Year 1 visit the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Posted by Rhuti Carr on 3 February 2012 | 0 Comments | Read the full post

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Last Tuesday saw the Bridge Project’s annual Year 1 orchestral ‘sit-in’ take place with the LPO at the Southbank Centre. One of our LMM volunteers, who accompanied Ashmole Primary school children on the trip, writes about her experience........ read more

lmm recommends | tuesday 28 june

Posted by Catherine Cohen on 28 June 2011 | 0 Comments | Read the full post

Evelyn Glennie & Festival Academy | Cheltenham Music Festival | 1 July

Experience an exciting and innovative event featuring a performance by percussion legend Dame Evelyn Glennie and the premiere of a new work by LMM’s own Hannah Kendall.  Also featuring music from Joseph Phibbs, Steve Martland, and Joe Duddell, this concert is an engaging celebration of the music by the young generation of British composers.  Also be sure to catch the pre-show discussion with the young composers themselves.Details: - Composers in Conversation at Town Hall, free (ticket required) at 6.30pm- Concert at Town Hall Main Hall, (£20 tickets) at 7.30pm

LPO interviews Elena as she prepares for debut

Posted by Charlotte Hintzen, Projects & Events Co-ordinator on 1 June 2010 | 0 Comments | Read the full post

Later this month Elena will be playing with the LPO for one of the orchestra’s Brightsparks  schools concerts.  In anticipation, they sat down for an informal  q & a session to get to know each other a little better:... read more

Conversations with an Artist: Agata sums up her week among the London Arts scene

Posted by Charlotte Hintzen and Hannah Kendall on 19 April 2010 | 0 Comments | Read the full post

We've been delighted to have Agata Szymczewska staying in London for a whole week. LMM jam-packed Agata’s week with meetings at the LPO, with the prolific violinist Robert McDuffie, a private recital, the ballet, museums and the list goes on…So, in the glow of a full, sunny week Hannah Kendall, LMM Awards Project Manager, caught up with Agata last night at the Royal Academy of Arts, at the end of her stay. Here’s what she had to say:... read more

Must we suppress our instinctive reactions to music? LMM discusses Alex Ross' recent lecture on 21st Century concert etiquette...

Posted by Claire Samson, Consultant Project Manager on 12 March 2010 | 0 Comments | Read the full post

An eager audience filled the Wigmore Hall on Monday night as Alex Ross talked about the evolution of concert culture, and in particular the downfall of spontaneous applause. Ross, who writes about classical music for the New Yorker and received great acclaim for his book, 'The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century,' painted a vivid picture of days gone by, when it was perfectly acceptable to clap not just between movements but even to applaud alongside the music during particularly thrilling parts of a performance! I found his thoughts very refreshing and the LMM team pondered the issue with me in the office the following day...... read more