A fun (and hot) Wednesday at the Cambridge Honorary Degree ceremony, working with the combined choirs of @peterhousecam.bsky.social and Selwyn, alongside their Director Sarah MacDonald. You can watch the ceremony here: youtu.be/fv893HhGvpU?...

My copy of Scintilla (👇) has arrived. I’m delighted to say that new editor @sjjackson32.bsky.social has done a great job. Scintilla remains one of the most stimulating & original literary journals, packed with astute critical commentary, philosophical reflections & fine new poetry #poetrycommunity

Over on Substack, a new piece on a new piece: all about Cecilia McDowall’s fabulous new setting of Hildegard of Bingen: please read abd share! substack.com/@kapellmeist...

"Never was leaf so green": this evening, delighted to be premiering a new anthem by Cecilia McDowall, setting words by Hildegard of Bingen, commissioned to celebrate 40 years since the admission of women to Peterhouse.

Excited to be premiering a new work written for @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir by Cecilia McDowall at Evensong this coming Sunday at 6pm. It has been commissioned as part of our celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the admission of women to Peterhouse, & sets words by Hildegard of Bingen

It’s taken me a while to write this one up - but please do have a look at my latest piece over on Substack - all about Henry Vaughan and the therapeutic properties of music: open.substack.com/pub/voiceand...

The new issue of the Vaughan Association’s Scintilla Journal is out. Grateful to new editor @sjjackson32.bsky.social for including one of my poems. This brilliant magazine, praised by Heaney, contains fine articles & poems & can be purchased here: www.amazon.co.uk/Scintilla-28... #poetrycommunity

I’ve recently started as editor of Scintilla, the journal of the Vaughan Association (dedicated to the study of Henry & Thomas Vaughan). Delighted that my first issue is out now, which also includes an article by me (accepted before I became editor!) about Henry, music & medicine amzn.eu/d/08RlZsfK

I’ve been thinking about sound, space, bats, echolocation, poetry… all sorts of things in fact, over the past few weeks. Some initial musings in my latest post over on Substack. Here’s a little punctuation bat to get you intrigued: /\^•_•^/\ open.substack.com/pub/voiceand...

I’m playing with Substack! Come and join me!

One for Italian speakers out there: wrapping up 2025 with a programme featuring @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir's CD on Italian Radio: www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2025/1...

Something a bit unusual for the season, from our new @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir disc: Byrd's Ne irascaris, Domine re-arranged for Christmas, as heard in Peterhouse Chapel at Christmas in the 1630s open.spotify.com/track/51kurW...

Last year I commissioned Ben Ponniah to write a new setting of Herbert's Christmas poem 'The Shepherds Sing' - the result is simply divine. @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir's new recording of it is about to be released this afternoon at 1pm over on youtube: youtu.be/fENaIO5DpIY?...

Really thrilled to see that @stmartinsvoices.bsky.social have included this carol by James Whitbourn on their latest album from @resonus.bsky.social, which I commissioned back in the dark days of Covid for @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir - do listen: open.spotify.com/track/3DR3HE...

Look what we have here then.

Listening now: really rather liked that new Rutter introit that marries together Herbert's 'The Call' with a Gibbons 'Song 13' (but then I would say that about anything that combines Herbert and Gibbons...)

Recommended release from MusicWeb International: “well prepared, with accurate intonation and most expressive singing, and the whole disc is a pleasure to hear…I hope the choir goes on to record more from their Partbooks" Full review: musicwebinternational.com/.../music-fr... naxos.lnk.to/8574700AC

Very pleased to see our Bee-ing Human film on the @leverhulme.ac.uk website. I will be sharing more from our science-humanities project on bee sentience soon as we finalise our bee book this autumn media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/charle...

Just received the first review of our new @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir CD, and it's a cracker: 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 from BBC Music Magazine Praised for its “warmly blended account”, & the way it “catches winningly the bounding enthusiasm...and bright buoyant rhythms” of this music

Echoing Victoria: it was such a privilege to take part in what turned out to be Melvyn's last series of #InOurTime - and it's really flattering to see our episode on George Herbert listed in @thetimes.com top 15 episodes of the show yesterday www.thetimes.com/article/bdea...

If anyone is interested in a 20% discount for my Herbert and Music book, I've just received this flyer with a discount code: www.cambridge.org/se/universit...

