It is with great regret that we have learnt of the death of composer Dennis Wickens at the age of 94. It was not until he was teaching at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester when in his 40s, that he started composing in earnest. Later he became music advisor for...
Peter Wishart (1921 – 1984), a memoir by Richard Carder Arriving at the Guildhall School of Music early in 1961, the old building by Blackfriars Bridge, I was directed to a room upstairs, where, after knocking, the door was opened by Peter Wishart surrounded by...
Former member of the Society, Hilary Swift, has the following BMS and British music related items for sale for a small contribution. BMS Journals: Volumes 6 – 13 (1984 – 1991), all in good condition. View the contents here. Gustav Holst: biography by...
The Rutland Boughton Music Trust is building a new website. Although still work in progress it does include a complete work list with sources for Rutland Boughton’s music and a discography. BMS CD 431 Songs of Rutland Boughton is still available to members at just £5...
From the glass panes of screens to border-seas, to the seal of our own bodies – how do we transcend the divisions by which we define ourselves? A new cantata in Scots and Yiddish explores the physical realities of language in our increasingly virtual...
