- New abcd President announced
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abcd is delighted to announce that the composer and conductor John Rutter CBE has accepted its invitation to be its new President.
Posted: Wed 23rd December 2015 | Read More
- Choir of the Year applications open
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Choir of the Year in 2016 is now open and welcoming entries from amateur choirs across the UK. abcd is delighted to be teaming up with Choir of the Year on a new element to the Audition programme: each venue will also be host to a masterclass for up to four choirs, led by an experienced abcd tutor.
Posted: Wed 23rd December 2015 | Read More
- Choral Composition Competition announced
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The Fourth Choir is holding an international choral composition competition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The winner of the competition will receive a prize of £1000 and the winning composition will be premièred by the choir at a Memorial Concert on 23 April 2016 in London’s historic Middle Temple Hall.
Posted: Wed 25th November 2015 | Read More
- Applications open for Genesis Sixteen
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Applications for The Sixteen’s leading choral training scheme 'Genesis Sixteen' are once again open. The scheme aims to give singers aged between 18 and 23 the opportunity to work with world-class conductors and choral singers.
Posted: Fri 20th November 2015 | Read More
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- Our new app, WellRehearsed, is available to download!
- We're delighted that our app WellRehearsed, developed as a joint initiative between abcd and Making Music, is now available to download from both the Google and Apple stores. The app will allow us to compile weekly, anonymous statistics on safe group music-making.
- Posted: Monday, 14th June 2021
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- Update on our campaign for amateur choirs
- abcd has worked alongside colleagues at Making Music, Singing Network UK, ABO and ISM to write to Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer, and Dr Jenny Harries OBE at Public Health England regarding the guidance for amateur choirs in England at Step 3.
- Posted: Friday, 28th May 2021
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- Join our campaign to improve choir guidance in England
- Our new campaign page is up and running! We've been working with our partner organisations to shape a response to the recent and unexpected guidance for choirs in England which single out amateur singing.
- Posted: Thursday, 20th May 2021
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- Updated performing arts guidance has now been published
- Updated performing arts guidance has now been published. Guidance for non-professionals is at section 2.4. Sadly this only seems to allow for a single group of up to 6 singers indoors. We'll post again after consulting and reading in more detail.
- Posted: Tuesday, 18th May 2021
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- New guidance for the performing arts in England still awaited
- We're sorry we have no further updates on performing arts guidance for England from 17 May. Updated guidance has now been published for worship and for community facilities and like everyone, we are very concerned to see the wording.
- Posted: Tuesday, 18th May 2021
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