Barbara Eifler
@barbaraeifler27.bsky.social
CEO of @makingmusicuk.bsky.social, play cornet in Crystal Palace Band, like singing, walking theatre and social justice
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Want to try out LYC before you sign up for an audition?
We're running a free session for ages 6-11 to experience LYC, prepare for auditions and build confidence in your singing!
📅Fri 30 May
🕰️2-6pm
📍Walworth Town Hall, Elephant & Castle
Info & sign up: www.londonyouthchoirs.com/experience-l...
We're running a free session for ages 6-11 to experience LYC, prepare for auditions and build confidence in your singing!
📅Fri 30 May
🕰️2-6pm
📍Walworth Town Hall, Elephant & Castle
Info & sign up: www.londonyouthchoirs.com/experience-l...
May 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Want to try out LYC before you sign up for an audition?
We're running a free session for ages 6-11 to experience LYC, prepare for auditions and build confidence in your singing!
📅Fri 30 May
🕰️2-6pm
📍Walworth Town Hall, Elephant & Castle
Info & sign up: www.londonyouthchoirs.com/experience-l...
We're running a free session for ages 6-11 to experience LYC, prepare for auditions and build confidence in your singing!
📅Fri 30 May
🕰️2-6pm
📍Walworth Town Hall, Elephant & Castle
Info & sign up: www.londonyouthchoirs.com/experience-l...
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🎶 Singing and music-making have an incredible ability to bring people together 🎶
Check out our #research on impact of singing and music making with young displaced children and young people with recommendations for future work 💛
bit.ly/48VHv7R
#refugees #charity #musiceducation #mentalhealth
Check out our #research on impact of singing and music making with young displaced children and young people with recommendations for future work 💛
bit.ly/48VHv7R
#refugees #charity #musiceducation #mentalhealth
January 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎶 Singing and music-making have an incredible ability to bring people together 🎶
Check out our #research on impact of singing and music making with young displaced children and young people with recommendations for future work 💛
bit.ly/48VHv7R
#refugees #charity #musiceducation #mentalhealth
Check out our #research on impact of singing and music making with young displaced children and young people with recommendations for future work 💛
bit.ly/48VHv7R
#refugees #charity #musiceducation #mentalhealth
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📣Opportunity: We’re #recruiting for an inspiring Chair to lead CoMA’s Board of Trustees and play a key role in planning and guiding CoMA’s future.
If you have leadership, board or #trustee experience and a passion for the power of the arts, we’d love to hear from you by 14 Mar!
If you have leadership, board or #trustee experience and a passion for the power of the arts, we’d love to hear from you by 14 Mar!
Opportunity: Chair of CoMA Board of Trustees
Contemporary Music for All
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March 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📣Opportunity: We’re #recruiting for an inspiring Chair to lead CoMA’s Board of Trustees and play a key role in planning and guiding CoMA’s future.
If you have leadership, board or #trustee experience and a passion for the power of the arts, we’d love to hear from you by 14 Mar!
If you have leadership, board or #trustee experience and a passion for the power of the arts, we’d love to hear from you by 14 Mar!
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Clara Schumann's legacy continues to inspire musicians and music lovers alike, and she's very much a friend of the City of Oxford Choir. Get your tickets now to hear us sing her beautiful music.
www.oxfordchoir.org/event-detail...
www.oxfordchoir.org/event-detail...
March 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Clara Schumann's legacy continues to inspire musicians and music lovers alike, and she's very much a friend of the City of Oxford Choir. Get your tickets now to hear us sing her beautiful music.
www.oxfordchoir.org/event-detail...
www.oxfordchoir.org/event-detail...
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Our Discover Choir of the Earth taster week of completely free open rehearsals continued yesterday with our bass rehearsal, where @benenglandbem.bsky.social taught the bass line of the Sanctus from Haydn's Harmoniemesse. Our courses cover every note but also improve your musicality! 🎶 Check it out 👇
Discover Choir of the Earth Open Week - Bass Rehearsal - Learn Sanctus from Haydn's Harmoniemesse
YouTube video by Choir of the Earth
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Our Discover Choir of the Earth taster week of completely free open rehearsals continued yesterday with our bass rehearsal, where @benenglandbem.bsky.social taught the bass line of the Sanctus from Haydn's Harmoniemesse. Our courses cover every note but also improve your musicality! 🎶 Check it out 👇
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@creativelivescl.bsky.social want to know how creative groups across the UK and Ireland are faring. Those who respond stand a chance to win a £250/€300 grant! @barbaraeifler27.bsky.social
Fancy winning a £250/€300 grant for your creative group? Please take a moment to fill out Creative Lives' sector survey. We speak to local/national governments, policy-makers, and funders on behalf of groups, so ensure your concerns are noted and impact valued! www.creative-lives.org/creative-liv...
