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Welcome I am delighted to be able to let you know that after six years of legal argument ISM member Lesley Brazel, a clarinet and saxophone teacher who works part-time at the independent Bedford Girls’ School, has won her claim to annual leave and holiday pay. Mrs Brazel, backed by the ISM, had sought clarification on how the school should calculate her pay, as a part-time but permanent member of staff.

Above: Deborah Annetts Photo: Mark Thompson

This is a landmark case and has implications for thousands of teachers, not just those working in music. Mrs Brazel first sought legal advice from the ISM in 2013 regarding her terms and conditions. Despite losing in the Employment Tribunal the ISM continued to back Mrs Brazel and appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal where she won. We recognised the importance of this case to thousands of visiting music teachers and we were not surprised when the employers appealed to the Court of Appeal.

The case was heard at the Court of Appeal on 2 May 2019 and we are delighted that the Court has found in favour of Mrs Brazel. This is a vindication of the ISM’s decision underpinned by our legal expenses insurance scheme to back Mrs Brazel through the courts. There can now be no confusion as to how annual leave and holiday pay are calculated.

This case shows the incredible determination of Mrs Brazel and the commitment of the ISM to supporting our member, even across many years. We could not have done this without the help and support of our wider legal team, funded by the ISM’s legal expenses insurance. All ISM members have access to our outstanding legal services, a central pillar of being part of the ISM community. So if you are unsure about whether you are getting what you are entitled to, give us a call on 020 7221 3499 and speak to a member of our legal team.

Front Cover Jess Gillam Photo: Robin Clewley Photography See feature on pages 8–11 Inset images: New Ofsted Inspection Framework Photo: iStock See feature on pages 16–17 Manchester Music & Drama Education Expo

And my editorial would not be complete without a reference to Brexit. The team here is working out what a no-deal exit from the EU could mean for all our members. For up-to-date advice go to ism.org/brexit. And please, please, please get involved in our campaign to protect musicians whatever happens with Brexit.

We know that musicians could be many hundreds of pounds out of pocket. We do not see why you should have to suffer financially, which is why we are calling on the government to cover the costs of musicians caught up in the Brexit storm. To find out how to get involved and what we are asking for go to savemusic.org.uk Finally, as detailed in the July/August issue of Music Journal, the ISM Handbook is undergoing a refresh and will be included with your January/February 2020 issue of Music Journal. For more information, please visit ism.org/musicjournal for the July/August issue of Music Journal where Dr Jeremy Huw Williams, ISM President 2019/20, outlines the plan for the forthcoming Handbook. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing membership@ism.org or calling 020 7221 3499.

Photo: Courtesy of Music & Drama Education Expo See feature on pages 19

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News & Campaigns Your ISM membership in 2019/20 Legal & Business Professional development Jess Gillam New Ofsted Inspection Framework Manchester Music & Drama Education Expo News from our members Classified advertising News from our corporate members Local events listings Ask me a question

Volume 85 / Number 3 Published by: The Incorporated Society of Musicians 4–5 Inverness Mews, London W2 3JQ T: 020 7221 3499 E: membership@ism.org W: ism.org Incorporated Society of Musicians is a limited company registered in England No. 36882. Registered Office as address above.

Editor: Deborah Annetts Sub-editors: Clare Stevens/ Francesca Treadaway Proofreader: Christine Gwyther-Scott

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News & campaigns BREXIT NEWS: Additional costs for musicians working in EU27

Musicians will also face numerous additional costs including: •

On 14 August, the ISM launched the next phase of our Brexit campaigning, calling for the government to cover any additional costs that musicians will incur when travelling to the EU27/EEA for work in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

• A no-deal Brexit will cause major disruption to the UK’s music industry which is worth £4.5 billion to the UK economy. The lack of transitional arrangements in a no-deal scenario will result in chaos for many of those who have to travel to the EU for work – and freelance, touring musicians, often on low earnings, will be amongst the hardest hit. The ISM has calculated • that musicians who travel to the EU27 and carry an instrument will incur additional costs of up to £1,000 in a no-deal Brexit.

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medical insurance, which would become essential in a no-deal Brexit as EHIC provision would cease, would set a musician without a pre-existing medical condition back around £70 per year, but it could be as high as £320 for a musician with a pre-existing medical condition Musical Instrument Certificates, which are only required for instruments containing endangered species according to CITES (including ivory, rosewood, tortoiseshell) are currently free but are set to incur a charge in 2020 (amount unknown).

Examples: some violin bows contain ivory and some guitars contain rosewood purchasing an International Driving Permit (costing £5.50) if driving to the continent if A1 forms become obsolete on 1 November, musicians must also ensure that they are not liable for double deductions of social security payments in other EU countries by contacting the relevant EU social security institution to check

Musicians will be required to purchase Carnets – temporary international customs documents that allow instruments and sound equipment to move temporarily outside the UK – which cost in the region of £500-700, • if visas are introduced to work in the EU27/EEA, depending on the value of the goods. It is currently the likelihood is that this will cause considerable possible to take instruments to countries in the EU for free financial and administrative burden to musicians. and purchasing an ATA Carnet will be a significant extra cost forced upon musicians, which will become a huge Find out more at savemusic.org.uk barrier for many musicians touring the EU27.

Right: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education Photo: @KevinBrennanMP/Twitter

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education (APPG), for which the ISM is the Secretariat, held its second meeting of 2019 on 19 June, in the Palace of Westminster. APPG Chair Diana Johnson, MP for Kingston upon Hull North, introduced Ian C Lucas, to the Russell Group’s subject choice guidance, including MP for Wrexham and a member of the DCMS Select the decision to drop facilitating subjects.

Committee, to talk about the Committee’s two latest The meeting also heard from Dr Alison Daubney, Senior reports, titled Live Music (March 2019) and The Social Impact of Participation in Culture and Sport (May 2019). Teaching Fellow at the University of Sussex, who discussed Ofsted’s new education inspection framework The meeting then heard from Zena Creed, Director of and the recent research commissioned by the Royal Communications and External Relations at the Russell College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music on the Group of universities, who explained the recent changes decline in uptake of music at A-level.

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New report provides further evidence that the EBacc is not working On 12 July the education thinktank EDSK published a new report titled A Step Baccwards, which investigates the changes to GCSE entries and outcomes for secondary schools since the EBacc was introduced in 2010. The report reveals that GCSE music entries have fallen by 24%.

The report adds to the compelling body of evidence demonstrating the impact of the EBacc in our schools, which we know first-hand from music departments has had a devastating effect on the uptake of music and other creative subjects in schools. We call on ISM members to help us keep up the political pressure for change. We urge you to write to your MP and tell them that the EBacc must be abolished.

Use our template letter on the Bacc for the Future campaign website at baccforthefuture.com

CITES: Get your Musical Instrument Certificates (MICs) NOW!

Every Child a Musician – Newham Following a public consultation carried out between December 2018 and January 2019 the London Borough of Newham has deliberated ceasing the Every Child a Musician programme and winding up Every Child (Achieving their Potential) Ltd. Every Child was an ambitious programme established by Newham Council in 2010 to give children access to cultural and educational opportunities. These included free music tuition and instruments for children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Newham’s primary schools; opportunities to attend theatre productions, access to sports facilities and chess playing. The programme, originally run by the Council, was outsourced in 2018 to Every Child (Achieving their Potential) Ltd, a Local Authority Trading Company specifically incorporated for the purpose and entirely owned by the Council.

However, for the Council ‘research evidence and feedback from schools (including a working group) on the Every Child a Musician programme indicates that while it delivers some benefits, it is not achieving the best outcomes for children and costs over £2m a year’. Currently the Every Child programme employs 104 tutors, including music tutors who will probably be made redundant following a consultation process still pending.

The ISM is assisting its members facing the risk of redundancy throughout that procedure. If you have been involved in the redundancy, please do not hesitate to contact our legal team for advice and assistance: legal@ism.org Photos left and below: iStock

If your instrument contains materials protected by the Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), e.g. ivory, rosewood, tortoiseshell and others, and you travel with your instrument to the EU27 to perform, you will require a Musical Instrument Certificate (MIC) if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Currently MICs are only required outside the EU and are free of charge.

