ISM MUSIC JOURNAL MARCH/APRIL 2021 | NEWS FROM OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS
NEWS FROM OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS We welcome your brief news (max. 150 words for platinum and gold members, max. 100 words for silver members) and good high-res images. Please email mj@ism.org. The next deadline is 1 April for the May/June 2021 issue.
Stainer & Bell Stainer & Bell has acquired the English Philharmonia Catalogue of choral music from its founders Graham and Anna Wili. In a decade of successful choral music publishing they curated a unique list of works, for ensembles ranging from community choirs to professional choruses, by outstanding composers including Paul Ayres, Andrew Cottee, Jenny Gould, Brian Knowles, Sebastian Weiss and Chris Williams. ‘The last ten years have been wonderful, working with such talented names to publish new music that both delights audiences and is rewarding for all singers,’ says Graham Wili. ‘With Stainer & Bell’s great energy and vision under the leadership of Managing Director Antony Kearns and newly appointed Choral Ambassador Angus Smith, I have no doubt this music will go on to have a very bright future.’
Right Photo: Simon Jones Below: NYJOTL Awardee David Ijishakin Photo: Tane Stappard and Theo Geraghaty
Antony Kearns comments: ‘We are absolutely delighted to welcome English Philharmonia’s composers to our unrivalled collection of British music, and we look forward to introducing these works to choirs and audiences throughout the world.’ stainer.co.uk
Trinity Laban Trinity Laban conservatoire and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) have pledged to support each other to ensure diversity, inclusivity and accessibility within jazz education. The initiative includes the new annual NYJO-Trinity Laban Award. Funded by NYJO, it helps support a talented young musician to study on the conservatoire’s Jazz degree programme. The inaugural recipient is first-year singer-songwriter and multiinstrumentalist David Ijishakin, aka
Akin Soul, who comments: ‘I’m excited for what is to come within these next few years of growth as a musician and an individual.’ Trinity Laban Principal Anthony Bowne comments – ‘We are excited to build on our reputation as a future-focused and socially engaged conservatoire and explore the ways in which our newly formed strategic relationship will continue to promote jazz.’ trinitylaban.ac.uk
Guildhall School of Music & Drama In 2020, Guildhall School installed ground-breaking low latency technology. The new network, connecting 22 rooms across Guildhall’s buildings, allows musicians in different spaces within the School to play with virtually no delay in audio and video. It is believed that Guildhall School is the first institution to use this technology for the rehearsal and performance of a full orchestra. Guildhall welcomed soprano Julia Bullock as Artist in Residence. During her residency, Bullock will draw on her depth of experience, working with students in masterclasses and performance projects, and guiding them in development of their own creative processes.
pathways in Performance/ Composition, Jazz, Popular Music and Production, commended for its ‘authentic and innovative assessment tasks’ and the way the pathways ‘prepare students for working in a rapidly changing industry’. The new programme builds on a well-founded diversity and specialist expertise in classical, jazz and popular musics, while using a growing strength and investment in music production to add as a specialist pathway. A new state-of-the-art recording studio at its Hendon campus has proved a useful addition to the university’s facilities.
While COVID-19 continues to impact students’ learning, Middlesex University has done whatever possible to allow students to continue making music at home, offering remote software licenses and distributing packs of technical equipment. mdx.ac.uk/courses/ performing-arts
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Guildhall was also the top-ranked conservatoire for Music in the 2021 Guardian University Guide. gsmd.ac.uk
Middlesex University Middlesex University has recently undertaken a comprehensive review of its music offering. The result is a new BA (Hons) Music programme, led by Dr Brian Inglis, with dedicated
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