CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Amazing - a 99-year old still singing in her choir, the Memory Lane Singers. thefinch.news/article/finc... 001
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Nice review of the recent concert in memory of Ron Corp. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...churchtimes.co.ukMusic: Ronald Corp OBE: A Celebration of his Life (Cadogan Hall, London)Bridget West attends the concert in memory of the late Ronald Corp 000
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Sounds like an intriguing crossover of art and choral music. 001
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 09/04/2026It's a fascinating listen, about the piece that most choral singers will know so well. #HandelMessiah 011
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026In an interesting post from Finchley Chamber Choir, their singers share the performances, films and moments that first brought Shakespeare's words to life for them. fcchoir.co.uk/in-sweet-mus...fcchoir.co.uk“In sweet music is such art”: Shakespeare in our lives – Finchley Chamber Choir 000
Reposted by CYM LibraryMr. Symphonist @deeplyclassical.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The finale is throwing everything it's got at me (including a tummy-wobbling organ contribution), and that's EXACTLY what I'm here for. I only hope my neighbours are still talking to me tomorrow #TurnThatShitUp 🔊🔊🔊🔊 #NowListening #NewReleases2026 #34 2154
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Interesting short guide to 'How to start a church choir" by Bijan Omrani. Also references RSCM's 'The Choir Project'. thecritic.co.uk/how-to-start...thecritic.co.ukHow to start a church choir | Bijan Omrani | The Critic MagazineSing hallelujah for the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM). They have just announced the launch of a new Choir Project, in the hope of reviving popular interest in hymn singing and engaging young… 000
Reposted by CYM LibraryContemporary Music for All @comanewmusic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026⏳It’s 10 days until CoMA Festival 2026 kicks off and here’s the full line-up of events at a glance. 👀See what’s happening near you and then head to our festival programme page to find out how you can be part of a new music adventure! 📌https://www.coma.org/whats-on/events/coma-festival-2026/ 041
Reposted by CYM LibraryMr. Symphonist @deeplyclassical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Happy #NewReleaseFriday! I only discovered Elsa Barraine last year. Now her impressive symphonies get their second recording. Plus music by another fascinating Frenchwoman. These and lots more on my symphony & orchestral #NewReleases playlist, updated every Friday. ▶️ open.qobuz.com/playlist/513... 5294
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 14/02/2026It's surprising to see a leader in The Economist about the shortage of tenors! Many choirs have to deal with this problem. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...economist.comHow to solve the tenor shortageA voice that is made, not found 000
Reposted by CYM LibraryRoyal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Unsung: Treasures of the RCM opens today at the RCM Museum! Discover the untold stories of the RCM's diverse community and an array of musical curiosities. 🔍 Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-unsung 📷: © Yvadney Davis, Milein Cosman/The Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust 021
Reposted by CYM LibraryLibraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 04/02/2026#Libraries - @creativelivescl.bsky.social want to hear how creative groups across the UK are faring. Everyone who completes this survey can enter a random draw to win a £250 grant to support their creative group. www.creative-lives.org/creative-liv...creative-lives.orgCreative Lives Monitor 2026Tell us about your creative group - and you could win a £250/€290 grant. 043
Reposted by CYM LibraryVaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026A thought for all the singers out there! 🎶 241
Reposted by CYM LibraryJohn Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Happy Birthday Felix (performance from 2024 I think…).youtube.comMENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture NSOYouTube video by John Andrews 0136
Reposted by CYM LibraryEgham Choral @eghamchoral.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday - a good reason to ask you all to come along and sing Elijah on 7th March at Strodes College 10am-4pm www.eghamchoral.org/product/come-and-sing-event “his wrath will pursue us till he destroy us” is great fun to sing atm 002
Reposted by CYM LibraryAlternative Classical @alterclassical.bsky.social · 13/01/202616 composing opportunities, including a residency programme, a call for scores, and an award for young composers: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs 043
Reposted by CYM LibraryAlternative Classical @alterclassical.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds. Prize: £1,000 bursary Deadline: 5 Jan www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/ 024
Reposted by CYM LibraryLeah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 02/12/2025**NEW POST** This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it. leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...leahbroad.substack.com“But there’s no market for women composers…”Let’s retire this tired idea please. 0189
Reposted by CYM LibraryContemporary Music for All @comanewmusic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025PARTSONGS: 12 pieces specially composed for small vocal groups, including works by Amber Priestley, Janet Oates, Christopher Fox, Kerry Andrew and Michael Pisaro. Try them in classrooms, workshops, concert halls – or even around the festive fireplace. Order here: www.coma.org/our-music/pu... 🧵3/4 122