However, the ISM understands from discussions with DEFRA that a charge for MICs is likely to be introduced in 2020, which the ISM will lobby strongly against. Keep an eye on the ISM website for further information on this topic.

Most importantly: if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October, MICs will be required for the transportation of instruments containing CITES materials to the EU. The ISM therefore strongly recommends that you apply for your MIC now while it is still free of charge!

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Right: Lesley Brazel Photo: Courtesy of Lesley Brazel

ISM music teacher wins claim to annual leave and holiday pay in a landmark decision

As a result, her holiday pay had been erroneously calculated and the method of ‘prorating’ used by the school to work out holiday pay was not provided for within the Regulations.

On Tuesday 6 August the Court of Appeal decided in favour of ISM member Lesley Brazel in a major case which will radically change the way holiday pay is calculated for part-time and casual workers. Mrs Brazel, an ISM member, worked as Visiting Music Teacher for the Harpur Trust, which runs the Bedford Girls’ School.

Like many Visiting Music Teachers (VMTs) Mrs Brazel was employed under a zero hours’ contract. She was not given a set number of working hours, because these would depend on the demand for music tuition and she worked during school term only.

The ISM is delighted with this decision, which is a vindication of the ISM’s decision to back Mrs Brazel through the courts. There can now be no confusion as to how both annual leave and holiday pay are calculated. If you feel that your holiday pay has not been calculated correctly, you could be entitled to claim backdated holiday pay over at least a period of two years. The ISM legal team is available to answer any queries or concerns about your holiday pay and can assist you to protect your rights. We look forward to hearing from you at legal@ism.org.

With the support of the ISM, in 2013 Mrs Brazel asked the school for clarification about how her holiday pay was calculated. She found out that, although she was entitled to 5.6 weeks paid holiday, in fact she was being paid at a lower amount, because her holiday entitlement and pay was ‘prorated’ on the basis of her working hours. After the school refused to reconsider its calculations, the ISM and Mrs Brazel brought a claim before the Employment Tribunal.

The ISM has backed and funded Mrs Brazel’s case all the way through to the Court of Appeal, via its legal expenses insurance. On 6 August we heard that the Court of Appeal had found in favour of Mrs Brazel. The court stated that Mrs Brazel was entitled to 5.6 weeks in accordance with the Working Time Regulations 1998.

ISM Members Fund new counselling service for members Supporting our members with every aspect of their musical life is our greatest priority. That’s why, based on your feedback, we have launched a new counselling service, which includes face-to-face counselling, as part of a new range of services available to members offered by the ISM Members Fund.

The new service, operated by Health Assured, is completely confidential and includes telephone counselling, face-to-face counselling (up to six sessions) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

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042 0136. You will then speak to an advisor who will set up a telephone assessment with a counsellor. Once you have been matched with a qualified counsellor and completed a short assessment, your counsellor will give you the option of telephone counselling, face-to-face counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

The pilot phase of this new service will run between July and December 2019, on a first come, first served basis.

As part of the pilot phase we will be asking members to complete an online, anonymous questionnaire. The service is completely confidential and ISM will not know who has accessed the service – however, if you wish to discuss your survey answers with us, you are able to provide your email address.

Find out more at: ism.org/advice/ face-to-face-counselling

“As an alumna of the school where I have now been teaching for almost 20 years, pursuing a career I am passionate about, it has been personally challenging for me to see through this long and arduous case. I am pleased to have finally secured a basic employment right in accordance with the law and as stated in my employment contract. I am indebted to my family and friends for their emotional support and to the ISM and the wider legal team for their ongoing legal and financial support throughout, without which none of this would have been possible.”

Mrs Lesley Brazel, FISM 6 August 2019

If any ISM members have a similar problem with their employment contract please contact legal@ ism.org to see how we can help.

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Legal & business Safeguarding and child protection – what you need to know We are all responsible for keeping children safe and protecting them from harm. The Children Act 1989 – a key piece of child protection law – states that the welfare of the child is paramount.

Many ISM members have frequent contact with children in the course of their professional activities, so they need to recognise and accept their responsibility to protect any children within their sphere of work and care.

Best practice and modelling appropriate behaviour We highlight some key points here. While largely framed by a teacher-pupil perspective, these points can be applied to any adult-child professional interaction.

• Avoid inappropriate physical contact with children.

Physical contact between teachers is appropriate only in very limited circumstances. Develop alternative strategies to support your teaching, such as demonstrating for the pupil, or using a mirror.

• Always notify parents or guardians in advance, in writing, if you intend to use physical contact in your teaching. Ask them to sign that they have read your document. You should also explain the type of touch involved, where on the body, and why. Make sure you explain to your pupil the reason for this type of contact.

This area can feel complex and daunting, and members often ask us for advice about how to navigate the risks arising from teaching children, • Avoid touching a child on the trunk of the body appropriate boundaries with pupils and young adults, unless there is a justifiable reason, e.g. to administer what they should do and who to talk to if they are first aid. It is inappropriate to touch a child around the concerned about a child they teach (whether in a chest, waist, diaphragm or ribs to teach breathing. school setting or privately) and what to do if their own See paragraph 20 of the Guidance for Private Teachers behaviour is questioned. for more detail.

We support members through the ISM’s Safeguarding, Child Protection Policy, Code of Practice and Procedures (‘Child Protection Policy’). These documents set out an overarching policy around child protection, with a detailed Code of Practice, giving practical guidance and instructions to ISM members about how to report child safeguarding concerns. Additional child protection guidance for private teachers appears in Annexe 2 to our members’ Code of Conduct.

All this aims to help members understand and uphold best practice in safeguarding behaviour, while helping them to protect themselves against misunderstandings. It is also designed to ensure that any serious issues are put in the hands of professionals as quickly as possible, because the safety and well-being of the child is paramount.

While the law describes a child as anyone who has not reached their 18th birthday, professional boundaries still need to be observed with young people aged 18 and thereabouts. A young person may be considered vulnerable, or at risk, and therefore members should also familiarise themselves with the ISM’s Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy and Procedure.

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• Remove scope for misunderstandings when teaching children alone. If you teach at your home, or your pupil’s, encourage parents or guardians to sit in on lessons, or to wait in an adjacent room, with the door open during the lesson. In an institutional setting, it is good practice to make it possible for someone else to view the lesson from outside (e.g. through a window in the lesson room door, or by keeping the door open). > Be wary of social media and other electronic communication channels: never communicate with children via Facebook, Twitter or any other form of social media. You should only communicate via email or text messages in exceptional circumstances and only then with the prior consent of a parent/guardian. > Avoid behaviour which could be construed as ‘grooming’. This can include giving a child money, presents or favours, sending cards, or talking or behaving in an inappropriate or unprofessional manner towards children and young adults – e.g. taking them for a drink. > Observe appropriate boundaries. Do not make suggestive or inappropriate remarks (such as innuendo, swearing, discussing intimate personal relationships – theirs and yours), even in fun.

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Responding to a child making an allegation of abuse are subject to an investigation (criminal or otherwise) and how to report concerns that could raise child protection concerns. We may need to invoke the Members’ Disciplinary Procedure. If your Section 4 of our Child Protection Policy explains in employment situation comes under threat, our legal team detail how to deal with this situation. will support you, but in accordance with the Disciplinary • Stay calm, listen carefully and show the child you Procedure, certain benefits may be suspended during any are taking the matter seriously. Reassure them they investigation e.g. standing for Council, your entry on the have done the right thing in telling you.

Register of Private Teachers.

• Do not promise to keep it a secret: let the child know that it is likely you will need to share what they tell You can find up-to-date versions of all these you with others, but only with those who need to documents on our website at ism.org/about/ know. Tell them what you will do next and with safeguarding. All members must observe these whom you will share what they have said. policies and procedures.

