Category Archives: News
VIDA Quartet announce Fundraising Concert
The VIDA Guitar Quartet has announced a Fundraising Concert on Saturday 3 December for Jackdaws [...]
Earn your Arts Award at Jack’s Music Club
Jack’s Music Club returns on Friday 16 September, and we’re looking for young musicians – [...]
Sing in Russian
“Truly there would be reason to go mad, were it not for music.” Pyotr Ilyich [...]
2016-17 Music Courses
We are delighted to announce booking is now open for our 2016-17 season weekend and [...]
Song Story Success!
On 29 June, the final large-scale Jackdaws Education project of 2015-16 saw children from four [...]
Summer at the Keys
Summer is a wonderful time for music. What better time to enjoy a classical music [...]
Dutch Piano Pedagogue Caecilia Andriessen returns to the UK for the final time
In 1995, Dutch pianist Caecilia Andriessen came to Jackdaws in Somerset with a new idea [...]
Song Story 2016: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Final Performance: Wednesday 29 June Elmwood & Robert Blake Science College, Bridgwater Song Story 2016 [...]
Jack’s Summer Series
Every Friday in May we are giving you the chance to try Jack’s Music Club [...]
Julian Jacobson sharpens up your Chopin
The magic of Chopin’s music is still as potent as ever, even more than 260 [...]
OperaPLUS – The Love Potion
Award winning Education project, Jackdaws OperaPLUS, returns with a production of Donizetti’s The Love Potion [...]
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 [...]