A warm welcome to the following people who recently joined the Society as members: Nevena ATANASOVA London Nicholas BARNARD SomersetSuleyman CABIR CIPLAK LondonEdward DAVIES Avon David DEWAR WiltshireHoward H DUCKWORTH BerkshireGuz ERDEM TurkeyPaul...
2021 marks the centenary of the birth of Robert Simpson in Rosefield Street in Leamington. So it is fitting that his music should be celebrated as part of this year’s Leamington Music Festival Weekend 23-26 September. Simpson wrote 11 symphonies, 15 string quartets,...
With the death of Hugh Wood at the age of 89 we have lost one of our finest composers. Like many English composers of his generation, Wood was drawn to Schoenberg’s twelve-note method but, like Berg, he was able to combine this with references to tonality, and with...
We have had a request from a member to identify this excerpt: “In the early 50’s the BBC quite often had ‘interludes’ between programmes especially during the day. One of these was a view of a river. There was a church with a spire which was behind...
The Music Teachers’ Association of New South Wales, Australia will be holding their Biennial Conference for Studio Music Teachers on 24 and 25 September. Some of the presentations will be of particular interest to BMS members which will be held on Zoom are: Australian...
