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UK orchestras need government assurances over Brexit, MPs warn

British orchestras need assurances from government they can easily access the European market – their most important overseas territory – following Brexit, MPs have urged.

9 new acts for 2019: tastemakers tips

For our first playlist of 2019, we hand over the baton to some of the UK's best musical minds to learn who they'll be keeping their eyes and ears on this year...

Playlist: Just Joined Winter 2018

Get to know some of the ace music-makers who have just joined PRS for Music, including classical ace Blasio Kavuma, Scottish shoegazers Yakima and Polish techno producer Zamilska...

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment leader Matt Truscott performs at the Vauxhall Tavern

Interview: Orchestra of the age of Enlightenment

'The musicians themselves have often found the intimate atmosphere in pubs transformative' - OAE's John Holmes on challenging the convention of concert halls...

Royal College of Music - String Quartet Fellowship

Apply for Royal College of Music’s String Quartet Fellowship

The Royal College of Music has announced a new one-year String Quartet Fellowship offering coaching, mentoring and access to a global network of professional contacts.

National Orchestra For All announces search for young composers

Orchestras for All’s flagship ensemble is searching for young composers aged between 18 and 25 to compose a new piece for their 2019-2020 season.

Interview: Freya Waley Cohen

'The concert experience isn’t just about what you hear' - the composer and artistic director of roaming performance artwork, Permutations, lets us in on her love for unusual venue spaces...

British Composer Awards 2018 winners revealed

Judith Weir, Cassie Kinoshi (pictured) and Dominic Murcott are among the talent to be honoured at the 2018 British Composer Awards.

BCMG announces apprentice composer in residence

Scottish composer Robert Reid Allan has been appointed this year’s apprentice composer in residence with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.

Interview: Tim Williams, Psappha

Psappha artistic director Tim Williams on what's in store for the ensemble's new season and why contemporary classical music is in such rude health...

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