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Shireen Francis with the Pete Allen Band on Sunday 6th August 2023 – 2.30pm to 5pm – The Bacon Arms, Newbury
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Hope to see you over the course of the month! August 🎶 Sunday 6th August – 2.30pm to 5pm (afternoon) The Bacon Arms, Newbury 10 Oxford Street, Newbury RG10 1JD Guesting with The Pete Allen Band Expect a fun afternoon of swinging jazz. Pete Allen clarinet/sax, Roger Marks trombone, Chris Hodgkins trumpet James Clemas piano, Dave Hanratty bass Jim Newton drums 2.30 pm Finishes 5pm £15 on…
The Arts Council funds the arts in England for four years without coherent art form policies
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The Arts Council has recently published funding for the four year national portfolio organisations. The Arts Council’s method of funding the arts in England is fatally flawed. The problem is that the funding decisions are not informed by a coherent art form policy that would hold the Arts Council to account. Further more the Arts…
Does Jazz Get The Money Due To It – Jazzwise March 2020
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I was bemused to read in the article “Time for Change” that Arts Council England gives 16% of its music funding to jazz. My last calculation in “Public Investment in Jazz 2012-2022” (see https://chrishodgkins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Public-investment-in-jazz-2012-to-2022.pdf) showed that of the total funding of music for Regularly Funded Organisations was £359 million of which jazz accounted for £6.9million or 1.9%. For…
Arts Council England – rolling the self preservation PR/advocacy dice
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The Arts Council England is hard at work trying to demonstrate they provide good value for the tax payers money. First off was Darren Henley sending a copy of his book the Arts Dividend to 784 eligible peers and 650 MPs. What a waste of tax payers money. The second roll of the PR- ACE/advocacy…
Jazz In Issue 29 Oct-Dec 1993 Arts Council Review of Jazz
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In 1993 the Arts Council announced they were conducting a review of jazz. Jazz In , the precursor to Jazz UK published an editorial on the review. Reading the editorial will engender a profound sense of deja vu. Please see Arts Council Review of Jazz 1993
Response to the Culture White Paper
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On the 2nd April I wrote to the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport. My letter is printed below. “Dear Mr Whittingdale Re: The Culture White Paper I read the Culture White Paper and I have a number of comments that I trust you will find helpful. Perhaps it might help to explain…