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Thursday, December 24, 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

With lots of love from all the inhabitants of Casa JDCMB

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Ambache Charitable Trust
Association of British Orchestras, 'Sirens' Fund
Help Musicians - Women in Music Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Keychange - PRS for Music Foundation
Kvinnliga dirigenter - KUPP Sweden. Roster of conductors who are women from Sweden
New Music Report - statistics on gender disparity in new music festivals
Pandora Guide to Women Composers: Britain and the United States 1629-Present, by Sophie Fuller
PRS Foundation: Women Make Music funding
Royal Opera House Women Conductors' Course
Salon Without Boundaries - Exploring Women Composers
SWAP'ra - Support for Women and Parents in Opera
The Dallas Opera's Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
Women Conductors at the Royal Philharmonic Society
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Women of Note: 300 years of music by women
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Al Kamandjati, Ramallah
Buskaid & the Soweto Strings Ensemble
Chineke! Foundation
Colourstrings
Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
James Rhodes, Don't Stop the Music
Live Music Now
London Music Masters
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Umculo, South Africa - changing lives through music
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London Symphony Orchestra
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Norman Perryman, musical painter
Orchestra of the Swan
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Raphael Wallfisch
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Roy Howat
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BBC Music Magazine
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Classical DJ: guide to online classical radio stations worldwide
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Hyperion Records
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Medici Arts TV
Music and Politics
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Musicweb International
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Primephonic
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Royal Opera House
Sequenza 21
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Symphony Hall, Birmingham
The Arts Desk
The Cusp Magazine
The Piano Files
The Sage, Gateshead
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Universal Classics and Jazz
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