Author Archives: Josh

Year of the Reed Tickets available now

Tickets went on sale this morning for the fourth “Year of…” project, the Year of [...]

Caecilia Andriessen announces final Jackdaws course

Last year, we celebrated 20 years of Caecilia Andriessen‘s unique piano ensemble weekend course, Pianos [...]

OperaPLUS is the Best Classical Music Education Initiative

On the 25th of February, Jackdaws Music Education Trust was presented with a prestigious Music [...]

Kenneth van Barthold Obituary

It is with deep sadness that we learn of the passing of long standing Jackdaws [...]

2015 – Year in Review

Well, what a year 2015 was. Our Education work expanded our reach across to the [...]

Vote for Jackdaws OperaPLUS in the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence

EDIT: WE WON!! On 25 February, our innovative project OperaPLUS was presented with the Music [...]

Christmas Ideas from Jackdaws

As musicians ourselves, we appreciate that it can be difficult at this time of the [...]

OperaPLUS Nominated for Best Classical Music Education Initiative

UPDATE [17 December 2015]: Voting is now open! Please visit ClassicFM to vote for OperaPLUS [...]

Concert by Candelight – Celebrate Christmas with Jackdaws

Christmas by Candlelight has fast become a firm favourite in the festive calendar and once [...]

Jackdaws voted Second in UK Piano Course Rankings

Popular piano blogger Frances Wilson – the Cross-Eyed Pianist – asked her readers to rate [...]

Winners of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Award 2015

The 2015 presentation of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards was an exciting afternoon of music [...]

Upcoming Vocal Courses

Jackdaws Vocal Courses run throughout the year and cater for musicians of all abilities, from [...]

Maureen Lehane 2015: Meet the Panel

On Thursday 12 November, seven singers will contest the Maureen Lehane first prize on the [...]

What you think is how you play!

Tutor and Alexander Technique mentor, Ann Hetherington, encourages us to consider A Kinesthetic Approach to [...]

Maureen Lehane Vocal Award Finalists 2015

After two days of auditions on the 17th and 18th October, we present, with great [...]

Jack’s Music Club for Teens

Every Friday after school, Jack’s Music Club meets to hang out and make music with [...]

Sight-reading, Memorisation and Piano Technique

Courses in our new brochure have obviously been very well received – places are filling [...]

What do Mozart, Macbeth and artist Kiki Smith have in common?

…they all feature in Jackdaws Summer Production 2015! Every July, the Jackdaws Summer Production is [...]

New Season Courses Announced!

After the long wait, we are excited to finally be able to present our new [...]

Year of Percussion Tickets Now Available!

Tickets are now available for the Year of Percussion Grand Finale Concert, featuring international percussionist [...]

Foreign Languages at Jackdaws

September is Foreign language month at Jackdaws – and we’re celebrating with leading experts in [...]

Interview with the Jacobson-Brown Piano Duo

It’s not a Jackdaws-first, but this Summer will certainly be the first time in many [...]

Celebrate Sibelius

We are all no doubt familiar with the staples of Schubert and Schumann, but with [...]

Frome Voices sing Elijah

Frome Voices, a choir of over one hundred singers from various musical backgrounds, have chosen [...]