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In our news today, schools are pushing classical music to the margins, Gramophone reports, Sir Nicholas Serota has been offered a role as Chairman of the Arts Council, and a rotating group of musicians bring classical music to the club scene. Also, dutch violinists Martin Norgaard and Tim Kliphuis believe that all string players should learn how to improvise.
Gramophone
Why are our schools pushing classical music to the margins?
Growing within our schools today is a disturbing trend; increasingly, music is viewed as an optional subject – something equivalent to a passion that merely runs parallel to ‘academic’ subjects – that leads to contempt for classical music borne out of an ignorance of all it contains.
Classical Music Magazine
Sir Nicholas Serota tipped as next Arts Council chairman
Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate Galleries, has been offered a role as Chairman of the Arts Council, the Times has reported. After 28 years running the Tate, Serota is reportedly considering whether to accept the new job, offered by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
New York Times
Bringing Classical Music to the Club Scene
Welcome to The Night Shift, a regular feature of London’s music scene. A rotating group of musicians from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the resident orchestra at the Southbank Center in London, stages these events on the last Tuesday of each month in a different pub.
The Telegraph
Bobby Hutcherson, jazz vibraphonist – obituary
Bobby Hutcherson, who has died aged 75, was one of the finest players of the vibraphone in jazz; his distinctive style combined brilliant technique with a bold imagination and great delicacy of expression.
The Strad
Should all string players learn how to improvise?
Dutch violinists Martin Norgaard and Tim Kliphuis believe teaching children improvisation and alternative styles of music should be a requirement of string lessons in the 21st century.
WQXR
ICE Members Compete in ‘Stupid Musician Tricks’
Musicians from the International Contemporary Ensemble strove to find out who among them possessed superlative skills. Called “Stupid Musician Tricks,” or “the biggest dork fest imaginable” according to some of ICE’s members, the competition featured three categories.
nmz
Musikfest Berlin: Hollywood-Klänge und neuer Philharmoniker-Chef
Filmmusik aus Hollywood, ein Riesenwerk des Komponisten Wolfgang Rihm und der Auftritt des künftigen Chefs der Berliner Philharmoniker: Zum Musikfest Berlin treten vom 2. bis 20. September rund 20 Orchester zu fast 30 Konzerten auf.
Musik heute
Geiger Arzberger ab Ende August in München
Der Leipziger Geiger Stefan Arzberger wird ab Ende August ein Engagement in München antreten. Näheres wolle er dazu noch nicht mitteilen. Zunächst wolle er sich jedoch bei der amerikanischen Botschaft in Berlin darum bemühen, wieder ein Visum für die USA zu bekommen. Er ist dort mit einer zehnjährigen Einreisesperre belegt.
klassik.com
Tickets für Bayreuth? Kein Problem (mehr)!
Die diesjährigen Bayreuther Richard-Wagner-Festspiele konnten nicht alle Veranstaltungskarten verkaufen. Laut Aussage des Geschäftsführers Holger von Berg belaufe sich die Zahl der nicht veräußerten Karten allerdings auf unter 40.
BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3 Start your Wednesday with a massive brassy bang and the Balkan brilliance of @OpSaBalkan http://bbc.in/2byRK9k
Classic FM @ClassicFM An extraordinary one-woman opera, #ScenesFromTheEnd with @Heloise_Werner, is on at #Edfringe – find out more here: http://bit.ly/1TYLjfe
nmz @musikzeitung Till Brönner: „Trump hätte wohl kein #Jazz-Ständchen verdient“: Jazz ist Nischen- und… http://goo.gl/fb/L6Rk71
Welcome to The Night Shift, a regular feature of London’s music scene. Credit: Joe Plommer