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Classics on buses: London tunes up

Classics on buses: London tunes up

The revamped London Transport Museum in Covent Garden is hiring music students to perform on its wonderfully nerdish historic omnibuses.

The musicians are drawn from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban.

The performances start on February 14.

All aboard.

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