Creative Lives Monitor 2025
Tell us about your creative group - and you could win a £250/€300 grant!
www.creative-lives.org
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@creativelivescl.bsky.social want to know how creative groups across the UK and Ireland are faring. Those who respond stand a chance to win a £250/€300 grant! @barbaraeifler27.bsky.social
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The government’s Spending Review has concluded, with results due by June. Contact your MP as the Treasury considers future spending. Advocating for choirs is key! Contact MPs across the UK, as this is a nationwide issue. How to contact your MP:
Tax relief for choirs
Making Music and other music sector organisations are calling for the eligibility criteria for Orchestra Tax Relief to be changed so choirs can also benefit. Making Music members can support this…
www.makingmusic.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The government’s Spending Review has concluded, with results due by June. Contact your MP as the Treasury considers future spending. Advocating for choirs is key! Contact MPs across the UK, as this is a nationwide issue. How to contact your MP:
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💻 Find out more about our work, including our funding opportunities, via our website.
February 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
💻 Find out more about our work, including our funding opportunities, via our website.
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Experience the breathtaking sound of >180 voices, orchestra, stunning soloists, tabla and sitar in Bradford’s St George's Hall.
The angelic voices of Bradford Catholic Youth Choir will be coming from the grand tier, making the acoustics of this area even more special! @visitbradford.bsky.social
The angelic voices of Bradford Catholic Youth Choir will be coming from the grand tier, making the acoustics of this area even more special! @visitbradford.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Experience the breathtaking sound of >180 voices, orchestra, stunning soloists, tabla and sitar in Bradford’s St George's Hall.
The angelic voices of Bradford Catholic Youth Choir will be coming from the grand tier, making the acoustics of this area even more special! @visitbradford.bsky.social
The angelic voices of Bradford Catholic Youth Choir will be coming from the grand tier, making the acoustics of this area even more special! @visitbradford.bsky.social
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What types of approaches work when using singing & vocal work to support children & young people's mental health & wellbeing? Explore our collection of case studies to see how other practitioners are working with young people in different contexts: https://buff.ly/3XeZW2Q
#musictherapy #musiced
#musictherapy #musiced
February 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What types of approaches work when using singing & vocal work to support children & young people's mental health & wellbeing? Explore our collection of case studies to see how other practitioners are working with young people in different contexts: https://buff.ly/3XeZW2Q
#musictherapy #musiced
#musictherapy #musiced
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Could you play a valued role helping to steer and support the Royal Philharmonic Society? There are two weeks left to apply for a position on our RPS Board of Trustees, by Wed 12 March. Thank you for helping us to spread the word. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne...
Appointing new RPS Trustees
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Could you play a valued role helping to steer and support the Royal Philharmonic Society? There are two weeks left to apply for a position on our RPS Board of Trustees, by Wed 12 March. Thank you for helping us to spread the word. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne...
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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"We trebled the amount of money to the arts."
Despite a challenging economic backdrop, Jennie Lee transformed public funding and access over her 6 years as Minister for the Arts.
Read more about her trailblazing white paper on this, its 60th anniversary: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/jennie-...
Despite a challenging economic backdrop, Jennie Lee transformed public funding and access over her 6 years as Minister for the Arts.
Read more about her trailblazing white paper on this, its 60th anniversary: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/jennie-...
February 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"We trebled the amount of money to the arts."
Despite a challenging economic backdrop, Jennie Lee transformed public funding and access over her 6 years as Minister for the Arts.
Read more about her trailblazing white paper on this, its 60th anniversary: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/jennie-...
Despite a challenging economic backdrop, Jennie Lee transformed public funding and access over her 6 years as Minister for the Arts.
Read more about her trailblazing white paper on this, its 60th anniversary: www.campaignforthearts.org/news/jennie-...
Crowdfunder opens for Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
Crowdfunder opens for Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club - Arts Professional
A crowdfunding campaign aiming to secure the future of Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (BGWMC) has opened. The Grade-II listed east London building, a famous part of London's LGBTQ+ nightlife that re...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Crowdfunder opens for Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
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It's the last week for *EARLY BIRD PRICES* for our Missa Solemnis at #AlexandraPalace Grab your tickets before you lose the February discount! No codes or anything, the discount is already built into the price.
Tickets: www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/mis...
Tickets: www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/mis...
February 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's the last week for *EARLY BIRD PRICES* for our Missa Solemnis at #AlexandraPalace Grab your tickets before you lose the February discount! No codes or anything, the discount is already built into the price.
Tickets: www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/mis...
Tickets: www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/mis...
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Live music is nothing without its fans, and right now music lovers have the chance to shape its future.
The Music Fans’ Voice survey is giving live music fans across the board a real say in how it is supported in the UK.
The Music Fans’ Voice survey is giving live music fans across the board a real say in how it is supported in the UK.
Music Fans' Voice Survey
15 minutes to shape the future of UK live music! Music fans across the nations play a significant part in sustaining a vital industry. They buy the tickets, they stream the songs, and they create glob...
MusicFansVoice.uk
February 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Live music is nothing without its fans, and right now music lovers have the chance to shape its future.
The Music Fans’ Voice survey is giving live music fans across the board a real say in how it is supported in the UK.