• Ask questions but avoid asking any which suggest a particular outcome, and record in writing what was John Robinson, Head of Compliance, ISM said, using the child’s own words, as soon as possible.

Note the date, time, any names mentioned and make sure the record is signed and dated.

• Do not make a decision yourself about whether any abuse has occurred. Notify the safeguarding person in your organisation as soon as possible. If a concern arises independently contact the ISM’s Designated Safeguarding Person (DSP) on 020 7221 3499.

• If you have concerns about another ISM member, contact the DSP immediately. We will then follow the procedures in Section 5 of our Child Protection Policy.

Criminal offences and investigations: reporting to ISM Chief Executive You must notify the ISM’s Chief Executive immediately if you are charged or convicted or accept a caution in relation to a criminal offence. You must also do this if you

Play: A psychological toolkit for optimal music performance ISM members receive 20% off when they purchase pioneering toolkit Play from the ISM Trust website. The toolkit is available as an eBook priced at just £4 for members (usually £5) or a limited edition printed book priced at £8 (usually £10).

A sample chapter is also available from the website. ismtrust.org/play Play: A psychological toolkit for optimal music performance is a ground-breaking guide by Gregory Daubney, CPsychol, MSc and Dr Alison Daubney. Play is packed with approachable practical strategies to help musicians of all ages manage performance anxiety and overcome common psychological obstacles.

Professional development Music and Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework

Safeguarding for musicians

Thursday 5 September, 1pm Presented by Dr Naomi Bath

Wednesday 25 September, 4pm Presented by ISM’s Head of Compliance, John Robinson

Join us on Thursday 5 September for this look at Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework (EIF), which will be officially implemented on 1 September. Dr Naomi Bath, ISM’s Senior Policy and Research Officer, will discuss ISM’s thoughts on the new framework and how a refreshed focus on providing a broad and balanced curriculum has the potential to strengthen the position of classroom music teaching.

ISM’s Head of Compliance John Robinson will present this free webinar covering an overview of safeguarding. Join us on Wednesday 25 September at 4pm and learn about the legal basis for safeguarding and best practice you can follow as a musician working with children and vulnerable adults. It will also offer a guide to upholding the safeguarding requirements for ISM members.

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Catch up: Principles of the Suzuki Method Presented by Helen Brunner, a Director of the British Suzuki Institute Catch up with last month’s webinar on the Suzuki philosophy and method of music.

Helen Brunner, a Director of the British Suzuki institute, offers an introduction to the main benefits to students, focusing on how it can tackle performance anxiety, as well as how it can particularly support SEND learners. ism.org/videos

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Jess Gillam The young saxophonist is making her characterful presence felt on concert stages and on broadcast media. Clare Stevens ďŹ nds out how she is coping with her rapid rise to fame.

All images: Jess Gillam Photo: Robin Clewley Photography

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine anything like this when I entered the competition,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she admits. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was just hoping to become a better musician as a result of the experience, and to meet other young musicians. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really grateful for all the invitations and opportunities Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 7KHUH KDYH EHHQ VR PDQ\ RI WKHVH WKDW *LOODP¡V original intention of completing an undergraduate GHJUHH DW WKH 51&0 KDV KDG WR EH DEDQGRQHG ² VKH OHIW D \HDU HDUO\ DQG ZKHQ ZH VSRNH EULHĂ \ RQ WKH SKRQH VKH KDG MXVW PRYHG WR /RQGRQ ZKHUH

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Jess Gillam speaks out on behalf of music education and arts funding Jess Gillamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public proďŹ le gives her a platform to speak up in support of music education and arts funding. She is keenly aware that funding has now been cut for both the Barracudas Carnival Centre in Barrow-in-Furness where she discovered the sax and the primary instrumental tuition scheme from which she beneďŹ ted.

Early this year she made a statement to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music Education, asking why music is not central to the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education system, following that up with an open letter to the Guardian in which she expanded on the theme: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Music is not an add-on, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;softâ&#x20AC;? subject or a luxury â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is absolutely essential to our existence. Every child deserves the opportunity to experience its beneďŹ ts. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Until music is held in the same regard as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;coreâ&#x20AC;? subjects of our curriculum, our society will be worse off. We need joy, empathy and hope on this planet more than ever, and depriving children of the opportunity to develop musical skills is to set ourselves up for a fall. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Despite the many brilliant schemes and initiatives to encourage young musicians (Every Child a Musician, Awards for Young Musicians and Sistema, to name but a few), we are reaching a crisis point. We are in danger of crushing creativity, innovation and expression. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Learning an instrument can teach and develop so many fundamental life skills.

It promotes discipline, empathy, determination and cooperation as well as providing a sense of community and worth. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Music has changed my life. It is a huge part of who I am. I have learned so much about the world through music and the inspiring ďŹ gures I have met through it. I feel I have a duty to help ensure that others can beneďŹ t from its magic. Let us make it available to every single child.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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New Ofsted Inspection Framework On 1 September 2019, Ofstedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Education Inspection Framework will ofďŹ cially be implemented. The ISMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dr Naomi Bath outlines the changes that are most relevant to those working in education.

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NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS We welcome your brief news (max. 200 words for Platinum and Gold members, max. 150 words for Silver members) and good photographs. Please email mj@ism.org. The next deadline for copy is 1 October for November/December issue.

Gewandhaus, was later to premiere the Mendelssohn violin concerto. His Multi award-winning singer, songwriter, concertino for Queisser was supposedly composed when Mendelssohn’s arranger, vocal coach and musical promised trombone concerto did not director Rachel Mason has won materialise. The piece received its first the Association of Independent performance at the Gewandhaus in 1837 Professionals and Self-Employed Freelancer of the Year award 2019. Hailed (under Mendelssohn’s direction) and has as ‘an inspiration’ by the Duke of Sussex been an important part of the trombone repertoire ever since. for her work with young musicians, Rachel is the first musician to have won this prestigious award. She won Renato because of her broad and impressive Balsadonna career which ranges from performing on stages across the world and making Since stepping award-winning albums to appearing down as as a judge on Sky One’s ‘Sing: Ultimate chorusmaster A Cappella’, launching the careers of of the Royal many young musicians and bringing Opera House, communities together through music.

Covent Garden, in 2016 after 12 years in post, Renato Rachel has joined the judging panel for Balsadonna has been working all over the UK Songwriting Contest alongside the world as a freelance conductor, from Grammy-winning songwriters. She also the USA to the EU, Japan to Russia. This runs Listen In Colour Artist Management season he will return to the UK for his first company and Lyrical Light, a songwriting major engagement with a British opera workshop for those struggling with company since leaving Covent Garden, postnatal depression, is an ambassador conducting 14 performances of Puccini’s for maternal mental health and writes La Bohème for Opera North in Leeds, for magazines on the value of creativity Newcastle, Nottingham and Salford. in helping with mental health recovery.

‘I have conducted a couple of substantial symphonic concerts with the Orchestra Dr Mike Lomas fism of Opera North, with repertoire including Trombonist Dr Mike Lomas will perform the fourth symphony of Brahms, Dvorák’s Ferdinand David’s Concertino Op.4 Symphony No 9 and Elgar’s Sea Pictures, in Eb for trombone and orchestra on and we enjoyed working together so I am Saturday 23 November 2019 at 7.30pm very pleased to be engaged to conduct in Salisbury City Hall, with the Salisbury this opera tour,’ he says.

Symphony Orchestra, conducted ‘I am very lucky because it is a revival of a

by David Halls. The concertino was production of Bohème by Phyllida Lloyd, dedicated to the trombone virtuoso with whom I worked on Macbeth at the Carl Traugott Queisser, a frequent ROH, and I know it will be wonderful. soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Puccini is unbelievable – he expresses Orchestra. Queisser was well known to Mendelssohn (who allegedly offered to such deep emotions, he tells the story of our lives, he is always speaking to the compose a trombone concerto for him, heart of the people … I am sure his music and was to play at his funeral) and to will never fall out of favour.’

