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Simon Toyne

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Executive Director of Music, David Ross Education Trust (DRET); Past President, Music Teachers' Association; Director, Rodolfus Foundation Choral Courses

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Spread the word about this to A Level students and teachers… and to anyone, young and old, interested in spending an hour on Wednesday thinking about a ground-breaking work of art!

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A sublime concert last night in which Ed Balls shared his deep love for the music of Herbert Howells with a capacity audience. The wonderful BBC Singers were conducted with such sensitivity by Nicholas Chalmers and also by Ed himself in two of the pieces. A heart-warming evening!

A sublime concert last night in which @edballs shared his deep love for the music of Herbert Howells with a capacity audience. The wonderful @BBCSingers were conducted with such sensitivity by @nic_chalmers and also by Ed himself in two of the pieces. A heart-warming evening!
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I really enjoyed taking part in this webinar with such great colleagues in music education. My answer to the question “why singing and music in schools?” is at 19’07”…

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What tremendous news! What John Rutter does for choral music is beyond words - not just outstandingly crafted compositions which touch the soul, or groundbreaking recordings of core repertoire, but tireless (& selfless) advocacy of grassroots choral singing. Thank you, John!

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Take a look at some of the important work being done by BBC Singers with our partner schools in East London. Thank you UCL East campus for hosting this beautiful event celebrating

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We're excited to be joined by three top leaders from three top MATs. Book your place in our live webinar to hear how they transformed their schools through music and how you can follow their lead.

Book your FREE place: tinyurl.com/MusicInMATs

We're excited to be joined by three top leaders from three top MATs. Book your place in our live webinar to hear how they transformed their schools through music and how you can follow their lead. Book your FREE place: tinyurl.com/MusicInMATs
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John Cleese in today’s Sunday Times on the nature of creativity. Good music departments are places that encourage this…

John Cleese in today’s Sunday Times on the nature of creativity. Good music departments are places that encourage this…
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Another great article in The Times about the power of music teaching: The music teachers who struck a chord with us

thetimes.co.uk/article/048409…

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An amazing day! 🤩 It’s been a pleasure working with The National Youth Orchestra - we’re already looking forward to the prospect of a future visit!🤞A huge thank you to the NYO team and our colleagues Malcolm Arnold Academy who helped to make today so wonderful for so many young musicians and their families! 🎶

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What a day! We have had a fantastic day hosting The National Youth Orchestra. Amazing to see so many young people involved in high quality music making. Extra special to see our alumni working as a tutor for NYO. We can’t wait to have you all back again.

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The The National Youth Orchestra team are Malcolm Arnold Academy this evening, getting everything set up for NYO Inspire tomorrow, Saturday 21st October! We’re looking forward to an epic day of music-making! 🎶🎶 The spaces are set, ready to welcome local young musicians - don’t forget to bring a music stand! 😉

The @NYO_GB team are @MAA_DRET this evening, getting everything set up for NYO Inspire tomorrow, Saturday 21st October! We’re looking forward to an epic day of music-making! 🎶🎶 The spaces are set, ready to welcome local young musicians - don’t forget to bring a music stand! 😉
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My friends in Northampton Bach Choir are getting excited and cranking up the PR for Haydn’s Creation in Northampton on Friday 27th. I love everything about the tweet below, even though I’ve no idea what “phattest” means.

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Being asked to write a chapter about Malcolm Arnold’s choral music produced an interesting challenge - I hope I’ve done these intriguing works (flashes of inspiration in all of them) justice…

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We are SO VERY EXCITED to be welcoming ⁦The National Youth Orchestra to ⁦Malcolm Arnold Academy⁩ in Northampton on Saturday 21st October, in partnership with ⁦NMPAT!⬇️
Sign up for NYO Inspire, for local musicians aged 11-18 and who play an instrument at Grade 3+ level: nyo.org.uk/events/nyo-ins… It's free!

We are SO VERY EXCITED to be welcoming ⁦@NYO_GB to ⁦@MAA_DRET⁩ in Northampton on Saturday 21st October, in partnership with ⁦@NMPATrust!⬇️ Sign up for NYO Inspire, for local musicians aged 11-18 and who play an instrument at Grade 3+ level: nyo.org.uk/events/nyo-ins… It's free!
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The single biggest issue in music education is workforce. The reintroduction of the teacher training bursary for music is great news - and proof that evidence-based campaigning works. Now, prospective music teachers… APPLY! It’s a great job!

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The Northampton Bach Choir are promoting their upcoming performance of Haydn Creation (Fri 27th Oct, 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Northampton) with weekly rehearsal clips. This was quite fun last night!

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Moved to tears by ⁦Richard Morrison’s beautiful article about music teachers. It’s the most wonderful profession and calling; if every child had a great music teacher, just imagine what a world could be created.

thetimes.co.uk/article/816ed8…

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Meet the new DRET Staff Choir! ⬇️ We’ve had a fantastic day with @CMacD82 (far left) Voices Foundation exploring a wide variety of repertoire with our newly formed choir, bringing together colleagues from across the Trust! Thank you to Charnwood College for hosting us! David Ross Education Trust 🎶🎶🎶

Meet the new DRET Staff Choir! ⬇️ We’ve had a fantastic day with @CMacD82 (far left) @Voices_Found exploring a wide variety of repertoire with our newly formed choir, bringing together colleagues from across the Trust! Thank you to @CharnwoodColl for hosting us! @DRETnews 🎶🎶🎶
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