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Danny Elfman's 'Eleven Eleven' for Violin and Orchestra makes its U.S. premiere in Stanford

Francisco Coll makes a dazzling Proms debut

Coll's Four Iberian Miniatures for violin and chamber orchestra glitter with sharp, Andalusian light

Adès makes debut with Vienna Philharmonic

Programme of Totentanz, Berg, and Ravel impresses critics

Thomas Adès makes conducting debut with Berlin Philharmonic

Concert at Philharmonie includes Violin Concerto and The Exterminating Angel Symphony

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Anders Hillborg’s Eleven Gates in Chicago

Orchestral work receives two performances at Symphony Center

Making practice purposeful

In this concluding article on music practice, author Paul Harris sets out methods and resources to help you make it as focused as possible.

'Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose' - choral cantata premieres in Portsmouth

From Alexander L'Estrange, the composer of Zimbe! (over 100 performances worldwide now) comes Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose

Celebrations in Italy: A post from Mary Cohen

Mary Cohen writes about a recent visit to Trento, Italy, where she lead a weekend of workshops with students.

Mastering violin technique with Mary Cohen

Author Mary Cohen talks about her new book for violinists, Violin Technique in Practice

“Complex music is constructed from thousands of moments of simplicity”

Since Technique in Practice was published in 2020, teachers have been asking how this new volume fits in the sequence of technique material that begins with Superstudies 1. So now seems a good time to describe the way I use these books with my own pupils.

Daniel Pioro and the Marian Consort premiere Coult’s O Ecclesia at Wigmore Hall

Reworking of music by Hildegard von Bingen for violin and choir to appear at Wigmore Hall and Aldeburgh Festival

Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson perform Goodall’s Eternal Light: A Requiem

Plus a new orchestration of 'Bright Mariner' from Goodall's Unconditional Love

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Adès’ Asyla with the Oslo Philharmonic

Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw premiere Hillborg’s Hell Mountain

Homage to composer debuts at Mahler Festival in Amsterdam

Steel City Strings tour Anne Boyd’s Bencharong

String orchestra work inspired by traditions of Thai pottery in concerts across New South Wales

Emanuel Ax, Sakari Oramo, and Klaus Mäkelä give German and Norwegian premieres of Hillborg’s Piano Concerto No.2

Further national premieres for The MAX Concerto with Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Oslo Philharmonic

Vine’s ‘Short Story’ features in Kathryn Stott’s valedictory tour

Piece from The Anne Landa Preludes features as one of Stott's Musical Postcards on farewell UK tour

Staying sharp: why music teachers should never stop learning

Mark Wilson and Paul Wood, creators of Stringtastic, share some of the benefits of exploring new resources as a teacher.

Carl Vine study published

A lucid guide to Vine's concert music released as part of Wildbird Music’s Australian Composers series

How to praise our students

This extract from Paul Harris's The Virtuoso Teacher explains how teachers can use praise in a productive way.

Stringtastic: it’s fantastic! Book 2 of the ground-breaking new string series is out now

Stringtastic Book 2 is out now! We spoke to authors Mark Wilson and Paul Wood about what’s new in book 2, how they approached writing it, and some of their tips for teachers using the books.

Eat Sleep Sing by Stacey DeLooze

Eat Sleep Sing: a new book to encourage everyone to explore the life-changing benefits of singing.

George Benjamin at Strasbourg Musica

George Benjamin is Featured Composer at Strasbourg’s prestigious Musica festival, in September and October 2005.

George Benjamin acclaim in Stockholm

George Benjamin was featured over the weekend at the famous Stockholm Philharmonic’s ‘Tonsattarfestival’ in Stockholm with ten of his major works.