Robert Schumann – who described him as ‘Der Posaunengott’ – ‘the trombone The tour opens on 12 October at the god’. David, the concert master at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, and the cast

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includes Lauren Fagan, recently the Australian representative in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, and Thomas Atkins as Rodolfo. www.renatobalsadonna.com www.operanorth.co.uk

Jenevora Williams Jenevora Williams will be running two weekend courses this autumn.

Singing in the Brain: Evolution, Emotion and Learning 18-19 October, London N6 We will be looking at the links between emotions and wellbeing, and how these relate to singing. There is a great deal of research into the acquisition of motor learning skills; this can have a profound influence on the way in which we deliver information in the lesson. Alongside this, we will look into the neurological systems governing our responses at a much deeper level: the autonomic nervous system, vagal responses and primal sound.

The Choral Directors’ Guide to Singing 2-3 November, Oxford This is an excellent refresher for experienced choral leaders as well as a good foundation for teachers relatively new to working with singers. Accurate information of vocal function and technique, vocal changes across the lifespan, warm-ups and vocal health. www.evolvingvoice.co.uk

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The book covers playing by ear, how to turn a scale into a melody, how to improvise in different styles, and how to compose your own tunes using the same simple method. There is a whole chapter on jazz articulation and how to develop your sound, how to improvise on ii-V-I sequences as well as tips on transposing and working in other keys.

Joan Taylor ISM pianist Joan Taylor will be joining baritone Bryan Jenner and the Avanti Trio in a bicentenary Birthday Concert for Clara Schumann on Saturday 14 September at St Andrew’s Church, Old Headington, Oxford. Clara was born on September 13th 1819. Joan Taylor was a pupil of Wednesbury concert pianist Lilian Niblette, herself a student of Clara’s last pupil Fanny Davies.

The concert is the culmination of six years’ research into Clara Schumann’s life and work, with concerts in London, Oxford and the Czech Republic. Bryan and Joan are planning a visit in 2020 to Denmark, where Clara performed. She dedicated her Op.13 songs to the Queen of Denmark.

The first book in the series is written for saxophone and clarinet and includes more than 150 free audio downloads each for tenor, alto and clarinet, with everything in Bb and Eb transpositions.

The trumpet edition is finished and due for publication very soon, and will be followed by a flute and violin edition.

‘An accessible and methodical introduction to the art of jazz improvisation. This book will be useful to students and teachers in developing The programme in St. Andrews, Old the essential basic skills needed to Headington includes music by Clara improvise in a melodic and coherent – Songs, Piano Solos (‘Souvenir de way.’ Mick Foster – Professorial Staff Vienne’, Romance in A minor 0p.21 and (Saxophone and Improvisation) at Mendelssohn's ‘Spring Song’ which he Guildhall School of Music & Drama, dedicated to his young protégée Clara) Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & and the G minor Piano Trio – and also Dance and Goldsmiths College. songs by Brahms. The concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £10 on the door. Beginner Jazz Soloing for Saxophone & Clarinet is available worldwide now in print from Amazon and for download Buster Birch on Kindle. For more information, Having published nine interactive books news on upcoming publications, free on Apple last year, Buster Birch signed lessons and jazz improvisation tips join a publishing contract in January with Buster Birch’s Readers’ Group at www.

Fundamental Changes (one of the UK’s busterbirch.co.uk and get your free biggest music publishers) to produce a play-along practice guide to minor new series of jazz improvisation tuition pentatonic scales (for all instruments). books. His Beginner Jazz Soloing series is aimed at less experienced players but Edmund Jolliffe is also perfect for classical musicians who are looking for a way in to improvising 2019 has been a fruitful year on the and how to teach it. The method features choral front for composer Edmund a simple six-step process that has been Jolliffe. In March he won the 40th Ithaca tried and tested in over 100 workshops College Choral Composition Competition with excellent results. with his piece ‘Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!’

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New choral works have been published

by OUP and Banks Music.

From June-August last year he was a resident at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico and composed a large-scale choral work, ‘Sleep Cycle’.

This will be premiered on 26 October by the Nonsuch Singers in St. James’ Church, Sussex Gardens, London.

Tickets available from: www.nonsuchsingers.org.uk

Sarah Rodgers

A new CD recording of Sarah Rodgers’ cross-cultural work ‘The Roaring Whirl’ will be launched on 18 September between 12.00 and 2.00pm at the Royal Society of Musicians in Fitzroy Square, London. The piece, which was conceived in the early 90s, features Geraldine Allen on clarinet, Timothy Walker on guitar and Baluji Shrivastav on sitar. The whole CD is devoted to the work and is being issued on the Metier label of Divine Art. Sarah has composed several cross-cultural works including pieces for the City of London Sinfonia, contemporary ensemble Sounds Positive and renowned girls’ choir Cantamus. Find out more from Margaret Skeet PR: margaret@margaretskeet.com

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Dr Robert Howard (MISM) April to June have been exceptionally busy months for composer and conductor Robert Howard. April saw a double premiere, when Robert’s new setting of the Good Friday Reproaches (I Gave You Love) was sung by the choirs of both St Mary’s, Prescot, and All Hallows’, Allerton, under the composer and Stephen Davies, respectively. At Prescot, on the same day, Rob also conducted his own Ave verum corpus (2016).

the annual ten-day Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts (www.prescotfestival. co.uk). On Saturday 22 June, Alleluia featured in the Prescot Festival ‘Come & Sing’ concert at Prescot Parish Church, alongside Vivaldi’s Gloria, under conductor James Luxton of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The following day, 23 June, saw Robert’s 2014 organ piece Meditation performed at the festival as part of a recital by Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral organist Richard Lea. Then, on Saturday 29 June at 7.30pm in St John the Baptist Church in Burscough, Jim Cooke directed the Ormskirk Music Society Orchestra in the fifth performance of Robert’s stirring 2015 work Cortège.

Three choirs – Liverpool Cathedral Junior Choir, Liverpool Cathedral Youth Choir and the newly established Liverpool64 – assembled to sing Robert’s Jubilate Deo (2016) in the cathedral on Saturday 11 May. Stephen Mannings conducted, with Further details about all Robert’s musical activities can be found on his website: a splendid accompaniment on organ, piano and timpani, as part of an ‘All Ages www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk Sing!’ concert.

On Sunday 2 June, Prescot Parish Church Choir sang the 2017 anthem Alleluia during their morning Eucharist, with David Kernick conducting. Then, on Wednesday 5 June, Stephen Mannings conducted Liverpool Cathedral Junior Choir in Ave verum corpus during Evensong in the Lady Chapel of the cathedral. On 16 June, Trinity Sunday, Prescot Parish Church Choir sang a new hymn, Bread of the World, during Holy Communion at Sung Eucharist, again under David Kernick.

When Robert is not composing, conducting, or teaching music at St Edward’s College (choir school to Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral), he is the Founder and Artistic Director of

Shaun Ward Hereford and Worcester member Shaun Ward has stepped down from his roles at St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, where he had been Director of Music since 2007, Clerk of Works since 2008 and Executive Manager since 2015, in order to concentrate on developing his new craft gin distillery.

Wardington’s Original Ludlow Dry Gin was launched in September 2018 and has already proved hugely popular at food fairs and festivals around the UK – including this summer’s Three Choirs Festival, where a dedicated Ludlow Dry gin bar was a major attraction as part of the Festival Village in Gloucester Cathedral close.

Ludlow Dry is distilled in the Welsh Marches in copper stills named ‘Joy’ and ‘Felicity’ and comes in four varieties, each of which won a bronze medal in the London Spirits Competition 2019, which attracted over 400 competitors from across the globe. The new brand was also a finalist in another international competition: The Gin Guide ‘Distillery of the Year’ and ‘Contemporary Gin of the Year’.

Shaun is taking a year off from directing choirs and running church music to focus on gin-making, but he is continuing to give occasional organ recitals, including performances at The Queen’s College, Oxford, and Truro Cathedral last spring, with a lunchtime concert at Hereford Cathedral on 3 September (1.15pm) and Westminster Cathedral later in the autumn. www.ludlowgin.co.uk

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Our new members We offer a warm welcome to the following members who joined before 26 July.

