Pete Allen Newsletter May 2023
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Brian ‘Joe’ Spibey Residents of Widcombe have told the Chronicle with great sadness that Widcombe resident Brian “Joe” Spibey, known as Jazz Joe passed away shortly before Christmas aged 79. His death comes only eighteen months after the passing of his collaborator, singer James Lambeth who died in May 2020. “Joe was a Widcombe fixture,”…
I have just received details of the Will Michael Jazz Education Awards for 2016. The Will Michael Jazz Education Awards Panel is chaired by Ivor Widdison. His colleagues on the Panel are Dr Catherine Tackley, Bill Martin, Andrea Vicari and Richard Michael. The Awards were presented by Leslie East, Chair of the Jazz Committee of the Musicians’ Company,…
Arts Council England has been conducting a “conversation” which is arts speak for consultation. The word that should have been used is debate. The consultation has been running for 12 weeks and concludes on the 12th April 2018. The Arts Council asked a number of questions under the following subject headings: Looking to the future…
Ravinder Athwal – Director of Policy – Labour Party asked for submissions to the Labour Parties policy formulation by the 8th February 2024 My submission contains an introduction and summary and deals with: The lack of art form policies, planning and impact analysis Arts Council England growth of National Portfolio Organisations and lottery funding Music…
On Wednesday 13th March 2024 I presented a paper to the All Party Parlimentary Opera Group on at Portcullis House, House of Commons. Thie paper was not about the Arts Councils decision to move ENO to the North of England but about the most effective response to the Arts Councils latest document Lets’ Create: Opera…
Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence + The Culture, Media and Sport Committee State of Play Consultation Ambrose Bierce in the Devil’s Dictionary said consultation is “to seek another’s approval of a course already decided on”. there is some truth in that, but then if you don’t respond, the cosultation will truly be a lost…