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“Opera is many things to me. Elitist is not one of them” – please debate
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In the Guardian on the 21st March 2018 there was an article, “Opera is many things to me. Elitist is not one of them”. Opera is not elitest as music it is the inequality of funding that sets it apart and one could argue that it is conspicuous consuption writ large with two opera houses…
Presentation to the All Party Parlimentary Opera Group
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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…
Chris Hodgkins dates in February and March 2024
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Sunday 25 February 7.30pm Jazz on the Plaza Café Yukari, Kew, TW9 4HJ – Chris Hodgkins – Trumpet, + Terence Collie – Piano and Esther Ng – Double Bass The Thursday 29th February has been cancelled and we are now on the 5th April at the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, 3-5 Great Scotland Yard, London, SW1A…
Jazz Education Awards announced
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Jazz Education Awards Trinity Laban Conservatoire hosted this year’s Will Michael Jazz Education Awards on 22 November 2017. Retiring Awards Panel chair, Ivor Widdison paid tribute to outstanding commitments to jazz education demonstrated by the following music education hubs and music services all of whom were awarded Diplomas Bromley Cumbria Devon Doncaster Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Sheffield…
Pete Allen News Letter – July 2023
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Pete Allen News Letter – July 2023 Welcome to my news letter for July 2023. We have some great gigs coming up. On Sunday 2nd July we move to our new venue in Newbury the Bacon Arms, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JB. 2.30pm to 5pm. With special guest DAVE MOORWOOD (banjo/guitar). Admission £15 at the door, preferably by…
MusicTank announces that it is to receive the assets of JazzUK as part of that charity’s formal closure.
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London: University of Westminster’s music business think tank and information hub, MusicTank, is delighted to announce that it is to receive the assets of JazzUK as part of that charity’s formal closure. With the funding landscape severely challenging JazzUK’s viability, MusicTank has been appointed the sole beneficiary of this organisation’s 30-year legacy of supporting UK…