The Priest-in-Charge of St Sepulchre’s, the Revd David Ingall, has been forced by pressure to relax his ban on musicians hiring the church for rehearsals and performances.

Under a deal struck in the past few days they will be allowed to use the so-called Musicians Church one Saturday each month. It’s not much, but it saves face.

Noam Aviel has been named assistant conductor at the San Antonio Symphony.

She’s a graduate of the music faculties at Tel Aviv and Illinois universities.

Neale Perl was head of Washington Performing Arts until 2013, when he left without giving a reason.

Now, he has resigned as president and CEO of Scottsdale Arts.

A free spirit.

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It’s what Jean-Yves Thibaudet pulls on over his trademark red socks.

The red soles are the giveaway.

Fashionistas identify them as Louboutins.

We’re talking $1,000+ a pair.

And the jacket’s a toned-down Liberace tribute number.

From the Guardian:

At Feversham, the headteacher, Naveed Idrees, has embedded music, drama and art into every part of the school day, with up to six hours of music a week for every child, and with remarkable results. Seven years ago Feversham was in special measures and making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Today it is rated “good” by Ofsted and is in the top 10% nationally for pupil progress in reading, writing and maths…

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Russell Platt in the New Yorker has written a shrewd assessment on the impasse over the New York Philharmonic’s concert hall at Lincoln Center.

A half-billion dollar upgrade has been scrapped after the orchestra got cold feet about spending too long in exile. Donors are not rushing forward to match David Geffen’s naming gift. So what now?

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