Reposted by CYM LibraryLondon Youth Choirs @londonyouthchoirs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Our #ChristmasChallenge is NOW LIVE 🥳 This week, please consider a donation to London Youth Choirs to help us achieve our citywide vision for all young singers 🙏 Head to the link below to donate today 🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... 012
Reposted by CYM LibraryThree Spires Singers @threespiressing.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Wishing all musicians & music-lovers Gool Cecilia Lowen: happy St Cecilia’s Day! We’re celebrating it by singing Brahms, with soloists Florian Störtz and Francesca Chiejina & accompanied by our good friends the Three Spires Orchestra. Truro Cathedral, 7.30 tonight, tickets on the door if needed. 252
Reposted by CYM LibraryJohn Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Fabulous article by Dr Samantha Ege ahead of tomorrow’s release. @leahbroad.bsky.socialtheguardian.comOut of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heardThe daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo... 22519
Reposted by CYM LibraryRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Yesterday at St Paul's Cathedral @johnrutter.bsky.social conducted the premiere of his I'll Make Me a World with mezzo-soprano Melanie Marshall, baritone Jonathan Brown and The Bach Choir. We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5. 📷 Duncan Wood 063
Reposted by CYM LibraryAndrew Griffiths @colla-voce.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Mega-niche programming shout-out: early Baroque-ish Christmassy things for not more than SSATB (or SSATTB at a pinch) plus instruments (quartet) which involve, or /could/ involve recorders? I have the Messe de Minuit, obviously... 377
Reposted by CYM LibraryKensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 11/11/2025🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️We’re back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power 📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps 013
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This exhibition at Foundling Museum, London looks interesting: "Explore the power of music thru Handel’s ‘Hallelujah’. Musical scores, librettos, musical instruments, paintings, photos, archives. A fresh look at origins & popularity of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’. foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/a-gran...foundlingmuseum.org.ukA Grand Chorus: The Power of Music - Foundling MuseumLooking at the exhilarating experience and enduring impact of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ in the past and present, A Grand Chorus explores the profound effect that music can have on both listeners and per... 000
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Roger Allam talks about his role in The Choral, a Alan Bennett-scripted film, directed by Nicholas Hytner. It shows a choir in 1916 preparing for a performance of the Dream of Gerontius. Simon Russell-Beale has a cameo as a very grumpy Elgar. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...theguardian.com‘I’ve played a lot of sneery bastards’: Roger Allam on bad singing, big paydays and Elgar’s level of ‘gitacity’He launched a thousand memes as the beleaguered Tory MP in The Thick of It, and starred in the original production of Les Misérables. Now the actor is making not-so-sweet music in the Alan Bennett-scr... 020
Reposted by CYM LibraryVaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Ralph Vaughan Williams believed music should belong to everyone. In this article, Jack Pepper opens his new Pepper’s Portraits series for medici.tv with the story of a composer who lived - and wrote - for humanity. 📖 Read it here:pageturner.medici.tvRalph Vaughan Williams, Composer for the people - Page Turner by medici.tvJack Pepper’s Portraits series shines a light on Vaughan Williams, revealing the man behind the legendary music. 054
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Here is a Spotify playlist of music by Black British composers: open.spotify.com/playlist/4BE... It has 25 tracks and was created by Harrison Knights, Assistant Director of Music at St James Piccadilly (London) for #BlackHistoryMonth. Read more here: www.sjp.org.uk/black-britis...open.spotify.comBlack British Composers 033
Reposted by CYM LibraryOpen Up Music 🎵 @openupmusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Help make the Clarion - our accessible musical instrument that can be played with any body part, including head movement - widely available to young disabled people. Vote for Open Up Music in the #ArtExplora Audience Choice Award⤵️ bit.ly/ArtExplora2025 #EuropeanAward #AudienceDevelopment 101
Reposted by CYM LibraryRoyal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th anniversary! Hear the RCM alumnus' spirited Novelleten for string orchestra, performed by talented young musicians of the RCM Junior Department earlier this year. Read more about his legacy and life at the RCM: bit.ly/3V0UJtT #FlashbackFriday 043
Reposted by CYM LibraryDr. Marianne C.E. Gillion @mcegillion.bsky.social · 16/08/2025#EarlyMusic is in the news this morning! But here’s a better article than the one that’s making the rounds, with more context, and input from a musicologist. The rediscovered music is #plainchant - which was the musical foundation of religious life at the time. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comBuckland Abbey monk music to be played after almost 500-year gapThe music was discovered by a University of Exeter historian inside a 15th Century book. 1238