Full members Birmingham Stephen Crewes MACantab Simon Ewart-Ball Rebekah Lock BMusHonsRWCMD Russell Lock BAHonsCoventry David Ravelid BMusHonsBCU Emma Reading Miriam Taylor PGDip Leo Turner LTCL LLCM(TD) ALCM LGSM

Brighton Catherine Chapman BMusGoldsmiths Louise Walters

Bristol Allen Cheshire BAHonsRWCMD Jonathan Goodman Miranda Hammick BALeeds PGCE Amy Seyers BAHonsBathSpa

Cambridge Mark Clough BAHonsRoehampton Misa Kawamura-Besser MALiverpool

Devon & Cornwall Kip Pratt BAHonsYork Gillian Swift

Eastbourne & Hastings Vincent Peter Phillips

Guildford Jean Gauci BMus LGSM Liz Holland Janis Moore BAHonsLancaster Roy Rashbrook Victoria Wilcox BMusSurrey

Kent Paul Bairnsfather BAHonsKent Arran Johnson BMusHonsLCM

Lancaster Craig Smith BAHonsLIPA

Lea Valley Juliet Gee BMus(TCM) Nathan Hulse Myrddin D Rees Davies Sharon Scott Deborah Watt

Leicester David Bean MACantab

Liverpool William Chitty BMusUWL Meera Maharaj MARAM Zion Pele John Wood BMusHonsRNCM

London – North Aleph Leon Aguiar Gutierrez Laurence Carden BACantab Leigh Rhianon Coggins BMusGSMD Phoebe Fullbrook BMusCityUniv Benedict Kearns Amelie Krueger BMusJGU Alex Maydew BMusHonsGSMD Rosie Miller BAOxford Sam Pembery BMusHonsGSMD Vahan Salorian Nicholas Shirm BMusGSMD Clarence Tang DipABRSM Zlatko D Velichkov

Hereford & Worcester

London – South East

Fiona Dowty BEdBath Dean McCreadie

Mark Anthony Hannah Chappell BMusHonsTrinityLaban Toby Medland BALeeds

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Rebecca Peace BMusManch George Salmon BMusHonsBirm Fraser Smith BMusHonsRWCMD Mark Smith BMusHull

London – South West Elizabeth Bradley MMusRNCM GRNCM Hannah Cox BAHonsDurham

London – West Nicholas Chalmers BAOxford Stephanie Childress BACantab Philip Meadows BAHonsLCOM

Manchester Amanda Babington PhDManch Isabella Baker BMusRNCM George Capon BAHonsLCM George Comer BMusHonsRNCM Andrew Dean MMusEdin Delphine Evans Beth Farrow BEdManch Carolyn Hudson BEdExeter Joseph Martin BMusHonsRNCM Sam Rodwell Polly Virr BMusHonsRNCM

Hannah Foy BMusHonsUlster Derick Weir BMusUlster

Nottingham Jenny Beaumont BMusHonsSheff Christine A Buxton MAMus(Open) BAHons(Open) CTABRSM Jonathan Eno Nataly Stevens MANott QTS Violeta Tonova-Smedley BAHonsOU

Portsmouth Jeremy Gray BMusHonsICMP Jack Roberts

Reading Cansu Altunay BMusAnadolu Chase Emery Davis MAYork Victoria Dawkes BAHonsOU Edward Jones BMusGoldsmiths Nadya Larsen MAGSMD Sally-Ann Potter Peter Williams FLCM LLCM MBA GLCM Dave Yates

Scotland-Highlands & Islands Rachael Forsyth Barber

Scotland-North East Patsy Reid BAStrathclyde

St Albans Emily Forrest BMusHonsRAM Fiona Lai James Layton BMusHonsTrinityLaban Ginny Leigh BAHonsDurham Don Adam Perera MMusTLC

Suffolk Christopher Borrett BA(Mus)Oxford Duke Dobing BAHonsYork LRAM ARCM FTCL ARAM Susan Hornsby BAReading Harriet Laidler BMusHonsSheff

Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Katrin Gilbert MMusNewEnglandCons

West Yorkshire David Colley BMusHonsNewcastle Jane Harrsion GRNCM Eric Lock BMusHonsLeeds

Wiltshire Sandra Howe

Student members Birmingham Samuel Ward

Brighton Ben Turner

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Philip Almond BMusHonsHuddersfield Donna Brogan BAHons(OU) Rachel Dyson MAHuddersfield Lesley Pinault

Jessica Leary Fiona Neary BMusHonsKingston

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Sheffield

Matt London

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Nine-organ extravaganza to launch new RCO organ campaign

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Westminster Cathedral is to host a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ concert featuring a remarkable nine organs, marking the start of a year of activity organised by the Royal College of Organists (RCO) to promote the organ and its music. The event on Wednesday 20 November will be the UK premiere of La révolte des orgues by Jean Guillou, which features nine organs with percussion.

The evening will raise funds in support of the music in the cathedral and for a new outreach campaign by the RCO. The RCO campaign will comprise national and local events, including talks, workshops and performances designed to appeal to schools, colleges, music venues, churches and people of all ages to promote the organ as a musical instrument and improve access to those interested in learning to play. It will include a National Organ Day planned for April 2020.

Jean Guillou, who died in January 2019, made an immense contribution to the organ world. He was Titular Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, and was known worldwide as a composer of instrumental and vocal music focused on the organ, as an improviser, and as an adviser to organ builders.

Above: Jean Guillou Photo: Courtesy of Royal College of Organists Far right: Leon Bakst programme design for the Ballets Russes (1912)

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Gresham College’s 2019-20 free public music lectures include a short series about musical beginnings and endings, a lecture about unfinished musical works by Jeremy Summerly, and a sixpart series on Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes

by Russian music specialist Marina Frolova-Walker.

Making Music Tax break for leisure-time music groups Making Music are celebrating their new Orchestra Tax Relief service, which to date has helped leisure-time music groups to claim back concert production costs totalling more than £60k from HMRC. As the UK’s membership organisation supporting and championing leisuretime music, Making Music created this service to help members generate vital additional income.

The government’s Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) incentive allows those putting on qualifying concerts to claim back a percentage of their production costs from HMRC.

La révolte, composed in 2007, originates from Guillou’s conceptual design for an organ in the new concert hall in Tenerife. The concert will also feature popular organ works

by Bach, Vivaldi and others, and an improvisation.

Making Music’s OTR resources and low-fee service enable groups, whose budgets are often squeezed, to recoup some of their concert and performance costs. This can be transformational for them, aiding financial sustainability (70% of member groups just break even each year) and enabling a greater variety and quantity of concerts, adding tremendous value to the cultural life of communities in the UK and helping the leisure-time music sector to flourish.

Visit www.rco.org.uk/events/ la-revolte for details.

Find out more: www.makingmusic. org.uk/resources

In a new initiative, Gresham is encouraging schools and colleges to book seats for lectures that are otherwise 'first-come, first-served' to the public – you can get in touch on enquiries@gresham.ac.uk; the lectures are also live-streamed online and available after the event via the event page on www.gresham.ac.uk.

You can also sign up for updates about lectures here: gres.hm/schools.

Gresham College is a charitable trust that was set up in 1597 to bring free education to the public in London, and today live-streams its public lectures to reach a global audience.

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the passionate young performers and for everyone involved in the One World campaign the showcase was a fitting tribute to a campaign that has successfully highlighted the risks to our world, to the changes we all need to make and to a brighter future for the many generations to come. The children’s message was clear; we must all act now to preserve and protect our precious world.

