Morley College, an adult education institute that once gave employment to German-Jewish refugees, has stepped in to ban a concert of pro-Palestine new music with such titles as ‘Salute to the Resistance’ and ‘Blood United Us’.
The college principal Andrew Gower ruled that the event, titled ‘The World Stands With Palestine: Compositions for the Palestinian struggle’, was politically one-sided.
The event was planned by the Cornelius Cardew Concert Trust.
Participating composers included Jonathan Case, Michael Chant, Alison Doubleday, Elif Karlidag, Lesley Larkum, Hugh Shrapnel and Dave Smith.
Morley’s past directors of music include Gustav Holst and Michael Tippett.
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