Professor Keith Swanwick has spent six decades researching and writing about how we do musical education so it was a real privilege to be there when the Incorporated Society of Musicians finally got to present him with his Lifetime Achievement Award (the presentation being delayed a year due to you-know-what). …
Earlier this month I was invited to Acland Burghley School in Camden to take some photos as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment settle into their new home. In a first for a British orchestra the OAE are moving their admin staff, library and rehearsal spaces into the school …
It was a real privilege to be invited back to this year’s Music Junction programme, run by the London Chamber Orchestra. Participants go Inside the Orchestra, listening to the music from amongst the musicians, directing the players or playing as part of the rhythm section. Their workshops culminate in the …