Cathy Boyes

Exciting times...

Sharing this article @guardian by @PhilHarrison examining the damage to the arts over the last 14 years. The arts is a complex ecosystem but it starts with arts ed in our state schools. Fingers crossed a new Labour Govt scraps the Ebacc asap @ISM_music theguardian.com/culture/articl…

In which Rachel Reeves joins Keir Starmer in coming out as a flautist. Flute duets in Downing Street? Good to see acknowledgement here of how precious music education is and the barriers to it. thetimes.com/article/9217fa…

We've brought the sea with us to York for @theoae TOTS at @yorkearlymusic today!

What an incredible weekend! We're still buzzing from a glorious Carducci Festival at Highnam 2024 with @CarducciQuartet @LaraMelda @ClarinetEmmaJ & Katya Apekisheva (plus talented young violinists and composers). Roll on 16-18 May 2025, back in #Highnam & @discoverdecrypt.

Musici Trust invites applications for small grants (up to £500) for costs of research on early music to 1600. Full details in image, rolling deadline, further questions and all applications to themusicitrust[at]gmail.com

We did it! Thanks to everyone who supported our #ArtsforImpact Quartet on the Road campaign with @BigGive - we can't wait to get @CarducciQuartet out visiting rural primary schools later this year.

@jjohnstonmezzo Music on the Kent campus has always been very vibrant and exciting without an academic music dept though. Check out @UniKent_Music to see what's on offer.

@jjohnstonmezzo I'm not saying this isn't dreadful news - clearly any reduction to a programme is devastating, particularly for staff and students affected. I guess this degree probably competes with the kind of music programmes offered by specialists such as BIMM?

@jjohnstonmezzo Ah - interesting. On the Medway campus not the main Kent campus, which didn't exist back in the 90s.

@MusicMagazine For men, black shirts and trousers look so much more comfortable to play in than white tie & tails. Can't quite believe any orchestras are still playing in tails TBH (though clearly they are)! Dinner jackets & black tie not much better for comfort and ease of movement.

As orchestras try to modernise their image, is it now time to ditch the dinner jacket? classical-music.com/features/artic…

@sjhponsford @EnsembleHesperi @YouTube Stunning!

A lovely reminder of a really fantastic concert last October! @EnsembleHesperi - Celestial Music did the Gods Inspire youtube.com/clip/UgkxIngzZ… via @YouTube

So much fun today with @theoae & @staffroommug @hmg66 The Fairy Queen! Sprites, lanterns, glitter & the fluffiest donkey's ears ever... @kirstyjhopkins @robhowarth

We are hiring a National Producer & Administrator to lead on planning and implementing production logistics for our Re:Discover project. ℹ️ 9 months full-time fixed-term contract. £30K pro rata. Apply by Wed 10 Jan 2024 ⬇️ streetwiseopera.org/vacancy/nation…

Wish people wd stop saying gloomily that it took Tv to get the subpostmasters to the top of the agenda. This is (as Libby Purves has said I think) the real power of arts and drama (expertise that is being starved of funding) Message is: we need to fund the arts.