@alterclassical.bsky.social
Pioneering positive change in the classical music industry.
Keep us posted if it gets translated!
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These children's books might be of interest? uk.bookshop.org/lists/childr...
08.12.2025 16:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Do you have any music book recommendations from this year? Fiction and non-fiction both welcome.
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The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
Great suggestions here
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Christmas Choral Music by Female & Non-Binary Composers
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
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...
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...
Music 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...
Sign the petition to stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
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...
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
Classical music jobs and opportunities round-up:
- Music and technology officer at disabled musicians’ charity
- Finance assistant at interdisciplinary agency
- Chief executive of charity for young Londoners
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
What's on in the next few weeks?
- A concert that invites you to slow down
- A performance that turns the concert hall into a planetarium
- A musical wine tasting
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
Classical music jobs and opportunities round-up:
- Musician in residence at prison
- Chief executive of orchestra
- Marketing and communications officer at church music charity
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
- £500 for blocked creatives of any discipline
- £3,000 towards your own music activity
More music funding pots for individuals and ensembles here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
Who's on LinkedIn? Follow for job and funding opportunities:
www.linkedin.com/company/alte...
What's on in October?
- A conversation about classical music
- A film screening with live organ accompaniment
- Brandenburgs with live projections
View our events guide: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
Arts funding:
- £500 for projects in Liverpool
- Up to £40k for venues & festivals operating in grassroots music
- £5k towards supporting emerging jazz musicians
View all on our funding board:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
St Martin-in-the-Fields will be transformed into a digital gallery later this month.
Bespoke, live projections fill the walls as London Mozart Players
plays Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
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"The illusion promoted by the music industry that top musicians are invulnerable avatars to whom nothing bad can ever happen is depriving audiences of some great live performances."
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/sol...
This week's jobs and opportunities round-up includes:
• Freelance administrator of charitable trust
• Year-long residency for South London creatives
• Executive director at children’s choir
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
Today's article discusses the “cult-ish” characteristics within the classical music world.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/the...
Films & TV shows with a classical music storyline available on Netflix & Amazon Prime:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/cla...
Let's talk about performance anxiety...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/sol...
JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS
- Choir manager
- Area leader at music trust
- Music administrator at school
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs
An introduction to some of the female organists based in the UK:
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/fem...
Love a short concert? Try this one:
London Mozart Players perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at St Martin-in-the-Fields with the addition of bespoke, live projections.
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...
