Fiona Maddocks has a ball in The Observer, surveying a weekend in the country. Such a joy to read a music critic who selects adverbs with surgical precision and eschews adverbs like the proverbial pestilence: […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has decided to maintain its connection with founder Tommy Smith, who was sacked at the weekend by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for improper contact with a student. The orchestra […]
The orchestra’s musicians have authorised a walkout unless they get a deal by September 12. ‘After nearly two years of negotiating, it has become clear that we have no choice but to plan for a […]