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Did you know? In the 1850s a series of brass band contests took place to near capacity crowds at The Piece Hall. The Piece Hall was also used as a backdrop for the 1996 Ewan McGregor film, Brassed Off, which was written and directed by our patron Mark Herman. 📷 Mark Herman

“You become what you give your attention to.” — Epictetus

Grace, hope, wondir, creativitye, love, thrivinge, enjoymente, compassioun, care, and seconde chaunces are all profoundlye inefficient. The ideologye of efficiencye ys the the most tedious childe of crueltye.

Sebastian Bauer She Loves Sunflowers

"The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline." | Paulo Coelho

Word of the day, for the umpteenth time, is ‘apricate’, the sister of ‘apricity’. It means to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially on a chilly day.

“I would love to kindle in modern audiences just ten per cent of that 18th-century readiness to go into a concert hall and be surprised and delighted in the unexpected”

Gorgeous few days in the Lakes to reset 🍂 #ulverston

Watch the launch of Choir & Organ's 2025 New Music series, featuring performances from The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, an interview with composer Alice Beckwith and the premiere of her choral work 'Tomorrow, at dawn' The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge @AliceBeckwith youtu.be/8QSWjWEpgPk

The score for Alice Beckwith's 'Tomorrow, at dawn' is available to download and perform until 31 August 2025 The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge @AliceBeckwith Music Patron Hallé Choir gramophone.co.uk/choir-and-orga…

Each year we commission four new works from young composers, making the scores freely available to download and perform Download our current scores from @AliceBeckwith, Sarah Frances Jenkins, Nneka Cummins and Vivek Haria gramophone.co.uk/choir-and-orga…

Would you look at the artistry in these glorious gold leaves? Beyond beautiful. They’re at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Shakespeare was quite good actually

Fantastic opportunity for NW-based composers to write for string quartet over the next few months... deadline for proposals is Friday 23 March 🎼 Royal Northern College of Music Manchester Camerata #newmusic #stringquartet #northwest #composers

"There is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." ～ Amanda Gorman. Artist : Jeremy Barlow

#lifegoals

campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen… A quick 2min petition from Campaign for Arts: The UK Gov is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch ie. by 11 June, the Chancellor will decide to continue to shrink arts & culture funding til 2029, or turn the tide. Worth a moment mid-scroll🙏

Some people always leave about a centimetre of tea and I want to know why.

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