August 27th: Noam Sheriff passed away, GCSE concern, Atonal Music in Berlin
Monday 27th August '18
In today's news: The Israeli conductor Noam Sheriff passed away. The Berlin Initiative for new music holds a concert for the homeless. A great concern has been raised over the decline in music uptake at GCSE. …
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Thursday 17th August '17
Everyone listens to music. We can surely all agree that music is a big part of our lives, whether that be listening to the radio or a Spotify playlist on the way to work, letting our hair …
Read6th September: BBC Proms in car park, flexibility needed with arts subjects & Vengerov appointed professor at RCM
Tuesday 6th September '16
Classical News In today's news, the BBC Proms swapped the Royal Albert Hall for a car park in Peckham to perform three of Steve Reich's pieces, GCSE results show more flexibility is needed with arts subjects in …
ReadThe Culture Debate: Our Take
Friday 10th April '15
On Wednesday evening, the WildKat London team were pleased to attend The Culture Debate in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House. The debate, organised by the Creative Industries Federation and live streamed …
Read29th January: Experimental music, Danish National Chamber Orchestra fights cuts by crowdfunding, new GCSE and A Level Music exam content
Thursday 29th January '15
Classical News The GuardianThe playlist: experimental music – James Hoff, Richard Skelton, Pauline Oliveros and moreThese unconventional artists and composers use everything from computer viruses to mud-crusted violins to create new sounds and reimagine masterpiecesDanish National …
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Wednesday 28th January '15
Today, 28th January 2015, the Department for Education published their new plans for the content of GCSE and A Level Music exams to be brought into effect from autumn 2016.The state of music education has …
Read14th April: Humour in classical music, higher standards for music GCSEs and ENO appoints new executive director
Monday 14th April '14
The Telegraph Classical music, funny? Surely you're joking... Ivan Hewett explains how classical music often contains more wit and humour than we give it credit for. The Guardian The story behind the posthumous premiere of Górecki's Fourth Symphony Henryk Górecki's …
Read10th April: Vienna Philharmonic win Birgit Nilsson Prize, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performs in D.C. & discussions of German radio orchestra fusion
Thursday 10th April '14
The Telegraph Vienna Philharmonic: worthy winner of the Birgit Nilsson Prize It's time to set the record straight on the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the deserving winner of opera's richest prize, says Rupert Christiansen Sivan Magen – New Music Sivan …
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