New £1,000 Prize Launched for Young Classical Music Critics

Open to anyone living in the UK aged between 16 to 25; deadline for submissions is 2 February 2021.

Published on 15 October 2020

Wigmore Hall Seeking 12 Composers for 'Lockdown Commission'

New scheme is open to composers in the UK and internationally.

Published on 6 October 2020

RIP Fiddle-player and Teacher Brendan Mulkere

Clare man taught generations of musicians in London from the 1970s onwards.

Published on 28 August 2020

€984k Awarded for Research into Music's Social Impact

Guildhall to lead international research into music and marginalised groups.

Published on 27 June 2019

Celebrating the Work of Composers Jürg Frey and Luc Ferrari

Cafe OTO in London to host Frey residency and Stereo Spasms Festival marking 90th birthday of Ferrari.

Published on 23 January 2019

Spinning the Orchestra

Composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki joined the BBC Concert Orchestra for the premiere of her work 'Dialogues' as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Anna Murray reviews.

Anna Murray

Published on 6 December 2018

Anna Murray is a composer and writer. Her website is www.annamurraymusic.com.

Bobby McFerrin, Kit Downes and Shiva Feshareki at EFG London Jazz Festival

10-day November festival includes the final of the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2018.

Published on 24 September 2018

Making the Invisible Visible

The ancient Japanese art form of Noh – comprising music, chant, voice, costume and movement – evokes an 'extreme height of tension', writes Anna Murray, who attended the 'Noh: Reimagined' festival at London’s Kings Place

Anna Murray

Published on 8 August 2018

Anna Murray is a composer and writer. Her website is www.annamurraymusic.com.

CMC Host Irish Contemporary Music Showcase in London

'new music::new Ireland three' to be launched at Irish Embassy and Cafe OTO.

Published on 5 February 2018

Apply for Work Experience with BBC Music Stations

Placements available throughout January, February and March 2016.

Published on 25 November 2015

What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music

The three things that make Irish music different

Toner Quinn

Published on 10 April 2014

Toner Quinn is editor of the Journal of Music.

The People's United Telepathic Improvisation Front

Published on 12 August 2013

London Calling at Sligo Live

The Journal Of Music

Published on 26 October 2012

'Middlebrow Classical Music was Saved'

The music journalist Paul Morley published a highly critical account of this year’s Classic BRIT Awards ceremony.

Published on 10 October 2012

An Album of Tribute from Karen Ryan

Being dedicated to her father, Michael Ryan (‘for loving the music so much that you did everything possible to help me love it too’), and featuring so many tunes Ryan learned from Tommy Maguire in the London Irish Centre, this is clearly a

The Journal Of Music

Published on 15 May 2012

Where is the Underground?

In an age when music is available anywhere, anytime, where do you find the underground, and what defines it?

Stephen Graham

Published on 1 August 2010

Stephen Graham is a lecturer in music at Goldsmiths, University of London. He blogs at www.robotsdancingalone.wordpress.com.

Image from the Irish Traditional Music Archive: Irish Emigrant Musicians in London

A group of prominent Irish emigrant traditional musicians in The Bedford Arms pub, Arlington Road, Camden Town, London, c.

The Journal Of Music

Published on 1 April 2010

Entrepreneur: Miguel Santos

Origin early 19th cent. (denoting the director of a musical institution): from French, entreprendre, ‘undertake’

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