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Sad to see. ISM’s analysis of this year’s A-level music results "shows there has been a decrease in music entries of 1.8% across the UK in the last year. In England, fewer than 5,000 students took A-level music for the third year running." www.ism.org/news/music-a... 000
Reposted by CYM LibraryAlternative Classical @alterclassical.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Sign up to our newsletter to receive our updates twice a month. This includes job and funding opportunities, new articles and upcoming events. www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/newsletteralternativeclassical.co.ukNewsletter — Alternative ClassicalReceive concert recommendations, music jobs and opportunities, and news of innovation in the classical music sector. 022
Reposted by CYM LibraryWakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social · 14/07/2025We are delighted to announce that Pontefract Library will be hosting an amazing exhibition about the history of Black British Ballet! At the library on 1-27 August! Our libraries are also hosting fun events as part of it! For more information, visit: experiencewakefield.co.uk/event/black-... 1183
Reposted by CYM LibraryVaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025What makes Ralph Vaughan Williams special as a composer? 011
Reposted by CYM LibraryNeil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 07/06/2025This is a terrific disc. But, more importantly, what a composer Grace Williams was. Such a powerful and utterly distinctive voice. And, as well as this, her masterpiece - the huge, stunning Missa Cambrensis - is at last now on disc too. 143
Reposted by CYM LibraryCHORALLY @chorally.bsky.social · 23/05/2025🎼✨ Dream of conducting with the best? Here’s your chance! The Sixteen is offering a prestigious Conducting Scholarship in the UK 🎶 Apply by 27 May 2025 and take your place at the podium! 🧑🎼 @The Sixteen www.chorally.co/c/opportunit... 001
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Frank has turned his IAML UK ASW talk from last month into a blogpost. 021
Reposted by CYM LibraryThree Choirs Festival @threechoirs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It is with profound sadness that the Three Choirs Festival marks the passing of the esteemed composer and conductor Ronald Corp OBE. We were greatly anticipating Ronald's presence at this year's festival in Hereford. Read more - 3choirs.org/news/remembe...3choirs.orgRemembering Ronald Corp (1951–2025) | Three Choirs FestivalIt is with profound sadness that the Three Choirs Festival marks the passing of the esteemed composer and conductor Ronald Corp OBE. His significant contri 01211
Reposted by CYM LibrarySiglo de Oro @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025We're holding auditions for professional singers based in the UK, who would be interested in joining us for our projects. Successful applicants are likely to have high levels of vocal technique and musicianship, and a strong background in choral and ensemble singing. 175
Reposted by CYM LibraryEd Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025"The latest on the conveyor belt of mammoth resurrection stories came this week in the form of a slightly hairy mouse. Colossal Biosciences, the US company behind the “woolly mouse” and ensuing media frenzy" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #watotheguardian.comReviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam RutherfordAt a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford 121
Reposted by CYM LibraryBlackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Each week we share a recommended choral track, many by composers who happen to be female. So for #IWD2025 here's a recap of the brilliant women we've discussed in the past year: Margaret Bonds, Marianna Martines, Ethel Smyth, Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Caroline Shaw, Maddalena Casulana, (1/3) 131
Reposted by CYM LibraryIn Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 08/03/2025Today on #InternationalWomensDay we remember Maria Hackett (1783-1874) without whom choristers today - and consequently the entire world of sacred choral music - might not exist. 1/5 11911
Reposted by CYM LibraryChoir of the Earth @choiroftheearth.com · 08/03/2025Our first come-and-sing event of the year was on the Isle of Wight in February and @benenglandbem.bsky.social has since been conducting his way north, bringing Haydn's stunning Nelson Mass to choral singers around the UK. Today is our last UK stop, at the beautiful St Cuthbert's in sunny Edinburgh! 0101
Reposted by CYM LibraryCrouch End Festival Chorus @thechoircefc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Happy #internationalwomensday from the women of #CEFC! 🎵🎉 011
Reposted by CYM LibraryDr Amy Zigler @dramyzigler.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This is such an exciting find for #EthelSmyth research! The presumed lost complete manuscript of the Mass in D has been found!! Congrats on this find, @lisacolton.bsky.social and the archivists @livunilibrary.bsky.social ! 1205
Reposted by CYM LibraryMaking Music UK @makingmusicuk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025If you're looking to include more women composers in your repertoire, check out the databases below from Donne - Women in Music and The F-List for Music. 🎶 donne-uk.org/the-big-list/ 🎶 thef-listmusic.uk #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomenInMusic 035
CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Hornsey Library is celebrating its 60th birthday. We wish them well on their 60th year in this fine building. It's a Grade II listed building, dating back to April 1965. It also provides a home to the CYM Library. 001