Inevitable, I suppose, but #InOurTime won't be quite the same again: what a landmark moment. I feel so lucky to have snuck in at the eleventh hour for his final series. All the best to Melvyn on his retirement, & @simontillotson.bsky.social as he steers the ship into new waters with a new presenter

And, if you're interested in my thoughts about the experience of performing this weird and wonderful piece of 17thC ecological minimalism (yes - it absolutely has all of those things) you can read my short essay here (& do explore the rest of the site!) bee-inghuman.newcastle.ac.uk/music/perfor...

🐝🐝🐝 New to the @leverhulme.ac.uk 'Bee-ing Human' book: do watch and share our 7 mins film about Charles Butler's queen bee piping song, recorded in @theul.bsky.social and @peterhousecam.bsky.social with @sjjackson32.bsky.social Magnus Williamson, Richard Wistreich and choir.

“Church-bels beyond the starres heard” 3-5 Oct: a relaxed weekend of listening, reflecting and learning on the home soil where Herbert was parish priest @sarumcollege.bsky.social with the wonderful Prof Helen Wilcox and the eorge Herbert in Bemerton Group: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... Book now!

Come one, come all to lovely Liverpool to hear some fabulous scholarship!

I want to share some tracks over the next few days from our new @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir Naxos CD: William Smith’s Responses are well-known, but have you ever heard his incredible festal setting of Psalm 85? I think it’s fabulous: open.spotify.com/track/2hXPpZVH…

Out now! Peterhouse Choir's debut album, 'Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks', is released today and available to stream and buy. Find out more: www.pet.cam.ac.uk/news/choirs-...

This is a realy powerful piece. How on earth did we get to where we are now?

Always proud of the things Peterhouse Choir achieve, but never more so than on days like this, when the Choir's first ever album goes on general release with Naxos. Remarkable music from @peterhousecam.bsky.social Chapel from the 1630s Listen here: naxos.lnk.to/8574700AC

Reading Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. That's a pretty nice chord, Thomas:

After several years of neglect, I’ve finally got round to updating my academia profile - check it out here: cambridge.academia.edu/SimonJackson

On general release later this month: youtu.be/TaJdKily0Iw?... @peterhousecam.bsky.social

Possibly the last photo of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Bee-ing Human team, as we work to bring our project to conclusion later this year. We will share the url for our project site soon! @viveknityananda.bsky.social @oliviasmith.bsky.social @racheljwillie.bsky.social @sjjackson32.bsky.social

So excited for the release of my first disc with the Peterhouse Choir and Naxos - glorious music from 1630s @peterhousecam.bsky.social Chapel. For release August 22nd. Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/oduIl9eRA0Y?...

Something for May Week from the Choir of @peterhousecam.bsky.social youtu.be/3UVoioiV_mE

Now available in a much more affordable format! Today's the publication day for the paperback edition of /George Herbert and Early Modern Musical Culture/ @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

"Bee-ing Human: an adventure in digital editing" Join Cambridge Digital Humanities in The Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Cambridge, on June 5 2025, 5-7pm to hear from the distinguished duo, @jennyrichards.bsky.social & Tiago Sousa Garcia. It'll sting if you miss it! www.rensoc.org.uk/event/bee-in...

Rehearsing Charles Butler’s bee song with @sjjackson32.bsky.social and @Peterhouse_Cam choir. We will share the film soon. @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Bee-ing Human.

Part of a wonderful day yesterday workshopping and recording Charles Butler's Bee Song with a consort of singers from @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir with Richard Wistreich and Magnus Williamson - all masterminded by @jennyrichards.bsky.social as part of her Bee-ing Human @leverhulme.ac.uk project

What emotions is this bee expressing? Drawing on flyleaf of 1623 copy of Butler's bee book. Thanks @theul.bsky.social.

Our brand-new Dye Garden is coming to life! With guidance from colleagues across the UL, and @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, our Conservation team has planted traditional dye plants once used in manuscript painting. 🎨 #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #CULconservation #DyeGarden

Starting the new term with a little filming project with Peterhouse Choir in the stunning Peterhouse Deer Park

One of the best poems in the English language about this day #GoodFriday #GoodFriday2025 www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44103/...

This was a lovely interview on @bbcradio3.bsky.social at the weekend with our former @peterhousecam.bsky.social Master Bridget Kendall & particularly lovely for it to include my choir singing some of my music. Full programme on @bbcsounds.bsky.social for the next month www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Published by Encore publications, for anyone interested in seeking out the score! www.encorepublications.com/publications...

Thank you, @jennyrichards.bsky.social!

Thrilled that @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir is going to get some airtime singing some of my music on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social on Saturday: listen to Bridget Kendall on Music Matters speaking about the music that has accompanied her career: tune in at 1pm! 📻: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...