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Until May 13th at midnight I was the Director of Jazz Services for 29 years until I retired at midnight on May 13th 2014. Jazz Services is the national organisation funded by Arts Council England since 1970 to provide services in information, touring, education, communications and publishing to the UK jazz community. Please see www.jazzservices.org.ukĀ Ā for…
āOpera is many things to me. Elitist is not one of themā ā please debate
In the Guardian on the 21st March 2018 there was an article, āOpera is many things to me. Elitist is not one of themā. Opera is not elitest as music it is the inequality of funding that sets it apart and one could argue that it is conspicuous consuption writ large with two opera houses…
Jazz FM Awards 2018 ā Nominees Announced
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Arts Council England – The Next Ten Years – The Conversation, Discussing a future strategy for arts, museums, libraries 2020 to 2030
Arts Council England has been conducting a āconversationā which is arts speak for consultation. The word that should have been used is debate. The consultation has been running for 12 weeks and concludes on the 12th April 2018. The Arts Council asked a number of questions under the following subject headings: Looking to the future…
Arts Council England funding of National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for jazz 2014/2018
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My latest enquiries at the Arts Council
Firstly the Arts Councilās magazine Create ā vanity publishing in an age of austerity. I looked into the Arts Council’s publication of their magazine “Create”. “The publication cost Ā£16,999 to commission the essays. Nineteen contributors in all, of which only three contibutors gave their services for free. Ā£1062 an essay ā nice work if you…