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Tom Edney

@tomedney.bsky.social
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Conductor 🎶 Editor and orchestrator ✍️ PhD student at Royal College of Music, London Artistic director, Odiham Music Festival 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 He/Him

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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s... "So many people think that conducting is about imprinting your vision from A to Z to the people you work with – that the mark of a good conductor is that everyone does what you want. I disagree. I think already the collaboration..."
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‘I never choose the cautious option’: Royal Opera’s Jakub Hrůša on collaboration, control and conducting Wagner
One year into the role, the Royal Opera’s music director is taking on the challenge of Parsifal, and, next season, the Ring Cycle. I’m here, and I am courageous says the conductor
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Escaped to Aldeburgh to end the Summer
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Vaccines, literacy, cancer, wildlife. And that’s without even thinking about the music.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Dr Catherine Bateson @catbateson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Losing Bonnie Tyler and Dolly Parton in the same year is just gutting beyond words.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The only real conclusion I would draw is maybe we should all think a bit more about how our culture uses the phone screen to separate us from the idea there are people on the other side. This is not a new observation. This is not something I’ve been particularly good at myself, either.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
On Tyga’s AI album
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Back, back, back again!
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Me: I have a lot of work to do over the summer, but I will make sure I have suitable downtime. New puppy: ha ha ha, wait till you see what I've got planned...
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Last night's Prom (my third of the season!)
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My first prom of the season and it’s gonna be a big one.
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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Have we considered doing voxpops with people under the age of 60
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This interview with Michael Cooper is kinda baffling. He positions himself as *the* saviour of Price and Bonds, erasing the work of so many scholars (particularly black women) in the process. www.southwestern.edu/live/news/17...
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In Retirement, Professor Emeritus of Music Michael Cooper Continues to Shed Light on Black Composers Florence Price and Margaret Bonds
As Dr. Michael Cooper settles into his next chapter, he is continuing his life’s work of shedding light on Black musicians lost to time and racial preju...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This person in the FT comments section goes by the name Frank Talk and I can see why
- Frank Talk
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Too many young people are wasting their education by focussing on unemployable subjects like computer science and maths, dead end degrees which will be entirely replaced by Al within a few years. Better they focus on something that has a practical application and leads to a real career, like the humanities.
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Sam Byers @sambyers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Obviously this is excellent, detailed, and in many ways pretty terrifying - essential reading for anyone with even a passing concern for literature, thought, learning etc. I would only add that there is an even broader crisis here around attention. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/07/2026
Saying you're the "most physically attacked" MP when two MPs have been killed in the last decade is just horribly self-absorbed.
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Dog goes North: a thread 1. Lots of attention at the station. Happy dog.
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
My penultimate trip up North (for now) to conduct a concert. Today is full of Baroque and Classical Latin American music such as this gem youtu.be/wf4Id7j4k8g?...
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¡Ay, andar! - Juan de Araujo (Latin American Baroque, Ritual 1631 - 2025)
YouTube video by Ex Cathedra
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I've been incredibly quiet on Bluesky recently, mainly thanks to the joys of bricking my phone and also a lot of writing to do. BUT! Thrilled that this album is now out in the world...
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Emily d’Angelo singing the Angel in The Dream of Gerontius tonight with @londonsymphony.bsky.social was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen/heard…
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Reflecting on a gorgeous weekend with SO many colleagues and friends. When you’re making music at such a high level with so many friends, it really does never feel like work. Huge thanks to everyone involved performing and behind the scenes!
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
With some exciting projects coming up, I'm not complaining that I get to spend a lot of time with Germaine Tailleferre's music, including her gorgeous Ballade for piano and orchestra. GO AND LISTEN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOc2...
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Germaine Tailleferre - Ballade (1922)
YouTube video by Cmaj7
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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The composer who thinks the Passion story is for us all
Oliver Tarney’s St Mark Passion explores what makes us human and our connections with each other — it is not a piece solely for Christians, but for everyone.
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Avril Coleridge-Taylor on the radio! 🥳 Great to hear @leahbroad.bsky.social discussing Coleridge-Taylor's move to South Africa and the historic first flight of the Comet jet airliner, as well as her subsequent Comet Prelude! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Essay - Music Rediscovered - A composer's South African journey - BBC Sounds
Leah Broad explains why composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor emigrated to 50s South Africa.
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James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard
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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Our Composer of the Week is the pioneering Amy Beach. Donald Macleod explores the life & music of one of the most distinctive American musicians of the early C20th. Each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 Produced by Steven Rajam & Sam Phillips #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A super-thread of all the music I've (re)discovered in 2026! Because it's always good to start these things mid-February...
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Brilliant talk from @leahbroad.bsky.social all about Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Women's music-making in WWII, and issues in biography. All hosted by the Boulanger Initiative!
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
We did Snoopy, we did Gromit, which cartoon dog do we raise from the ranks next? I propose this diva
kipper the cartoon dog, who has orange fur, brown ears, and kind eyes
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I literally only realised last Christmas watching Muppet Christmas Carol that the Swedish Chef has human hands and now I can't stop focusing on it
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Give it up for your trillion dollar hype bubble, ladies & gentlemen!
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🥳🥳🥳 4.5 stars for Avril Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Concerto and Orchestral Works @jkaconductor.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
New Substack, for anyone wanting to get to know the music and life of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor! open.substack.com/pub/tomedney...
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A Composer, an Anniversary, and What We Do After the Applause
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at 151 years old
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I read this, and I am freshly reminded that one of the most important insights in humanism is that this our one and only life.
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Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Let's! Go!!! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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Mr. Symphonist @deeplyclassical.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Only one release this week, but as it's the latest volume of an outstanding and valuable series I can hardly complain. Three premiere recordings among a host of long-neglected music just waiting to be rediscovered. ▶️ open.qobuz.com/playlist/513...
Cover Art for Overtures from the British Isles, Volume 3. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN20351. The cover shows a photograph of Whitby Abbey.

