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  • Guest Blog: Yshani Perinpanayagam's Top Tips to Attract your Dream Collaborator

    Guest Blog: Yshani Perinpanayagam's Top Tips to Attract your Dream Collaborator

    Read pianist Yshani Perinpanayagam's top tips to attract your dream collaborator. Learn what you need to do to meet interesting people and make music with them. Read more

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Guest Blog: Yshani Perinpanayagam's Top Tips to Attract your Dream Collaborator

Guest Blog: Yshani Perinpanayagam's Top Tips to Attract your Dream Collaborator

Read pianist Yshani Perinpanayagam's top tips to attract your dream collaborator. Learn what you need to do to meet interesting people and make music with them. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 7th June, 2022

Unravelling the mysteries of the arts council investment principles

Unravelling the mysteries of the arts council investment principles

Summary factsheet about Arts Council Investment Principles for Funding applications Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 6th June, 2022

Getting started with your cross-genre project

Getting started with your cross-genre project

If you're thinking of devising a cross-genre project, here is a guide on how to get started. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 3rd May, 2022

Updated: 9th May, 2022

7 Top tips to reboot a flagging project

7 Top tips to reboot a flagging project

Music project advice from project coaching session held by conductor and entrepreneur Chad Goodman Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 2nd May, 2022

5 Organisations Working to Smash the Patriarchy this International Women's Day

5 Organisations Working to Smash the Patriarchy this International Women's Day

A list of 5 organisations working towards gender equality in classical music. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 8th March, 2022

Author: Kate Blackstone

A Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimisation

A Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimisation

All of the things we learnt from Maddy Shaw Roberts (Classic FM) session on Search Engine Optimisation. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 25th February, 2022

Updated: 7th March, 2022

Guest blog: 'Jack of all Trades, Master of Some' Top tips to transform yourself from a generalist into a specialist

Guest blog: 'Jack of all Trades, Master of Some' Top tips to transform yourself from a generalist into a specialist

Tips to help you find your niche as a freelance classical musician, with oboist turned vocal coach and musical director George Strickland. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 1st February, 2022

Updated: 31st March, 2022

Taking the fear out of tax: Jargon buster

Taking the fear out of tax: Jargon buster

A list of keywords you need to understand to complete your HMRC tax return with confidence. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 20th January, 2022

Updated: 31st January, 2022

Five tips on how to get your idea picked up by an agent

Five tips on how to get your idea picked up by an agent

Read our five tips on making sure that your idea is picked up by an agent - taken from our coffee session with Tabitha McGrath from Polyarts Management. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 9th November, 2021

Updated: 30th March, 2022

Top Tips for Making a Healthy Start to Your Career

Top Tips for Making a Healthy Start to Your Career

In this blog, we talk about top tips for making a healthy start to your career as outlined by Dr George Musgrave as part of the 21cMusician coffee mornings Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 18th October, 2021

Updated: 30th March, 2022

Nailing it with your audience on Instagram

Nailing it with your audience on Instagram

Comms & Marketing Manager Barbara Revesz shares 10 tips (with user-friendly apps) on how to engage more effectively with your audiences on Instagram. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 15th July, 2021

Updated: 23rd March, 2022

Author: Barbara Revesz

Guest blog: Musicians with a Microphone - The Power of a Spoken Introduction

Guest blog: Musicians with a Microphone - The Power of a Spoken Introduction

Matthew Hodge (Director - Sales and Marketing at Queensland Symphony Orchestra) demonstrates the power of a spoken introduction in engaging your audience. Read more

Posted to: Blogs

Published: 5th July, 2021

Updated: 30th March, 2022

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    Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

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    Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

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    Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux

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