Alternative Classical
@alterclassical.bsky.social
Pioneering positive change in the classical music industry.
Arts funding available now:
- Up to £30,000 for creative and cultural practitioners for R&D
- £4,000 for live performance, new works & artist development
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
- Up to £30,000 for creative and cultural practitioners for R&D
- £4,000 for live performance, new works & artist development
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Arts funding available now:
- Up to £30,000 for creative and cultural practitioners for R&D
- £4,000 for live performance, new works & artist development
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
- Up to £30,000 for creative and cultural practitioners for R&D
- £4,000 for live performance, new works & artist development
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
Jobs & opportunities in the classical music industry:
- Assistant opera director
- Musician in residence at school
- Residency programme for composers and music creators
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Assistant opera director
- Musician in residence at school
- Residency programme for composers and music creators
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Jobs & opportunities in the classical music industry:
- Assistant opera director
- Musician in residence at school
- Residency programme for composers and music creators
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Assistant opera director
- Musician in residence at school
- Residency programme for composers and music creators
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
Thank you for the shout-out Classical:NEXT for our new Composers' Hub!
Composers: find opportunities, awards, funding, bursaries, interviews & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
Composers: find opportunities, awards, funding, bursaries, interviews & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Thank you for the shout-out Classical:NEXT for our new Composers' Hub!
Composers: find opportunities, awards, funding, bursaries, interviews & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
Composers: find opportunities, awards, funding, bursaries, interviews & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
Email of the day:
"Thank you so much for all of the incredible work that you and Alternative Classical do to promote real change in our industry - it's so important and so under-appreciated."
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"Thank you so much for all of the incredible work that you and Alternative Classical do to promote real change in our industry - it's so important and so under-appreciated."
🥹🥹
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Email of the day:
"Thank you so much for all of the incredible work that you and Alternative Classical do to promote real change in our industry - it's so important and so under-appreciated."
🥹🥹
"Thank you so much for all of the incredible work that you and Alternative Classical do to promote real change in our industry - it's so important and so under-appreciated."
🥹🥹
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Jobs to apply for with deadlines in early January:
- Concerts and tours manager at choir
- Marketing assistant at festival
- Musical director for philharmonic choir
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Concerts and tours manager at choir
- Marketing assistant at festival
- Musical director for philharmonic choir
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jobs to apply for with deadlines in early January:
- Concerts and tours manager at choir
- Marketing assistant at festival
- Musical director for philharmonic choir
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Concerts and tours manager at choir
- Marketing assistant at festival
- Musical director for philharmonic choir
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
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👀Nice work, @alterclassical.bsky.social!👏🏼
Today we unveil our new composers' hub 🙌
It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more.
Take a look here:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more.
Take a look here:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
👀Nice work, @alterclassical.bsky.social!👏🏼
Today we unveil our new composers' hub 🙌
It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more.
Take a look here:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more.
Take a look here:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today we unveil our new composers' hub 🙌
It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more.
Take a look here:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more.
Take a look here:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub
Start the new year with some new music, including a world premiere and a London premiere!
It's the LSO Jerwood Composer+ Showcase on 10th January
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
It's the LSO Jerwood Composer+ Showcase on 10th January
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
Lisa Robertson: Ceòl na Mara ~ Old Street, London — Alternative Classical
This concert is a transportation to wild, remote, visceral coasts — like those in the West Highlands — exploring cultural connections to the sea and the risks presented by the changing climate.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Start the new year with some new music, including a world premiere and a London premiere!
It's the LSO Jerwood Composer+ Showcase on 10th January
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
It's the LSO Jerwood Composer+ Showcase on 10th January
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
"Classical music remains “the most conservative” performing art ... This is true both in the repertoire performed and in the racial and gendered makeup of most ensembles."
www.publicbooks.org/can-literary...
www.publicbooks.org/can-literary...
Can Literary Fiction Save Classical Music? - Public Books
Classical music’s most troubling traditions include erasing Black performers, abusing and harassing in conservatories, and refusing to acknowledge physical injuries.
www.publicbooks.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Classical music remains “the most conservative” performing art ... This is true both in the repertoire performed and in the racial and gendered makeup of most ensembles."
www.publicbooks.org/can-literary...
www.publicbooks.org/can-literary...
Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Music Department
www.change.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Which classical music organisations or musicians do you genuinely enjoy following on social media?
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Which classical music organisations or musicians do you genuinely enjoy following on social media?
Music jobs to apply for this week:
- Social media manager at experimental music festival
- Chief executive of piano concerto competition
- Conducting fellowship at opera company
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Social media manager at experimental music festival
- Chief executive of piano concerto competition
- Conducting fellowship at opera company
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Music jobs to apply for this week:
- Social media manager at experimental music festival
- Chief executive of piano concerto competition
- Conducting fellowship at opera company
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Social media manager at experimental music festival
- Chief executive of piano concerto competition
- Conducting fellowship at opera company
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
Do you have any music book recommendations from this year? Fiction and non-fiction both welcome.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Do you have any music book recommendations from this year? Fiction and non-fiction both welcome.
