Teacher, musician, amateur gardener,
Warwickshire
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MU Statement on Northern Ballet and Opera North Partnership musiciansunion.org.uk/news/m…
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Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS.
ALT Lisa Nandy MP appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
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The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama told its staff today that it is axeing its junior department at the end of this term. Almost 200 children study there on saturdays. That will all stop in July. This is not rich kids playing expensive instruments. One of them texted...
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So it’s public now. 😥 My husband is a member of the #Orchestra of @WelshNatOpera where it’s proposed they go to part-time contracts as of next April. I have tried to bang WNO’s drum since the @ace_national cuts, but the attention has been elsewhere...🧵musiciansunion.org.uk/news/m…
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The Government cannot claim to be widening access to Music Education when a Minister has bothered to attend just 1 meeting of the National Plan for Music Education Monitoring Board since it was established 9 months ago.
Music in schools is in crisis and kids are missing out.
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Music Hubs are vital providers of high-quality music education in state schools. But they have been on standstill Govt funding for a decade while costs & demand have risen.
Now there is a crisis in music education but some Hubs are having their budgets hit from September
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UK (mis) management actively demolishing our great arts companies @PrivateEyeNews @spconnolly
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Heartening words from the House of Lords Arts Debate, from @_CFTA ...but it's scant help for those at ENO who just received redundancy notices while in mid-performance. campaignforthearts.org/news/…
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The ENO emails started arriving during Act 1 of Handmaid’s Tale last night. What a despicable way to treat your musicians.
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At ENO, musicians got their redundancy emails during the interval of a show. During the interval. And then carried on with the performance because they are professionals, which cannot be said for the people running the place.
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Here we go…. Retweet ferociously people. Let’s get our voices heard. #WeAreENO
independent.co.uk/business/e…
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"Moving an Opera company to Manchester, only to employ people sporadically on freelance contracts, isn’t the cultural investment the North deserves"
Equity warns that the @E_N_O Manchester move leaves workforce at risk
Read the full story: equity.org.uk/news/2023/eno-…
ALT Photo shows ENO chorus protesting outside Arts Council England offices when original cuts were announced
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The cultural tax reliefs have helped many arts & cultural organisations to survive a storm of challenges.
I highlighted the vital role of the cultural tax reliefs - which were not talked about at the #AutumnStatement
The Chancellor’s response didn't give the whole picture
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We are sad to share with you the news that Oxford Brookes University has decided to close its music department. Below a statement from the music team - we are all devastated.
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It’s time to say goodbye. We’re sorry to announce that Psappha is now closed. Thank you for the incredible support over the last, very difficult, year. You can still access our incredible library of films through psappha.com
Recordings back catalogue: @nmcrecordings
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'This isn’t levelling up, it is the killing off of the art form'
Important letter in @thetimes today from Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder & Sir Antonio Pappano. @ace_national must be honest about the damage their cuts have done and think again 👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/engli…
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Very strong letter about the appalling situation @E_N_O in today’s Times from Ed Gardner, Mark Elder & Antonio Pappano. I shall cheer on the chorus & orchestra with all my might when I’m at Iolanthe this weekend, but it looks as if no one @ace_national is listening.
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The chorus and orchestra of any opera company ARE the company. They’re the beating heart that keeps the whole thing going. If either of these are cut an opera company merely becomes an arts administration that happens to put on a few operas. Devastating news from @E_N_O ❤️