First chair of historical performance in UK? (No, it isn’t)
NewsThe Royal Academy of Music has just created what it says is the first Chair of Historical Performance at a UK conservatoire.
The chair is funded by Sir Martin Smith and Lady Smith OBE through the Martin Smith Foundation and is named for Lady Smith’s mother Elise Granbery Becket. Professor Margaret Faultless, Head of Historical Performance at the Academy since 2012, has been named to the Chair.
UPDATE: Contrary to the Academy’s claim, the Royal College of Music tell us that Ashley Solomon has been Chair of Historical Performance at the RCM since 2014. So there.
A faultless appointment, at last!
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Names after, not for.
Named, not names.
Quite astonishing that their ‘first’ claim was so easily debunked. Someone’s head should roll.
The Academy’s press release says ‘first ENDOWED Chair’ (my capitals).
This is indeed the first endowed Chair in Historical Performance. There are lots of named chairs around, but not endowed ones. This is a first.