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22nd October: UK Music diversity taskforce calls to dump BAME acronym, Difficult start for conservatoires, A forest for Bach

Thursday 22nd October '20

UK Music diversity taskforce calls on industry to dump 'outdated and offensive' BAME acronym In an official press release, UK Music’s Diversity Taskforce said that – following wide-ranging discussions across the music industry and after holding a …

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18th July: Under-dressed audience sent to H&M, conductor does karaoke

Tuesday 18th July '17

In today's news: La Scala ushers send under-dressed audience members to H&M, Philharmonia announces 2017/18 Composers' Academy intake, and new research finds that a third of musicians suffer from eating disorders. Lutenist launches crowd funding …

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Looking ahead to 2017 – highlights of the year

Wednesday 21st December '16

'2016 - what a year it has been!  It’s been a year full of political and cultural changes and we look forward what 2017 holds in store.  We have also had to adapt WildKat’s set up and …

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20th May: Crowdfunding saves San Diego Opera, Liverpool Philharmonic £13.8m renovation & controversy surrounding opera singers’ appearances

Tuesday 20th May '14

Guardian San Diego Opera to stay open amid crowdfunding success The 58-member board of directors voted in March to shut down, but recent campaign saved the troubled company. Are opera singers now to be judged on their looks …

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The Open Goldberg Project: looking forward to Classical:NEXT this month in Munich

Friday 18th May '12

Kimiko Ishazaka and Robert Douglass will be featured at Munich's Classical:NEXT conference on 31st May, where they will provide a demonstration of the Open Goldberg Project. Audience members will have the capability to see every …

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Open Goldberg Variations and MuseScore to appear at Classical:NEXT

Tuesday 20th March '12

Open Goldberg Variations director Robert Douglass, pianist Kimiko Ishizaka, and music notation company MuseScore have been invited to demonstrate a unique score-following technology at the Classical:NEXT conference in Munich at the end of May. In …

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