Since the COVID-19 pandemic it has felt like the classical music world has largely been on hold. Cancelled concerts, redundancies, musicians with no work, and even plans for the new
As the end of 2020 comes into sight, plenty of orchestras now have a digital concert season of some sorts. It’s been great to see orchestras embrace the potential
It’s been great to see orchestras finally getting round to using digital more and taking social media seriously… a bit late but hey.
Before COVID-19, some orchestras had large
We’re now well into the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing restrictions. I would say how long, but to be honest I’ve lost all sense of time.
Now that
From watching the first episode last night I have very mixed feelings. This is partly because there was so much good and so much potential.
I always expect to be
Orchestras are going through an especially tough time at the moment. As well as facing the difficulties that any organisation has of not being able to have their employees in
So classical music finds itself in a crisis. No ability to perform concerts in person during the coronavirus restrictions, and woefully underprepared for the online world. We’ve already seen