Category: Opinion
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BBC Proms 2025: Strategy, subtext, and the shape of things to come?
Strategic messaging dominates Proms Week 1 but what happens to critique when the mood music is set from the top?
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Opinion: music education deserves better than this
An article about a family spending £150,000 on music lessons plays to the gallery of outrage — but overlooks what really matters: the quiet disappearance of accessible, public music education, and the values it instils in young people.
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The Benedetti Model: Leadership in Practice and Performance
Inside a values-driven programme that stretches across the country and highlights what the state still fails to deliver.
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Broad and telling: what the BBC’s new collaboration with the EBU might be signalling
Billed as pioneering, the BBC’s EBU collaboration hints at strategic changes in classical music broadcasting.
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3 Million Listeners. 4,000 Workers. One Fragile Industry.
A new report shows the reach of orchestral education and outreach is up, but illustrates a sector more precarious than many realise. Just in time for that Arts Council England survey.
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BBC Proms 2025: the ‘world’s greatest classical music festival’ knows what it is
📅 Planning your Proms 2025? Here’s where to start: the Thoroughly Good Proms Edit highlights big names, offbeat surprises, and must-hear performances: a guide to concerts worth attending or streaming in 2025 → get the guide A grounded season returns to the core proposition, making the music speak for itself Details about the BBC Proms…
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John Gilhooly, Wigmore Hall and the real future of classical music
Wigmore Hall’s £10 million fundraising success prompts a timely reflection on the role of music education in securing the future of classical music. John Gilhooly’s remarks highlight the limits of Arts Council England’s Let’s Create strategy — and where responsibility truly lies.
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Silent album bangs a drum for the plight of musicians at the mercy of ‘tech giants’
Amid AI fears and tech dominance, are musicians’ protests amplifying the right message?
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Opinion – Edward Gardner, Trust and Rules of Engagement
Nothing is really off-the-record. Artists will need to be more on their guard in interviews, assuming they say yes to them at all.
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BBC Radio 3’s RAJARs Q3 2024: impressive gains or stable figures?
Radio 3 preempt the RAJAR report for Q3 2024 with a press release that hints at figures that underline more stability than dramatic change.