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Friday, 15th of May 2026 #composing #NationalCurriculum #MatthewColeridge #BreathOfLife #LFCCM #GCSEmusic At a concert of Matthew Coleridge’s wonderful Breath Of Life, premiered last year and just released as an album. This work started as a setting of psalms, then expanded to take in texts from Christopher Smart, Khalil Gibran and John Muir. One of Matthew’s many talents is word-setting and this shines through especially the words of Rig Veda – Arise! The Breath, the Lif

Tuesday, the 17 th of February 2026 #musicindustry #history #nationalarchives #25yearrule #copyright #musicians #producers #termextension #nationalcurriculum #composing #DCMS #government #newlabour It must be 25 years ago, because the documents have been released to the National Archives! They reveal my role as Music Industry Adviser to the Government and numerous actions before and after that time getting better rights for musicians. And now, a young academic is