International funding news for March 2016
Creative Europe has put out a call for audio-visual producers looking for funding to develop work with cross-border cultural reach. Production companies based within the … Read more
Giants conquer Olympus in new Spanish production
Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela is commemorating the career of Spanish composer Sebastián Durón with a full on four hour programme of opera and operetta. Two … Read more
Epic Awards honour voluntary arts organisations
Epic Awards, which honours the cream of the UK and Ireland voluntary arts crop, has announced its 2016 shortlist. 31 companies have been picked from … Read more
WNO appoints new chair as Davies steps down
Almost 50 years on from attending his first Welsh National Opera (WNO) performance on his 13th birthday Mark Molyneux has been appointed chair of its … Read more
Aboriginal artists light up iconic opera house
Aboriginal artists will paint the iconic Sydney Opera House with light as part of Vivid Sydney Festival 2016. The festival, which runs from 27 May … Read more
Merton College recruits first Girls’ Choir in 750 years
Oxford’s Merton College is launching a new Girls’ Choir, the first time female singers have been recruited to the chapel in its 750-year history. The … Read more
Writers Theatre opens new $28m centre in Chicago
Writers Theatre, in the north Chicago suburb of Glencoe, has moved to a brand new theatre centre designed by architects Studio Gang with help from theatre experts … Read more
HRH The Prince of Wales hands out Royal College of Music’s Annual Awards – but where is the gender parity?
Just two days after International Women’s Day, and a UK campaign on BBC Radio 3 to celebrate the achievement of women composers – including programmes … Read more
Youth orchestra heads to Europe
A lucky group of 109 young musicians have been selected to tour Europe with National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). Not … Read more
Alison Balsom to co-host BBC Young Musician 2016
The judges and presenters for the famed BBC Young Musician 2016 award have been announced. Trumpeter Alison Balsom, herself a former finalist, will co-host the career … Read more