Author archive: Nick Breckenfield
by Susan Rivers
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis it has been the Trust’s aim to be of support not only to our current winners but also our BBT alumni (110 soloists and ensembles in all) in whatever way we can. To accomplish this has been a challenge and a privilege for the BBT team. Never have […]
by SONG Onlus Sistema Lombardia
Sharpening our ears to to the comfort of music Who has been talking? Who has been singing? Tell me your name, please tell me. Ah your name is Song. And where would you be, since I cannot see you? You are in my heart, you mean, are you sure? And where may I take […]
by Richard James, Music as Therapy International
What strange and uncertain times we are living in. The past few months have challenged the accepted way of doing things in unprecedented ways, both professionally and personally for millions of us. The widespread effect of coronavirus is inevitably something we have not been spared. The most immediate change for our team was the rapid […]
by Sanitansamble
The difficult situation that is affecting our country has led to the inevitable suspension of all activities related to the Sanitansamble youth orchestra, from the Sanità neighbourhood, and from the Piccola Orchestra di Forcella, located in the Forcella neighbourhood of Naples. For the students and teachers, it has been a hard time, being in […]
by Bridget Kinneary, MitMachMusik
The MitMachMusik Project in Berlin, an education initiative to introduce children with a migration background to music instruction and foster integration by including local children in Berlin, navigates the Corona Crisis. “Turn it a little higher… right… not too tight… like this,” says the teacher before singing the pitch A through a video call, hoping […]
by Nick Breckenfield
Over the past months since the first BBT Communities grants were announced in June 2019, we have been getting to know the five organisations across Europe. Indeed, our chief executive Susan Rivers was to have been writing a blog about visiting all of them, having been to Berlin to see MitMachMusik with our founder Ilaria […]
