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Network of Spontaneous Memorials – Creating, documenting and using archives of spontaneous memorials

Playing Kevin Malone’s monumental and moving “Sudden Memorials” on Thursday as part of a fascinating conference at the Martin Harris Centre 💚
www.spontaneousmemorials.org

09.06.2025 18:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Proud to have visited Oakfield Court in Urmston again with three super finalists. We played an hour of music for an enthusiastic crowd 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇭🇺 🎹
Great performance practice for our students, and much appreciated by the audience.

04.05.2025 10:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🕷️🕸️ *one week to go* 🕸️🕷️

Riot’s next programme includes my piece for clarinet and piano, which is 18 years old this year but still very, VERY immature 😅

Book your ticket here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-...

Grateful to Ausiàs for taking the piece on, and to All Roads Meet for the artwork!

21.04.2025 12:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

African Pianism lecture recital with @rebecaomordia.bsky.social this morning @rncmlive.bsky.social. What a wealth of discoveries, and such fantastic playing. Don’t miss her research forum tomorrow (Weds) at 4.15pm!

04.03.2025 17:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Announcing the world premiere of Colin Riley’s ‘Memory Leaves’!

Adam Swayne & his Royal Northern College of Music students will perform the collection of 16 piano pieces at Forsyth’s in Manchester on Friday @adamswayne.bsky.social
whatsnew.composersedition.com/riley-piano-...

20.01.2025 13:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Impressed to see @robertlaidlow.bsky.social on Christmas University Challenge - well done, Rob! Also impressed with Rajan’s quick costume change halfway through … 😅👏🤩

01.01.2025 20:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@adamswayne.bsky.social on why he loves teaching @pianosummerschool.bsky.social #piano #music #summerschool #performance #community

29.12.2024 07:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Kickass Arnold Bax carol on #CarolsFromKings. A Polish Lullaby. Top notch organ playing too. Magnificent composer!

24.12.2024 18:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The tonal shift in the second phrase of Prokofiev’s Troika is the best thing he ever wrote.

18.12.2024 21:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Solace Song · Scott Joplin, Adam Swayne · 2021

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast

Scott Joplin & Adam Swayne:
🎵 Solace

#BBCRadio3 #ScottJoplin #AdamSwayne

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:

15.09.2024 05:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

BBC Radio 3
Breakfast

Now Playing
Scott Joplin & Adam Swayne
Solace

15.09.2024 05:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

@adamswayne is following 19 prominent accounts

Fruzsina Szücs
@fruzsiszucs

Pianist and PhD student in Music Psychology at Durham University. My main research interests are autobiographical memories, musical narrative and music and language.

RNCM Research
@rncmresearch

Research at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) asks fundamental questions regarding the nature of music and musicianship in the 21st century. Website: www.rncm.ac.uk/research Research Portal: research.rncm.ac.uk

Austin Glatthorn
@glatthorn

Musicologist & cultural historian, Royal Northern College of Music | Fellow, Royal Historical Society | Author, ‘Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire’ (CUP) | Current project: 'The Cambridge History of German Opera to the Early Nineteenth Century'

Tim Rutherford-Johnson
@purlis

Listener, CFer, wordmonger. Written books about new music; trying to write one about Schubert. https://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com/about/ Substack here: http://purlis.substack.com

Caroline Wright
@carolinefwright

Academic research scientist in human genetics and genomic medicine; pianist & composer; hiker & outdoors enthusiast.

RMA
@royalmusical

The Royal Musical Association is the foremost UK society dedicated to the study of music. Posts may promote events/opinions not formally endorsed by RMA.

William Carey
@wcarey

AcDev StEng Partnership 💚: ✝️🎷🎶🍸 Peer Learning Guvn'r. Chair #EFYE Currently: Nottingham Trent University / Lund University Previously: Loughborough University / Munster Technological University / University of Manchester and Students Union

Barack Obama
@barackobama

Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobama.com

Asteryth Sloane
@asterythsloane

Relational person-centred therapist | PhD student, ecolinguistics and therapy, uncovering and weaving stories for a more loving and connected world | Composer | Autistic ♾️ Blind 🧑🏻‍🦯 Queer 🌈 Very very woke ✨ They/she www.asterythsloane.com

Rebeca Omordia
@rebecaomordia

London based pianist | Curator @africanseries.bsky.social | African Pianism Advocate

Mark Heron
@markconductor

Conductor & Teacher www.markheron.co.uk

Bofan Ma
@bofantheone

'Chinese composer' // Artistic Research -> Experimental Music -> Transnationalism -> Technology & Machine Ethics // Post-doc Fellow @rncmresearch.bsky.social // 'In Motion' Artist 2025-26 @soundandmusic.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/bofantheone

Bob K
@capt-philo

Amateur violinist/pianist, yogi, runner, urban explorer, concert, opera, ballet enthusiast, transit/pedestrian advocate, connoisseur of cheap bad wine, married. F*ck Taco, Leon, Maggots! NO Illuminati or sexy women looking for "a relationship"! NYC, NY

Jenny Jackson
@jjacksoncomposer

Composer | Piano Teacher | Sheffield Viola Ensemble | First Position Strings http://www.jennyjacksoncomposer.com/ @sheffviolaensemble.bsky.social @1stposstrings.bsky.social

Francesca Treadaway FRSA
@frantread

ism.org head of marketing musician maternity campaigner mum of two boys

Stephen Barchan
@stephenbarchan

Composer; Senior Tutor in Composition and Music Theory at Dulwich Music Academy; Music Consultant for London New Wind Festival; PhD candidate at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance https://stephenbarchan.com

Tom Newall
@tomnewallconductor

Freelance conductor based in northern UK, working internationally with orchestras, choirs, theatre works & film Director of the Choral Programme at University of Manchester and University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra

@nordicviola

Robert Laidlow
@robertlaidlow

Composer // interested in creativity, computers, astro/particle physics, video games, birdsong // senior fellow King's College London Music Dept robertlaidlow.co.uk