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Tuesday 10 April
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| 11.00 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 11.30 |
Welcome and Presidential Address:
Colin Bradbury
Our outgoing President welcomes participants and sets out the case for
‘real music’ |
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Keynote Speech: Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies CBE
The Master of the Queen’s Music tells us why serious music should take
centre stage |
| 15.30 |
Tea |
| 16.00 |
Classical Outreach: Panel Discussion
Chaired by Colin Bradbury, with Ben Ellin (Conductor, Emfeb Orchestra),
Gillian Green (Director, Live Music Now! Wales), Maureen Lehane Wishart
(Artistic Director, Jackdaws Educational Trust) and Graham Sheffield
(Artistic Director, Barbican, & Chairman, Royal Philharmonic Society) |
| 18.30 |
Dinner |
| 20.30 |
Film: Rhythm Is It!
Sir Simon Rattle works with Berlin schoolchildren and the Berlin
Philharmonic on a staging of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring |
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Wednesday 11 April
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| 09.30 |
Performers & Composers Section Annual Meeting
The meeting ends with an address by incoming Warden Teresa Cahill |
| 10.30 |
Coffee |
| 11.00 |
Radio 3: Talk & Discussion led by Roger Wright
The Controller of BBC Radio 3 sets out and debates his vision |
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Musicians in Education Section Annual Meeting
The meeting ends with an address by incoming Warden Tim Daniell |
| 15.00 |
Music & the Brain: Presentation by Dr Lauren Stewart
An eminent neuroscientist talks about music’s effect on the brain |
| 16.15 |
Tea |
| 16.45 |
The Museum of Music History: Presentation by Oliver Davies & Mark
Bromley
The Museum’s curator, with a key trustee, describes its work |
| 18.00 |
Supper |
| 20.00 |
Concert in St Matthias’s Church: Zephyr Ensemble of London
A programme of music for wind quintet |
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Thursday 12 April |
| 09.00 |
Private Teachers Section Annual Meeting
The meeting ends with an address by incoming Warden Charlotte Ellis |
| 10.00 |
Coffee |
| 10.30 |
ISM Annual General Meeting & Open Forum
The ISM’s annual report and accounts are considered, and members have
their say |
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Visit to Exeter Cathedral
Paul Morgan, the cathedral organist, guides us round the building and
leads us in Evensong |
| 19.00 |
Presidential Reception |
| 19.30 |
Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker: Alan Rusbridger
Our guest of honour is editor of the Guardian, chairman of the National
Youth Orchestra and
a noted amateur musician. The outgoing and incoming Presidents, Colin
Bradbury and Roger Vignoles, will also speak |
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Friday 13 April |
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Conference ends after breakfast |
NB: |
Questions for Roger Wright’s Radio 3 discussion session on 11 April
should be submitted
in advance to ISM Head Office, membership@ism.org |