The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
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Great suggestions here
Christmas Choral Music by Female & Non-Binary Composers
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/chr...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/chr...
Christmas Choral Music by Female & Non-Binary Composers — Alternative Classical
An introduction to festive choral pieces by female composers.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great suggestions here
Christmas Choral Music by Female & Non-Binary Composers
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/chr...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/chr...
Christmas Choral Music by Female & Non-Binary Composers — Alternative Classical
An introduction to festive choral pieces by female composers.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Christmas Choral Music by Female & Non-Binary Composers
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/chr...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/chr...
Current opportunities:
- Compose a short anthem
- Senior producer at opera house
- Performing competition for under 18s
Jobs, competitions & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Compose a short anthem
- Senior producer at opera house
- Performing competition for under 18s
Jobs, competitions & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Current opportunities:
- Compose a short anthem
- Senior producer at opera house
- Performing competition for under 18s
Jobs, competitions & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Compose a short anthem
- Senior producer at opera house
- Performing competition for under 18s
Jobs, competitions & more:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
Funding & bursaries for classical musicians & creative projects:
- £16,000 per academic year for postgraduate instrumentalists
- £3,500 for independent promoters
- £1,000 to for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
- £16,000 per academic year for postgraduate instrumentalists
- £3,500 for independent promoters
- £1,000 to for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Funding & bursaries for classical musicians & creative projects:
- £16,000 per academic year for postgraduate instrumentalists
- £3,500 for independent promoters
- £1,000 to for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
- £16,000 per academic year for postgraduate instrumentalists
- £3,500 for independent promoters
- £1,000 to for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
An exhilarating re-imagining of Holst’s The Planets for folk duo and orchestra.
28-30 January in London, Norwich & Cambridge @brittensinfonia.bsky.social
www.brittensinfonia.com/events/earth...
28-30 January in London, Norwich & Cambridge @brittensinfonia.bsky.social
www.brittensinfonia.com/events/earth...
Earth and Other Planets: Britten Sinfonia with Stevens & Pound and Robert Macfarlane - Britten Sinfonia
An exhilarating re-imagining of Holst’s The Planets for folk duo and orchestra, accompanied by text written and narrated by internationally acclaimed writer Robert Macfarlane (Is a River Alive?, The L...
www.brittensinfonia.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
An exhilarating re-imagining of Holst’s The Planets for folk duo and orchestra.
28-30 January in London, Norwich & Cambridge @brittensinfonia.bsky.social
www.brittensinfonia.com/events/earth...
28-30 January in London, Norwich & Cambridge @brittensinfonia.bsky.social
www.brittensinfonia.com/events/earth...
Music jobs!
- Music administrator at Cambridge college
- Fundraising manager at Jewish music hub
- Musical director for wind orchestra
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Music administrator at Cambridge college
- Fundraising manager at Jewish music hub
- Musical director for wind orchestra
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Music jobs!
- Music administrator at Cambridge college
- Fundraising manager at Jewish music hub
- Musical director for wind orchestra
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Music administrator at Cambridge college
- Fundraising manager at Jewish music hub
- Musical director for wind orchestra
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
An evening celebrating music at the forefront of composition - hear three world premieres! @londonsymphony.bsky.social
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
LSO Futures ~ Barbican, London — Alternative Classical
An evening celebrating music at the forefront of composition, as we hear three world premieres, alongside Pierre Boulez’s magnetic memoriam to fellow composer Bruno Maderna.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
An evening celebrating music at the forefront of composition - hear three world premieres! @londonsymphony.bsky.social
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
Sign the petition to stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
www.change.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Sign the petition to stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
A one-day event confronting the socio-economic deficit in the classical music industry.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
Class Ceiling: Classical Music Conference ~ Barbican, London — Alternative Classical
Tackling the socio-economic deficit in the classical music industry.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A one-day event confronting the socio-economic deficit in the classical music industry.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
As well as jobs, there are lots of other opportunities on our site including a:
- Fellowship to lead the change you want to see
- Peer-to-peer professional development programme
- Residency for aspiring orchestral musicians
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Fellowship to lead the change you want to see
- Peer-to-peer professional development programme
- Residency for aspiring orchestral musicians
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As well as jobs, there are lots of other opportunities on our site including a:
- Fellowship to lead the change you want to see
- Peer-to-peer professional development programme
- Residency for aspiring orchestral musicians
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- Fellowship to lead the change you want to see
- Peer-to-peer professional development programme
- Residency for aspiring orchestral musicians
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs