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Snape Maltings Concert: The Review

Tuesday 29th April was a busy day for any musician in Ipswich School. Here’s my personal take on things – be prepared for a long read!

Snape Concert: A Preview

So, on Tuesday 29th April Ipswich School will take over Snape Maltings Concert Hall for the day. It promises to be a musical treat, with the major work this year being Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Add to that two commissioned works from Ipswich School Music Scholars (including myself), the first movement from Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and [...]

Sibelius 5 – Demo Review

( Media andMusic )

After being sceptical when looking at the Sibelius 5 feature list, I was sceptical, as you can see by reading the post below! Now after trying the demo I am anything but…

Bach, booze, buses and “beaucoup de l’orgue”!

( Music )

On Saturday, 9th June all the St Mary-le-Tower Choral Scholars had an outing to Oxford. The purpose was to experience the wealth of college chapels that Oxford has to offer, play and observe at close quarters four different organs and to hear a mammoth Evensong at New College chapel.

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