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Laura Brown

@laurapbrown.bsky.social

Musician, director of Octavian Singers and Farnham Voices Together, teacher, parent!

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CAFOD@cafod.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Developing countries lose billions annually through debt payments and tax avoidance. The UK has a unique influence over finance and could make the most of the 2027 G7 presidency to fix a broken system. @mariafinnerty.bsky.social for the @brettonwoodsproject.org. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4srYRSf

Britain as a global financial superpower: The UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency is a historic opportunity to fix the system

UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency offers a rare chance to fix systemic imbalances at little cost.

brettonwoodsproject.org

Alexandra Coghlan@alexandracoghlan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So many companies promise to change how we do opera, to transform it for our time. @operaupclose are actually doing it - and brilliantly - with their "company of storytellers" philosophy and a fab new Gianni Schicchi: www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/gian...

Gianni Schicchi (or Where There’s a Will) at Mayflower Studios, Southampton

Read our review of Gianni Schicchi (or Where There’s a Will) review at Mayflower Studios, Southampton: zesty modern rewrite of Puccini’s one-act comedy

thestage.co.uk

AJ Odasso@ajodasso.bsky.social · 7mo ago

There were enough reasons to never, ever use generative AI from day one—environmental damage and plagiarism-on-demand alone; stop treating it like it’s your assistant, your confidante, your plaything, seriously, STOP—but if you need a political reason to help you quit, a compelling one just dropped:

Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨@jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 7mo ago

One more reason my soul shrivels up every time I hear someone say "I just used chatgpt to ____"

An imagine explaining that OpenAI is Trump's largest donor
Joseph McHardy@josephmchardy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.

A photograph from 2020 tweeted by Alice H. Jones of a protest placard she made bearing the names of Black composers, the first of which is Vicente Lusitano (1520 - c.1561). The cover of Vicente Lusitano, Complete Works, edited by Joseph McHardy and Arne Spohr, published by A-R Editions
Bury Bach Choir@burybachchoir.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🎶 What a fantastic day! 🎶 Huge smiles after Bury Bach Choir’s Come and Sing workshop today — and what a sound we made in a few short hours! Over 100 wonderful singers joined us to bring Bach’s Christmas Oratorio: Part 3, to life-filling the hall with joy, energy and glorious music.

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