburgh!

Happy #internationalwomensday from the women of #CEFC! 🎵🎉

This is such an exciting find for #EthelSmyth research! The presumed lost complete manuscript of the Mass in D has been found!! Congrats on this find, @lisacolton.bsky.social and the archivists @livunilibrary.bsky.social !

If you're looking to include more women composers in your repertoire, check out the databases below from Donne - Women in Music and The F-List for Music. 🎶 donne-uk.org/the-big-list/ 🎶 thef-listmusic.uk #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomenInMusic

Hornsey Library is celebrating its 60th birthday. We wish them well on their 60th year in this fine building. It's a Grade II listed building, dating back to April 1965. It also provides a home to the CYM Library.

The #RPSAwards take place at 7.15pm on Thursday 6 March at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social. We would love you to join us to celebrate outstanding musicians and achievements in classical music. Tickets from £10: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...

Registrations for this year's Make Music Day UK are now open! To take part in this wonderful annual celebration, simply host a free music event on 21 June. It's a great way to encourage new members or audiences to your group. To find out more and register your event visit makemusicday.co.uk