Save the date: BMS AGM 2025

Save the date: BMS AGM 2025

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Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight

Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight

The latest issue of the Mozart Edition / EditionUK newsletter featured English composer Madeleine Dring whose legacy endures through her captivating contributions to 20th century British music. Dring (1923–1977) was a composer, pianist, violinist, and actress who was...
Bite-Back: Lloyd’s Brass Band music

Bite-Back: Lloyd’s Brass Band music

Phillip Hunt responds to Paul Jackson’s review I was interested to read Paul Jackson’s comment in his review of the CD of Lloyd’s Brass Band music, that Royal Parks was not considered challenging enough for the players. This was indeed the case, but...
Seeking details of a prominent pianist

Seeking details of a prominent pianist

Dear BMS,I am the Grandson of William Henry Haddon Squire, a prominent pianist, who was around at the same time as William Henry Squire and so he added the Haddon to differentiate them.We were wondering if you had any information on our Grandfather? We know he...
Bite-Back: Lloyd’s Brass Band music

CD reviews – dead or alive?

The fact that several of the reviews in the recent edition of BMS News cover CDs containing entirely or mostly music by living composers prompts me to write (yet again) to observe that the founding principle of the British Music Society was the promotion of music by...
Seeking details of a prominent pianist

Searching for Bryson manuscripts

I am searching for any information regarding the whereabouts of the original manuscripts of Ernest Bryson (1867 – 1942). He had three unmarried sisters who are all now deceased.  If anyone has any leads, please contact me directly at alan.jones.ski@gmail.com...