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Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir, has been commissioned by St Paul’s Cathedral in London to write a piece for SATB choir and organ in celebration of HM The Queen’s 90th birthday in 2016. I love all beauteous things is now available from Chester Music, so that choirs all over the world can join in with the festivities in 2016.
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The Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen have launched a landmark project celebrating the centenary of the birth of one of the twentieth-century’s most influential musical voices, Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994). Read Full Article

MusicFirst, the NYC-based company offering teachers and students a cloud-based collaborative Read Full Article

G. Schirmer and Associated Music Publishers, part of the Music Sales Group, Read Full Article

The Music Sales Group, one of the world’s largest independent music publishers, Read Full Article

Ex-Novello employee Spencer Freeman has been awarded an MBE in this year’s New Year’s Honour list, for services to music and the arts in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Read Full Article

David Lang receives two of America’s highest musical honours in 2013. He is the recipient of Musical America’s 2013 Composer of the Year Award, an apt distinction for one of the country’s pre-eminent compositional voices. Read Full Article

The UK premiere of a new opera by Judith Weir takes a roller-coaster ride through life in the company of fate. Based on an old Italian folk tale, the opera tells the story of Tina, a young woman whose wealthy family suddenly meets hard times. Read Full Article

Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner has entered a long term publishing agreement with Chester Music, part of the Music Sales Group of Companies. Read Full Article