Category Archives: News
Song Story 2025
“Song Story 2025–Vibrant Verdi!” took place in the Spring and Summer terms in 2025.The team [...]
15 Years of OperaPLUS
When our Artistic Director, Saffron van Zwanenberg, took up her post in 2009, number one [...]
A Year of Learning
Last year with the support of Jackdaws and the Royal College of Music, our Artistic [...]
#musicwasthere
As the academic year and our season draw to a close, we wanted to thank [...]
Jackdaws in Pianist Magazine!
We are happy to share that Jackdaws Music Education Trust has been featured in the [...]
Somerset & Dorset Schools Choir Competition Winners!
Jackdaws, Somerset Music, and Dorset Music Service, on behalf of Octagon Music Hub are pleased [...]
OperaPLUS — The Team Mascot
Last week saw the final performances of this year's OperaPLUS project: The Team Mascot. 1,000 [...]
Happy Birthday OperaPLUS!
2025 is a very important year in the history of this project. It is the [...]
Year of Recorder 2025
We had a very busy Spring term with some of our large scale projects for [...]
Booking Open for 2025-26 Season
We are very excited to welcome you to Jackdaws 2025-26 Season, whether you’ve visited us [...]
Spreading Winter Cheer
Last year we asked you for help in our Digging Deep for Jackdaws campaign and [...]
On Sale Now: Jackdaws Afternoon Concert!
December 6th, 2:30pm. Jackdaws is very excited to present a concert performed by international duo [...]
Grand opening of our new water treatment plant!
The sun shone and the birds sang as an eager group of supporters gathered to [...]
OperaPLUS — The Stylist of Somerset
OperaPLUS – "The Stylist of Somerset" (aka as the Barber of Seville by Rossini) took [...]
Your weekend stay at Jackdaws
We're pleased to be able to offer to book your accommodation with Hosts locally, both [...]
Year of Recorder
We had a very busy Spring term with some of our large scale projects for [...]
Digging Deep UPDATE
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our campaign! On Wednesday May 1st, May Day, [...]
Booking Open for 2024-25 Season
We are very excited to welcome you to Jackdaws 2024-25 Season, whether you’ve visited us [...]
Marta Fontanals-Simmons appointed as a trustee at Jackdaws Music Education Trust
Jackdaws is delighted to announce that the celebrated, international mezzo-soprano, Marta Fontanals- Simmons has agreed [...]
Digging Deep for Jackdaws
We know it is a tough time for everyone at the moment, and Jackdaws is [...]
James Lisney talks Jackdaws
On a break between classes during a beautiful day outside our Lehane Wishart studio, James [...]
Audrey Hyland tells us why Jackdaws is special to her
In this interview recorded in our Lehane Wishart studio, Jackdaws Vice President Audrey Hyland speaks [...]
On Sale Now: Christmas Concert!
Taking place at 3pm on Friday 8th December in the Lehane-Wishart studio here at Jackdaws, [...]