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Crispin Wins ABO AWARD 2021

A heartfelt congratulations to Crispin Woodhead, our wonderful CEO, who has been awarded Orchestra Manager of the Year 2021 by the Association of British Orchestras.

Tea with Netty #14: OAE Founding Member Alison Bury

Netty shares a cuppa and some giggles with OAE founding member, Alison Bury.

Dido’s Lament but backwards and with BMXers

In our latest digital adventure, we play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay's hit music video 'The Scientist', with Purcell’s tragic ‘When I am Laid’ from Dido and Aeneas. The result is a modern-day drama, recorded around London.

How to sing backwards: Helen Charlston gives an insight into how we remade Coldplay’s The Scientist’ with Dido’s Lament

Smoke machines, backflips and baroque drums: Reimagining Rameau for GCSE

We worked with a group of Acland Burghley students to create a new dance to Rameau's Les Indes Galantes

Tea with Netty #10: Sir Nicholas Kenyon

In this episode, Netty sits down with Sir Nicholas Kenyon, former music critic, responsible for the Proms from 1996 - 2007 and now Managing Director of the Barbican Centre to discuss the tough questions facing our industry.

Tea with Netty #12: Director of BBC Proms David Pickard

Director of BBC Proms David Pickard has a brew with Netty

Tea with Netty #9: OAE founding member Catherine Mackintosh

Netty sits down and has a natter with OAE founding member Catherine Mackintosh