Above: One World Showcase Photo: Courtesy of Portsmouth Music Hub

Sue Beckett, CEO of Portsmouth Music Hub, said after the show: ‘The concert tonight was the culmination of a Portsmouth Music Hub year of incredible creativity, and the passionate young voices we heard on Young people celebrate on the stage was the perfect way to celebrate Fourth of July an environmental campaign that has American Independence Day isn’t resonated in the minds of thousands of widely celebrated in Portsmouth, for young people. It is clear that humanity obvious reasons, but for hundreds of may be having a profound and children from local schools this year it devastating impact on our planet, and was a day to remember. the purpose of the One World campaign On the Fourth of July they came together was to highlight the problems and ask children and young people to embrace at Portsmouth’s Guildhall to mark the the solutions. Tomorrow our One World successful end of the first year of an campaign continues, saving our world environmental awareness campaign one song at a time!’ that has been running in the city.

One World was the brainchild of the team at Portsmouth Music Hub, and since September the campaign has been shining an ‘energy-saving’ spotlight on local issues that may have a global impact, and at the same time asking teachers, children, young people and their families to think about the ways we can all protect and sustain our environment.

Thousands of children have been taking part in a range of activities and events produced by the Music Hub, including beach cleaning, art and poetry competitions, storytelling and concerts. Lying at the heart of the campaign is a songbook, composed by musicians from the Hub, with 20 songs about environmental subjects ranging from plastic pollution, litter, chlorofluorocarbons and ocean pollution.

On Thursday 4 July children aged six to 16 took to the Guildhall stage in front of parents, families and members of the public to perform the One World Showcase. It was an evening of outstanding music, with soloists and choirs raising their voices in unison to celebrate the wonders of our environment. For everyone watching

To find out more about One World visit www.portsmouthmusichub.org

Rocksteady Primary school rock band sends message of hope with new single

They’ve now written and recorded an original single called ‘I Don’t Mind’ inspired by the issues of identity and self-esteem that many schoolchildren experience.

After playing together for a while best friends Mia and Victoria worked together to write their own song that celebrates overcoming every day challenges through friendship and positive thinking.

About Rocksteady The Rocksteady way is based on child-led learning and over a decade of providing positive music making experiences at an early age with a focus on empowering all children to play music they love in real bands, even if they’ve never touched an instrument before.

As well as weekly lessons, each year Rocksteady provide completely free music experiences to over 200,000 children in schools and charities across the UK. Rocksteadymusicschool.com

Music Education Solutions Music Education Solutions® is presenting a day of inspiration exploring musical styles and traditions from all across the world. The World Music Workshop Day will take place on 15 November in Birmingham, and will feature practical workshops exploring world music styles including Bollywood, South African Gumboot, Afro-Brazilian Samba, and more! The event is suitable for anyone who leads musical activities with children or adults. Tickets and further information can be found at www.musiceducationsolutions.co.uk

A primary school band has released a single that puts a positive spin on the difficult emotions children feel when they are growing up. The track is now available to stream all over the world https://open.spotify.com/ album/0lYrWxujOItZBWkTMFJCut The band, Star Struck, are from Portfields Primary School in Newport Pagnell.

These five incredible musicians aged between nine and eleven have been playing together for over a year, as part of Rocksteady Music School.

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ABRSM

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

ABRSM Teacher Conference

We are thrilled that for the second successive year, our music provision has achieved the highest score for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2019.

The 92% score puts Birmingham City University 8% higher in the rankings than the second placed music college.

Where? etc.venues 133 Houndsditch, London.

When? Saturday 9 November 2019 from 9am–6pm This is a conference for all music teachers, no matter what you teach.

Join ABRSM for a day of inspirational talks and workshops, led by expert presenters from the world of music and beyond.

Choose from a number of wide-ranging sessions to create a programme that suits you. See the full programme and book your place via the ABRSM website.

Highlights include: •

Practice and goal setting

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Developing ensemble skills

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The art of accompaniment

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Musicianship in the early years

Come away with practical ideas and resources to develop your teaching, network with like-minded colleagues and get access to exclusive offers from our musical partners. The conference will support you to be…

Keeping up our reputation as the conservatoire of the future, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Eastside Jazz Club acted as one of just three venues hosting the world’s first 5G music lesson in June, led by popular AOTOS musician and songwriter Jamie Cullum.

Summer Conference Report Cullum, playing the piano in London, The Association of Teachers of Singing performed live with amateur musicians (AOTOS) enjoyed a three-day conference in Bristol and Birmingham, teaching the in Leamington Spa in July, with speakers musicians in a unique multi-site lesson that connected the three cities across the and workshop leaders from across all musical genres. Classical, music theatre UK, as if the musicians were playing in the same room. The event was organised and contemporary commercial music were all well represented and delegates by the charity Music for All, and aimed to demonstrate how 5G technology can had the opportunity to choose a path remove barriers to learning by enabling to follow. It was inspiring to see how skills to be shared with others wherever we could all refresh and revitalise our they may be located. teaching and our thanks go to all who made it so stimulating.

A leader Autumn Conference 27 October 2019 All teachers are leaders of learning.

We’ll explore how you can develop your Expression and communication through text and performance skills and in turn encourage your own students to become leaders themselves.

Come and join us at our one day autumn conference at St Paul’s Girls’ A collaborator School in London. Speakers include Using the theme of collaboration, we’ll Richard Stokes on seven centuries explore ways to build ensemble skills of poetry; voice coach Barbara and share knowledge across different Houseman will give a masterclass teaching professions. on the connection between speech A champion and song; and there will be a much We’ll look at strategies to get the most anticipated masterclass with Iain out of your students, from supporting Burnside focusing on communication beginners, to setting goals that in different languages. Rob Cates encourage independent learning. looks at authentic singing in musical Tickets: Full price: £80 Student price: £40 theatre, commercial and contemporary Christian music. www.abrsm.org/conference2019 Save The Date: 24-26 July 2020 we host Eurovox in Edinburgh. It will be amazing with lots of presenters and workshops.

Booking will open in January.

As ever, please do visit our website where you will find more information. www.aotos.org.uk

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At the close of the academic year, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire alumna and acclaimed British singer and composer Laura Mvula was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University to mark her outstanding contribution to music.

The honour was conferred by University Chancellor Sir Lenny Henry before an audience of music and art graduates at the world-renowned Symphony Hall in Birmingham. www.bcu.ac.uk/ conservatoire

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National Children’s Choir Awards for Young Musicians of Great Britain Awards for Young Musicians (AYM)

Above: National Children's Choir of Great Britain Photo: Courtesy of NCCGB

have produced a new series of CPD film resources, Practical Progression. They are an extension of AYM’s Furthering Talent programme and share some of its learning with the sector, through identifying key approaches and capturing them in a bite-size film.

They were produced with instrumental teachers already working with Furthering Talent students across the country and capture the creativity, Next year we plan to extend our Workshop innovation and inclusive ethos that is at Programme and make it available to more the heart of Furthering Talent. children and young people.

The films take us on a young person’s We are currently developing our five-year musical journey, from demonstrating programme, with a tour in Poland in 2020 those first signs of musical potential, and our first Christmas concert in 2021. We to taking control of their own learning, are also planning a South Africa tour in through being supported to make the 2024 and hope that many of our members choices around progression that are best will be able to be involved in this. suited to them and to their individual musical journey. www.nccgb.com

The beginning of the new school year is also the beginning of the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s year, when we receive applications from throughout the UK for our November auditions. We are looking forward to meeting many hopeful candidates at venues from Exeter to Newcastle, and hearing them sing.

Len Rhodes Music Len Rhodes Music publishes digital, downloadable sheet music and reference books including Perfect Pitch for You, Teaching Composition in the Private Music Studio, and A New Dictionary of Composers – a listing of over 3,800 composers in chronological, and alphabetical order; a vital reference and resource for ‘trivia night!’

Len’s brand new ‘Introduction to Classic Piano for the Young Pianist’ series, is an opportunity for the young pianist to be introduced to the wealth of classic pieces. Significantly simplified piano literature comes to life for the younger player who is not quite proficient to attempt the actual composition. These arrangements are not intended to be the complete piece, but are arranged to INSPIRE the younger pianist to pursue their studies in order to achieve the realization of performing the ‘real piece!’ At $2.50 each (less in sterling) these arrangements are a wonderful way to introduce your pupils to the music of Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and others.

