We regret to inform members of the death on January 13th of the versatile musician, Elgar Howarth. A trumpeter, composer and later, conductor of repute, he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music (as it was then called) where his fellow students...
The piano music of British composer Anthony Hedges will be recorded in 2025 by the young English pianist Adam Davies (pictured) after he was signed by Divine Art. The Complete Piano Music of Anthony Hedges, Vol. 1 will be the first of two albums to present the...
1954 – 2024 The composer and loyal BMS member Christopher Wright died on 4th December 2024 of pneumonia, following a sad decline into dementia during the past year. Chris was born in Ipswich on 30 April 1954 and started composing in his teens, his earliest...
The sixth instalment of the Young Composers series with the National Youth Choir will be released by NMC Recordings on 31 January 2025. The recording features pieces by the four 2024 National Youth Choir Young Composers: Jamie Powe, Crystalla Serghiou, Áine Mallon and...
1935 – 2024The English composer Robin Field has died aged 88. He belongs to that fascinating – and still massively underrated – generation of British composers born in the 1920s and 1930s that includes Arthur Butterworth, Doreen Carwithen, John Joubert,...
The City of London-based Lloyd’s Choir annual spring concert on 27 March at St Giles Cripplegate Church will feature the premiere of a new choral work commemorating the sinking of HMT Lancastria. 2025 will mark the 85th anniversary of this terrible event which...
