We're so excited to launch this unique free residential for state school sixth formers to discover music-making at Oxford! There'll be singing lessons, performances and an incredible masterclass with Bob Chilcott and Paul McCreesh

As Harry Birtwistle once asked, 'but what is second-class post? I know it's cheaper, but what *is* it? Does the postman walk up your drive slower or something?' bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Bad week after I was fired from my job as Head of Marketing at a top London opera company. BUT ... delighted to have been appointed Head of Marketing at the CofE!! Here's my new Guide to Holy Week for Beginners. So important never to patronise people ... 😉

Stephen Dodgson is shown Gustav Holst's lavatory by John - 'Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day' - Gardner. p.26 of my new book out this month. Potentially award-winning research here.

It is with great sadness that we - the Whitbourn family - share the news of the death of our beloved husband, father, son and brother, James Whitbourn.

Wonderful to hear Stephen Dodgson's Magnificat last night in his centenary year. Oliver Chandler & I have edited a new book about the composer. Out later this month! Here we are with Leonora Dawson-Bowling & the composer's widow, Jane Clark. StephenDodgsonTrust
Barnes Music Festival

Suitable for #StDavidsDay - Mathias: Celtic Dances.

Born by the Thames: A Centenary Celebration of composer Stephen Dodgson (eds Oliver Chandler and Thomas Hyde) is a wonderful book. It also has multiple indexes by me (general index, alphabetical works, works by type), all expertly typeset by Typo•glyphix.

New book - cover and back with quotations! Out soon ... ⬇️

Packing for a new life. Geoffrey Hill and Benny Hill are finally together.

Some lovely deliveries from Carcanet Press this morning: a publishing house doing some superb work here. Bravo!

One more: Robin Holloway (now 80) profiled in The Sunday Times, 14 May 1994. My favourite works of his were composed alongside each other in 1979: the Second Concerto for Orchestra and the Serenade in C.

My January work month:
– proofread Tir by Carwyn Graves on the landscape of Cymru/Wales
– indexed Futuromania by Simon Reynolds on electronic music
– indexing Born by the Thames (eds Oliver Chandler & Thomas Hyde) on Stephen Dodgson.
Enjoyed doing my bit on them all.

Remembering John Tavener on what would have been his 80th birthday. A unique musical voice. Wise Music Classical

Next: 'Had Robert Simpson never existed, it would be necessary to invent him - but probably impossible.' More of the Sunday Times 'Contemporary Composer' series. 5 June 1994.

30 years ago, in 1994, The Sunday Times ran a long series called 'Contemporary Composers'. Each week, a name, a little profile and a pic. Let's start with Knussen ...

🍾Worcester College has a new website! Here's the music team: a fab collection of tutors & researchers I'm honoured to be part of. Working with our students over the years has enriched my life immeasurably. Jennifer Walshe Worcester College, Oxford Music at Worcester 𝑬𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒊

Wonderful to speak at the launch of 'Bernstein & Robbins' paperback by my King's Music colleague Sophie Redfern last night. A fantastic book! B&B Music King's College London King's Arts & Humanities

🍾2024 is the centenary of composer Stephen Dodgson. Oliver Chandler & I have edited a volume to mark the event. Contributors inc: Joanna Bullivant Phillip Cooke, Paul Driver, David Wordsworth.
Faculty of Music King's Music Out Soon! ⬇️

Congratulations to my librettist & friend, knighted! We've written an opera together about two Lord Lucans and a fake stigmatic. As you do. ⬇️🍾