All of the resources are free, so please take a look and share the films with your colleagues and contacts. You can find them at www.a-y-m.otg.uk/ news-and-resources

Save the date: September 4-6 2020.

The next ‘Choice for Voice’ conference at Leeds College of Music. Please see the BVA website for details, including information about the Call for Papers.

Kawai

Introducing the new models from Kawai The new CN29 and CN39 set a new standard in digital piano value and performance. These class-leading pianos have been developed in partnership with premium audio equipment manufacturer Onkyo, and feature brand new sound delivery and speaker systems to deliver richer, higher quality sound.

Booking is now open for the next BVA study day, ‘Find Your Inner Jazz: Voice, Style and Pedagogy’ which takes place on Sunday 22 September 2019, 10am–4:45pm. Venue: The Water Rats, 328 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8BZ (please note, this is an 18+ venue).

The CN29 and CN39 combine stunning Shigeru Kawai SK-EX and Kawai EX concert grand piano sounds with Kawai’s renowned Responsive Hammer III keyboard action to provide an extremely authentic piano playing experience.

Both models offer a variety of useful features, including built-in lesson songs and Virtual Technician sound adjustments – all accessible from an easy-to-use cheekblock control panel with high resolution OLED display, while integrated Bluetooth® connectivity allows the instruments to connect with smart devices wirelessly.

Jazz singing is an area of which many singers and teachers have little experience or knowledge. This interactive study day with expert singers, teachers and voice researchers will offer a practical and pedagogical overview of jazz voice and style. Presenters include Louise Gibbs, Pete Churchill, Line Hilton, Anton Browne, Sara Colman and Sarah Wright-Owens.

The CN39 raises the bar further with additional Bluetooth Audio functionality, allowing audio to be streamed through the instrument’s high fidelity 4-speaker Onkyo output system without cables.

Moreover, the powerful recorder function also allows MP3 or WAV audio and MIDI song files to be recorded and overdubbed to a USB memory device, and shared with friends and family.

British Voice Association

Information about our November study day on ‘Extreme’ vocal techniques ISM members always receive a 20% will be announced shortly. See www. discount – type ‘ISM2019’ at check out. britishvoiceassociation.org.uk for www.lenrhodesmusic.com updates and booking for all our events.

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Impulse Music Consultants What are the current hot topics in classical music? Three messages are currently hitting the mark.

The first is all about Audience Experience. This is no longer perceived as being the concert or event itself, beginning as the first note is sounded. Instead, promoters are increasingly following the track that engaging with classical music needs to be an entire emotional journey from choosing an event to purchasing tickets to gathering in the foyer to participating in the concert to savouring the experience to hearing about further opportunities afterwards – audiences are looking for 360-degree immersion.

Then there is the issue of diversification and specifically ethnicity, gender and age. If the performers aren’t representative across the demographic spectrum then how or why should promoters expect audiences to reflect and grow in diversity? The PRS Foundation’s Keychange initiative has given a terrific boost to women in music across all sectors but it is a work in progress. Diversity issues have been with us for over a decade and still the mantra is: ‘We talked about this; has anyone done anything about it?’

Last, but by no means least is the newly emerged headline: Print is Dead. Just think for a moment what that means – advertising, marketing, ticketing, programmes and, yes, even performance materials. The demise of scores and parts is particularly spinechilling, but what publisher wants to continue estimating how large a print-run they can be confident of selling when a download, although vulnerable to unpaid for copying and distribution, is the economic counterpart to investment in print.

These are areas we all need to talk about and at Impulse we like to get the conversations going. You can read about them in our news and blog pages. www.impulse-music.co.uk

Friends of the Musician’s Chapel

Collins Music

A capacity congregation was present at The Friends of the Musician’s Chapel AGM and Annual Thanksgiving Service at the Musicians’ Church, Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London on Tuesday 23 April. Music was provided by the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge directed by Geoffrey Webber and the Address was given by The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles CVO, former Dean of St Paul’s. The service was conducted by the Reverend David Ingall, Rector of Holy Sepulchre and the Precentor was the Reverend Peter McGeary.

Many music lovers will remember the classic children’s songbook Apusskidu fondly. It is our pleasure to publish the 3rd edition with this foreword from the author, David Gadsby:

The Musicians’ Chapel, in Holy Sepulchre Church, will this year host the annual Post-Proms Service on Sunday 15 September at 3.00 pm, to which all are welcome. No tickets are required. It is particularly fitting that this service should be held in the Chapel where Sir Henry Wood’s ashes are buried as this year is the 150th anniversary of his birth and the 75th anniversary of his death.

Our annual Requiem service will be held on 29 October at 6.30 p.m. in the Musicians’ Church. The music will be the Duruflé Requiem with the Choir of Holy Sepulchre Church conducted by Peter Asprey. Everyone is welcome.

New edition of Apusskidu

In 1969 Beatrice Harrop and I started the music list at A & C Black (now Collins Music) with a hymn book for children, With Cheerful Voice.

It was a huge success, prompting many new titles, including Apusskidu, which has always been a favourite.

We had much fun in compiling the music books, sitting around the piano that we bought for the music department, and choosing and playing the songs that we thought teachers and children would enjoy singing together.

Apusskidu has had astonishing success and been greatly influential in the teaching of music in primary schools. Although I am now retired I still meet teachers and pupils who talk affectionately of playing and singing from this book. I’m delighted that it continues to be published and so enjoyed by new generations.

Now celebrating my ninetieth year, I’m twice the age I was when Apusskidu was launched and I rejoice in its success.

Beatrice Harrop died in 2018 at the age of 96. This edition is dedicated to her. www.collins.co.uk/products

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Above: Markson Piano's white Yamaha C3 grand in The National Archives, Kew Photo: Courtesy of Markson Pianos

Markson Pianos

The Piano Teachers’ Course UK

2019 has been a very busy year for Markson Pianos. In May, the UK saw the release of the highly anticipated Elton John biopic Rocketman, which features three of our pianos! The variety of pianos is an essential element of this motion picture, as it tells the story of Elton John’s evocative musical journey. Viewers can see our Upright, our Boudoir Grand and our Concert Grand, all manufactured by Yamaha.

Now in its 12th year, this highly successful and allencompassing course retains its leading position in the UK’s professional development for piano teachers. Share in the pioneering work of the principal tutors and see your skills and your students’ enjoyment grow while making lifelong friends.

The course is part-time, over three residential weekends and five further Sundays between September and June, at the Purcell School of Music. It culminates in the Cert PTC or Dip PTC, and is suitable for those new to the profession as well as those who want to refresh their skills and keep up with the latest developments in piano teaching.

We have also had the pleasure of supplying pianos for 2019’s British Summer Time Festival which takes place in Hyde Park. Our piano was used for amazing performances

by Stevie Wonder and Barbra Streisand.

Streisand was joined on stage by her A Star is Born co-star Kris Kristofferson, West End performer Ramin Karimloo, and Lionel Ritchie for a surprise duet.

We look forward to continue providing pianos for such a great range of events and projects in the lead up to 2020!

New for 2019-20: LRSM Teaching Diploma pathway, and PTC Online!

‘By far the best source of information on piano teaching I have found during my 8 years of teaching… many years worth of knowledge and experience in just one year.’ rhiana@pianoteacherscourse.co.uk 07833 687473 www.pianoteacherscourse.org

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London College of Music Examinations

Acoustic Guitar New syllabus and handbooks Our hugely popular Acoustic Guitar syllabus has been refreshed and new handbooks are available for all exam levels.

Using the same successful exam format, with more diversity in the range of styles, this syllabus provides a structured pathway to equip contemporary guitarists with all the skills they need.