The Music Fans’ Voice survey is giving live music fans across the board a real say in how it is supported in the UK.
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We're pleased to say some last tickets to the #RPSAwards @royalbirmcons.bsky.social on Thursday 6 March next week have just been released, priced £15-30. Join us, and so many music-makers and music-lovers, for what promises to be a very special night. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...
RPS Awards Event
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We're pleased to say some last tickets to the #RPSAwards @royalbirmcons.bsky.social on Thursday 6 March next week have just been released, priced £15-30. Join us, and so many music-makers and music-lovers, for what promises to be a very special night. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_m...
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It's time to announce the soloists for our performance of the St Matthew Passion on 5th April. Tickets available at www.minack.com/three-spires... 🧵1/7
February 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's time to announce the soloists for our performance of the St Matthew Passion on 5th April. Tickets available at www.minack.com/three-spires... 🧵1/7
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Any adult beginner string players fancy this Intro to String Quartet workshop in Sheffield? @hallamsinfonia.bsky.social @sheffviolaensemble.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @visitsheffield.bsky.social
Teachers of adult beginner string players: please share this event with your pupils. Everyone will experience the joy of playing in a quartet at a level in which they feel comfortable. Spaces limited. www.jennyjacksoncomposer.com/teaching/int... #adultbeginnerstrings @classicalsheffield.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Any adult beginner string players fancy this Intro to String Quartet workshop in Sheffield? @hallamsinfonia.bsky.social @sheffviolaensemble.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @visitsheffield.bsky.social
That sounds like a great opportunity, shame I'm a bit far away from Bradford...
🎶 Exciting news! 🎶 Sohini Kaur joins our Come and Sing Workshopfor a practical intro to Indian classical singing! Don’t miss this unique chance to learn from a versatile soprano blending Eastern & Western music. Book now! 🎟️👉 www.ticketsource.co.uk/bfcs
February 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
That sounds like a great opportunity, shame I'm a bit far away from Bradford...
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I've had some very positive responses about this post.
If you'd be interested in coming along to such a group, please complete this very short survey (just 4 questions), so I can gather info on what would be the best option for people.
Shares appreciated!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSPB3ZM
If you'd be interested in coming along to such a group, please complete this very short survey (just 4 questions), so I can gather info on what would be the best option for people.
Shares appreciated!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSPB3ZM
February 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I've had some very positive responses about this post.
If you'd be interested in coming along to such a group, please complete this very short survey (just 4 questions), so I can gather info on what would be the best option for people.
Shares appreciated!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSPB3ZM
If you'd be interested in coming along to such a group, please complete this very short survey (just 4 questions), so I can gather info on what would be the best option for people.
Shares appreciated!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSPB3ZM
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The young musicians in our programmes motivate us every day ❤️🎶 Meet the London NOYO Ensemble #NationalOpenYouthOrchestra #NOYO #Clarion in partnership with @guildhallschool.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
Meet the kids playing in an inclusive orchestra
The National Open Youth Orchestra has groups all over the country. Emma-Louise met the London Ensemble to see what it's all about.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The young musicians in our programmes motivate us every day ❤️🎶 Meet the London NOYO Ensemble #NationalOpenYouthOrchestra #NOYO #Clarion in partnership with @guildhallschool.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
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🚨Applications for Regional NOYO Ensembles are live🚨
11-25-year old disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled musicians looking to develop their ensemble and instrumental skills in an inclusive setting can apply to join NOYO now 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/
#InclusiveMusic #Apply
11-25-year old disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled musicians looking to develop their ensemble and instrumental skills in an inclusive setting can apply to join NOYO now 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/
#InclusiveMusic #Apply
February 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨Applications for Regional NOYO Ensembles are live🚨
11-25-year old disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled musicians looking to develop their ensemble and instrumental skills in an inclusive setting can apply to join NOYO now 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/
#InclusiveMusic #Apply
11-25-year old disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled musicians looking to develop their ensemble and instrumental skills in an inclusive setting can apply to join NOYO now 👉 noyo.org.uk/apply/
#InclusiveMusic #Apply
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Tickets now on sale for Bushey Symphony Orchestra's 'Springtime Classics' Concert
Sunday 16 March at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Music by Debussy, Haydn, Frank Bridge, Järnefelt and Christopher Gunning's Flute Concertino with soloist Sarah Bennington
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
Sunday 16 March at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Music by Debussy, Haydn, Frank Bridge, Järnefelt and Christopher Gunning's Flute Concertino with soloist Sarah Bennington
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
February 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Tickets now on sale for Bushey Symphony Orchestra's 'Springtime Classics' Concert
Sunday 16 March at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Music by Debussy, Haydn, Frank Bridge, Järnefelt and Christopher Gunning's Flute Concertino with soloist Sarah Bennington
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
Sunday 16 March at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Music by Debussy, Haydn, Frank Bridge, Järnefelt and Christopher Gunning's Flute Concertino with soloist Sarah Bennington
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6