"Rumon Gamba directs the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on the third instalment of his exploration of Overtures from the British Isles. As in the case of the previous volumes, the recorded repertoire is rarely played, and the album includes three world premiere recordings. All the works were composed in a period of eleven years, between 1938 and 1949, against the background of the horrific world events of that era. Presenting an eclectic mix of musical styles, the album, like its predecessors, sheds light on some wonderful discoveries, passionately and enthusiastically performed by orchestra and conductor."

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9833462--overtures-from-the-british-isles-vol-3
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Firearm safety is my passion
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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"Hearing all her orchestral works on one sweep is an enjoyable experience...The BBC Philharmonic and John Andrews are on excellent form and the whole project has been brought together with great care by Ege, Andrews and @leahbroad.bsky.social. A Valuable Achievement" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (BBC Music Magazine)
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Royal College of Music just appointed Vasily Petrenko as an International Visiting Artist in conducting, so what better time to revisit his interview with @vanmusicmag.bsky.social than now... van-magazine.com/mag/vasily-p...
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Vasily Petrenko’s British Values
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra music director Vasily Petrenko on British and European values, returning to Russia, and water taps.
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Steven Aron @stevieda.threads.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026
May be a meme of text that says 'Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewic Thanks for the free 7-day trial of 2026 I'd like to unsubscribe from whatever the hel this is'
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Get involved! Listening to a composer's entire catalogue is hoenstly one of the msot fascinating endeavours
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The moment when you finally crack your thesis... yeah, that.
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a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room .
ALT: a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room .
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
He’s had enough of the rain. Now for the sofa snoozes…
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Amos Miller @amosmiller.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Having been lucky enough to do the preparatory rehearsal conducting @rcmlondon.bsky.social for ‘To April’, can vouch for the excellence of this under-appreciated music. Chapeau to @leahbroad.bsky.social and @tomedney.bsky.social 👏👏👏
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Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Not one, but TWO Coleridge-Taylor discs released today! One featuring the orchestral works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; the other, nearly all premiere recordings of Avril Coleridge-Taylor's orchestral works. Check them out! You won't be disappointed.
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BritSymphCup @britsymphcup.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Born #OTD in 1922, English composer, Doreen Carwithen. Her Concerto for Piano & Strings was premiered at the BBC Proms on 25 August 1952 at the Royal Albert Hall, with Iris Loveridge as soloist and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Trevor Harvey. open.spotify.com/track/4tPCV5... #britsymphyear
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Concerto for Piano and Strings: I. Allegro assai
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JB @j-barnett.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Thanks to @tomedney.bsky.social for sharing his research on Avril Coleridge-Taylor, painting a portrait of her life & music Fantastic to hear unpublished songs brought to life by @rcmlondon.bsky.social students (featuring exceptional piano parts) + learn about some exciting upcoming recordings
Screen displaying the title 'Avril Coleridge-Taylor revealed through the RCM collections'
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Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Still one of my favourite stories of Ethel Smyth!
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