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British pianist, conductor and composer
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New appointments at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic & Royal Academy of Music
[…] of young musicians in the North West created to develop young musical talent. During her time in Youth Company, Hannah won the Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and performed as a soloist.Hannah MackenzieShe graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2016, where she studied for her Master’s Degree. She is also a passionate educator, teaching in several schools across Merseyside. She has recently set up a thriving youth group, Wirral Youth Brass, alongside Simon Cowen who is the Principal Trombone of the orchestra. [further details]The Royal Academy of Music has announced the appointment of Nicholas Chalmers as its new Fernside Chair of Choral Conducting. From September 2024, Nicholas will lead the Academy’s postgraduate Choral Conducting programme, the UK’s longest-established specialist course in conducting for choirs.Nicholas Chalmers is Principal Conductor of the National Youth Choir 18-25 and Associate Conductor, Learning for the BBC Singers. He is also a Senior Associate […]
2020-11-28 09:09:27
From Handel's contemporaries to a forgotten Malcolm Arnold opera: I chat to conductor John Andrews about reviving neglected music
[…] seem disparate, in fact, everything which is important in bel canto opera is important in the later English music. So the two areas of John's musical life effectively come together. His interest in composers and works that have undeservedly dropped out of the repertoire extends further, so that for the English Music Festival he did a recording of the Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra by Percy Sherwood (1866-1939) and Symphony No. 5 by Frederick Cowen (1852-1935) [see my review], both works and composers that have been shamefully lost to the mainstream repertoire. He admits that he is curious and that he loves discovering music off the beaten track. And he points out that pieces that have fallen away often tell you more about the society that created them than works which have gone on to gain fame. Well-known works often have an element of universality to them, whereas works […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2019-12-18 22:29:00
Is Disney+ Stealing Away Subscribers From Netflix?
About 1 million Netflix subscribers made the switch last month, following the Nov. 12 Disney+ launch, according to survey results released Wednesday by brokerage Cowen & Co. The firm estimated that 6% of Netflix subscribers who signed up for Disney+ canceled their Netflix memberships after doing so. Cowen based its estimates on its survey of […]
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2019-11-22 22:01:00
Would A Wealth Tax Would Hurt Non-Profits?
Tyler Cowen: “The effects of pushing wealth out of the for-profit sector would be far-ranging. Wealthy donors might be more likely to pressure nonprofits for luxury consumption experiences, for example.” – Bloomberg
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