Kerry Bunkhall

So let me get this right: @cardiffcouncil can’t afford to keep @stdavidshall operating, @WelshNatOpera whose home is in @theCentre is being dismantled & @cardiffsinger going under, but there’s money for a new building for digital content. Priorities??? #SaveWNO @DelythJewellAM

Very pleased to announce that we will be offering a PGR/ECR Research Grant as funding can be a huge barrier for carrying out research, especially as jobs are scarce and universities are cutting research budgets. Please share far and wide! @royalmusical @rmastudents

'The Value of History in UK Higher Education and Society' - a new briefing from @RoyalHistSoc bit.ly/4fl6lQD Published today, the Society's briefing assesses the value of #history and the damage being done by cuts and closures to UK departments #twitterstorians

Call for Papers for 'Musical Modernism and its Art Worlds.' Organised by Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca and IAM – Italian Institue for Applied Musicology. International Virtual Conference 6-8 June 2025 luigiboccherini.org/2024/09/22/mod…

For more information on Yvonne Loriod, join committee member @PeterAsimov for his talk @BirmCons on 3rd December: 'Yvonne Loriod and the Ambiguity of Submission.' See tinyurl.com/yvonneloriod for more information.

Omaggio a Giacomo Puccini: operatic stairs in Noto, Sicily.

Pages like this don't help the reputation of opera, with suggested gifts for the 'opera obsessed' being black tie, 'opera coats', evening bags, long gloves and pashminas. Personally, I'm more likely to buy this. etsy.com/uk/gift-mode/p…

Beyond the baton 🎵 As The Royal Opera stages a new production of Trouble in Tahiti / A Quiet Place, join us for a timely exploration of Leonard Bernstein's life and legacy with director Oliver Mears. 🎥 Stream live on the Royal Ballet and Opera YouTube channel from 7:45pm BST: bit.ly/3Y9oKca

Very excited to announce the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire French season 2024-5! Some concerts and other events already open for booking 🇫🇷 @BirmCons @RMAFrenchMusic bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/…

📷 Janine Niépce. Place de l'Opéra Années 1950. Paris

We’re delighted to be supporting @ABCofOpera in their Sing Together project 🎶 Accompanied by #WNOorchestra, over 12,000 children from all across Wales took part to record this bilingual song of hope and friendship. #WNOchorus wanted to get in on the act…!

🚨 At risk 🚨 Most won’t know about the work that @WelshNatOpera does with #Refugees. This project #SanctuaryOfSong was run in collaboration with @CLEARSoton & @unisouthampton. A community music project really impacting people’s lives. But for how much longer? #SaveWNO

Someone else said: “Art Nouveau is when it looks made by elves. Art Deco is when it looks made by dwarves.” And after looking into it, I think they’re a genius and 100% correct.

It's less than two weeks until our inaugural online symposium with Dr. Jack Blaszkiewicz. Abstract available here: rmafrenchmusic.wordpress.com/events/ Join our mailing list for the link rmafrenchmusic.wordpress.com/membership/

Out now from @BarbaraOpera, Italian #Opera Singing at the Time of Verismo connects discussions of vocality and operatic culture with broader aesthetic and cultural shifts in society. Find out more: buff.ly/4gR61uw #musictwitter

Call for papers: Timbre and Colour in French music, @BirmCons 20-21 Feb 2025 @RMAFrenchMusic bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/…

Excited for the upcoming symposium on Timbre and Colour in French Music at @BirmCons with the added bonus of two concerts, including a UK premiere. Submit your proposals by 11.59pm (GMT) on Tuesday 19th November 2024.

Calling All Composers in #Wales! 🎶 Don't miss the chance to submit your score for Composition: Wales by Sunday, October 20, 2024! Have your music performed and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and receive mentorship from world-class composers and conductors!

There's something rather beautiful about seeing Poulenc's birth records and knowing this where it all began.

Portrait of French soprano opera singer Miss Agnès Borgo. Photographed by Nadar, 1905.