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3rd Apr: Noah Stewart tops UK classical charts, plus music critics to undergo a new selection process

Tuesday 3rd April 2012

Gramophone

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir Take Three

‘Water Night’ for more than 3000 voices to launch tonight.

Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Winners Announced

£1000 to a young quartet from Romania.

Financial Times

Bell époque

From Björk to the Olympics, bells are playing an increasingly strong role in the music of our time.

Jessica Duchen’s Classical Music Blog

STOP PRESS! Critics To Undergo Formal Auditions As Musicians

After many discussions in the past year about what makes a good music critic, change is afoot.

Guardian

Why Sound And Music Is Failing Today’s Composers

The umbrella organisation set up four years ago to promote new music has been failing the composers and musicians it’s supposed to support, argues Colin Matthews

Noah Stewart Becomes First Black Musician To Top Classical Album Chart

Singer from Harlem, New York, goes straight to top of UK chart with his debut album

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/01/noah-stewart-black-musican-classical