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Pete Allen Newsletter March 2024 Welcome to the March Newsletter. Sunday 3rd March,  The Pete Allen Jazz Band – The Donnington Valley Hotel and Spa, Old Oxford Road, Donnington, Newbury, RG14 3AG 2.30pm to 5pm. Admission £15 Monday 4th March, Pete Allen Jazz Band, The Conservative Club,   Radway Place, Sidmouth,  EX10 8TL 3pm to 5.30pm.  Admission £15 Saturday…

All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2020 Nominations Announced The nominations have today been announced for the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.The Awards, organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) with the support of PizzaExpress Live. The recipients of the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, will be announced Tuesday 30th June 2020. The Parliamentary Awards celebrate…

Press Release Voting is now open for the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, which this year will take place online. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline set for midnight on Tuesday 14th May 2021. The Parliamentary Awards celebrate and recognise the vibrancy, diversity, talent and breadth of the jazz scene throughout the United…

There was a leader article, “Opera is often derided as elitist”, in the Guardian on the 28th September 2017. Regrettably the article ignores the fact that opera in the UK receives a disproportionate amount of public subsidy compared to other art forms and like the banks are too big to fail. In a time of…

Rhythm and Reaction – The Age of Jazz in Britain – Two Temple Place – 27th January to 22nd April 2018 Rhythm and Reaction an exhibition of the age of jazz in Britain at Two Temple Place, London, WC2R 3BD is curated by Professor Catherine Tackley nee Parsonage, Head of Music at the University of…

  Applications now open for Help Musicians’ prestigious Peter Whittingham Jazz Award  Today, 5 September 2022, Help Musicians open applications for its prestigious Peter Whittingham Jazz Award, offering financial support towards a musical activity and business advice to a jazz musician or band at a tipping point in their career. Now in its 32nd year, it is awarded…