New syllabus includes compositions from: • Clive Carroll • Gordon Giltrap

• Will McNicol • Stuart Ryan

020 8231 2364 lcm.exams@uwl.ac.uk lcme.uwl.ac.uk

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Oxford Illustrated talk by George Caird

North London North London Annual Dinner

3 pm, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TF ’What do you do?’ George Caird, MA(Cantab), FRAM, FRCM, FRNCM, Hon FRBC reflects on his life as an oboist, teacher and conservatoire principal.

George Caird trained as an oboist with Janet Craxton and Evelyn Barbirolli, read music at Cambridge and after graduating pursued a freelance career with many of London’s major orchestras. He has been a founder member of many ensembles including the Albion Ensemble, Vega Wind Quintet and Caird Oboe quartet and many composers have written music for him.

His teaching career has covered such prestigious posts as Professor of Oboe at the RAM, Head of Woodwind and Orchestral Studies, and Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where he was on the staff from 1993 to 2010.

Since then George has been Artistic Director of the Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, and interim Principal of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He has been an active conductor throughout his career, working with a wide range of orchestras both professional and amateur including the London Bach Orchestra and recently the Oxford Sinfonia. Four years ago he returned to his roots in Oxford where his father was Principal of Mansfield College (the venue for his talk).

We do hope that members of the ISM – and friends – will be able to attend what is sure to be a fascinating and enlightening account of a very diverse musical career.

After the talk refreshments will be provided in the beautiful Old Hall of Mansfield College.

Admission: ISM members £10, guests £12.

Contact: Carolyn King 01235 522774 carolyn2king@btinternet.com

7pm, Genzo Restaurant, 212-216 High Road, East Finchley, N2 9AY The Annual Dinner enables members to network, make connections with like-minded musicians and meet the committee members who represent your interests in North London.

Partners and friends – whether they are musicians or not – are very welcome too!

Cost: £23 per person for a three-course dinner including wine.

Contact: Judith Sheridan, ISM North London Chairman 01525 222131 or judithclaresheridan@ gmail.com

Sunday 6 October 2019 Brighton Presidential visit 2.30–5.30pm at St Mary's Parish Church Hall, Ilex Way/Sea Lane, Goring by Sea, BN12 4UZ A visit by the ISM President, Welsh baritone Dr Jeremy Huw Williams, who will talk to us about his career in music. He will also coach two singers in a mini-masterclass and perform some songs himself. There will be interval refreshments with tea and cakes.

Admission: ISM Members £7, non-Members £10 Contact: Geraldine Rowland 01273 493889 geriboam@live.co.uk

Sunday 10 November 2019 North London Pupils’ Concert 2.30pm, The Cooper Hall, Hall School, 23 Crossfield Road, NW3 4NU Members are invited to put forward pupils to play or sing. Both children and adults are welcome to perform, whether individually, in duets, or in larger ensembles. Please note each pupil’s programme must not exceed seven minutes and each teacher may enter up to five pupils. Pupils may be at grade 1 or any level above, but should have their performance item at a concert standard. Ensembles would be particularly welcome. An accompanist will be provided if required but must be requested in advance. Admission will be by programme on the door. Light refreshments will be available.

Please encourage pupils to bring an audience.

The hall is available from 2pm for warming up.

Cost: Adults £5, Children £2. There is no charge for performers or for teachers presenting pupils.

Directions: Nearest tube Swiss Cottage (3 min walk) & Belsize Park. Parking unrestricted on a Sunday, but this is a dense residential area so allow plenty of time.

Contact: Claire Kitchin, ISM North London Secretary, 020 7272 3903 or claire_crescendo@ icloud.com

ISM graduate membership – now just £50 (over 70% off) We understand that the start of your career can be a difficult time financially. In response to increasing graduate debt and your feedback, we have reduced our graduate membership rate to £50, increasing to £110 in the fourth year of membership. This represents a saving of £452 over four years. If you were previously a student member, we will give you an additional year of membership at £50.

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Have you got a burning issue you wish to share with the music industry? Are you fundraising for a special cause? Or do you simply want to share your experiences?

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To contribute a blog post, simply email jessica.salter@ism.org for our guidelines. We look forward to reading your posts. www.ism.org/blog

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Ask me a question Judith Burton BEM, ARAM, DipRAM, LRAM, ARCM, FISM Pianist, lecturer and private teacher Tell us a little about yourself My professional career has spanned over 50 years. I received my early training as an Associated Board Scholar at the Royal Academy of Music, and following the award of the MacFarren Gold Medal and Recital Diploma, continued my postgraduate studies in Amsterdam and then again in London.

For many years I worked as a professional pianist, performing extensively both in solo and ensemble throughout the UK and abroad, including several solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall and on the South Bank. However, as a student at the Academy I began some teaching and soon realised this was where my main passion lay. Over the years, it has been a privilege to work with some very talented young students, a considerable number of whom have been successful in national competitions (notably BBC TV Young Musician), scholarships and ABRSM medals and prize awards. Nevertheless, I have always been keen to work with students of all ages and abilities. I have never viewed piano teaching as being purely skill based, instead placing an emphasis on the holistic side of learning by trying to bring out the best in each individual student and helping them to discover the true meaning and joy of making music. It has, of course, been thrilling to see so many going on to pursue a musical career – some performing on the world stage as pianists, jazz musicians, string and wind players, and many more now teaching in all the leading conservatoires and elsewhere.

Not long after receiving an award as Private Teacher of the Year in 1982, I was invited to join the Private Teachers’ Committee of the ISM, and elected Warden in 1990. At that time, instrumental teacher training in the UK was virtually non-existent, something that I felt needed to be addressed urgently. Besides playing an important part in setting up and documenting the ISM/Reading University MTPP-MA course for instrumental teachers, I worked for fifteen years as a consultant, lecturer and mentor for the ABRSM and also lectured on the EPTA pedagogy course.

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From 1992–2003 I was on the staff of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and I also taught piano for over 20 years in the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music, London.

Another area of special interest for me has been in helping to raise the profile of music in our local community. For 46 years I have been a volunteer on the Sutton Music Festival Committee, becoming Chair Person in 1997, Organiser for 15 years and recently appointed Vice-President. We have promoted masterclasses for all the different disciplines and two national competitions for instrumentalists and singers. For this work I was presented with a special Borough Olympiad Cultural Award in 2013, and in June this year I was thrilled to be awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to music and charity in the London Borough of Sutton.

Who (or what) has most influenced you and your career?

I have been blessed with great opportunities to study with a series of distinguished international teachers, all of whom have inspired and influenced the different aspects of my work, but probably the person who left the greatest impression was the teacher throughout my school-based years, Muriel Holland (known affectionately as Holly) who helped nurture and encourage my musical talents.

What would you say is your greatest achievement to date?

For more than 50 years I have been proud to help so many aspiring and successful young musicians into all branches of the profession. Back in the 1990s it was also very exciting to help kick-start a structured instrumental teacher training programme for both the ISM and the ABRSM International Travel Grant Scheme.

Who is your all-time favourite artist and why?

I have been around for a long time and heard a wonderful array of legendary pianists.

However, thinking in broader musical terms I would say the conductor, Sir Simon Rattle. He is a consummate artist, always enterprising and innovative and someone who possesses an amazing intellect, coupled with energy, drive and commitment. I admire his performances across the whole stylistic canon, including his championing of new music, because his interpretations reveal an astonishingly sensitive ear for detail and the layering of orchestral sound.

What was the last CD/music download that you purchased?

I have a huge collection of favourite performances on vinyl, cassette and CD, so these days I tend to support the younger generation of artists. Last summer I purchased two CDs – Seong-Jin Cho’s recording of the Chopin Ballades and also a disc of concertos by Amy Beach, Chaminade and Howell performed by Danny Driver.

What are your plans for the future?

Certainly no plans to retire! I love my work and our house is always full of students and beautiful music making. Next year will be their 50th Annual Summer Concert and we are planning a special Golden Jubilee celebration for all those who have taken part over the previous five decades.

Finally, what is your ISM membership to you?

Advice and support, but most importantly, given the present disastrous cutbacks to the arts education curriculum, it provides a muchneeded voice for music.

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