La Nuova Musica @lanuovamusica.bsky.social La Nuova Musica… music with a voice: drama and discovery at the heart of every performance.
Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social Composer based in Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Research Fellow @guildhallschool.bsky.social. Weithiau yn Gymraeg.
Profile photo: Claire Shovelton
Artist website: https://rchrdbkr.com/
Arcola Theatre @arcolatheatre.bsky.social Bold, original theatre in the heart of East London
www.arcolatheatre.com
https://linktr.ee/arcolatheatre?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=1aa21e59-7043-475b-ad38-219107f5d350
Jean Sibelius @jeansibelius.bsky.social The Life, Music and Times of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
Love Your Classical Music Geek @loveinner.bsky.social Classical music obsessive. 🏳️🌈
ClareStevens @silverlawn.bsky.social Writer, editor and occasional publicist, specialising in classical music, choral music and music education. Northern Irish by birth, graduate of a Scottish university, now living in the Welsh Marches after 30 years in London.
Philip Clark @musicclerk.bsky.social Author-journalist (Prospect, NYRB, Spectator, The Wire); Brubeck biographer; new book “Sound and the City" 2027, White Rabbit & Hachette; Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer's Award Winner, 2022.
Info: curtisbrown.co.uk/client/philip-clark
Oxford/London
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social Musicology and history (intellectual, political, etc.). Writing a book on the complete Mozart operas in eighteenth-century historical context. Views, for better or worse, my own. He/him/his https://boulezian.blogspot.com/
WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social underemployed musicologist, sometime professor
research: music, political culture, history, and identity in medieval England, Scotland, and beyond
currently writing: musicispolitics.beehiiv.com
British-American, based in LA for my sins
Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social The UK professional association for #communitymusic & #musiced practitioners. Join online today for CPD resources, networking, insurance, DBS checks and more.
www.soundsense.org
Anita Holford @anitaholford.bsky.social Freelance comms, copywriting, bid-writing - for music, arts, charities involved in education, wellbeing, social justice. Adoptive Mum, neurodivergent daughter. Www.writing-services.co.uk
CN Lester 🏳️⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social Multi-genre musician
Co-lead @TransUnityQuilt
Founder & Artistic Director of Transpose
PhD on Barbara Strozzi - interdisciplinary work is life
’Trans Like Me’, ‘Furies,’ 2 current trans historical WIP
they/them
www.cnlester.com
www.transpose.org.uk
Andrew McPherson @apmcpherson.bsky.social Professor in Design Engineering and Music, Imperial College London. Researcher, composer, violist, engineer, instrument designer.
Leader of the Augmented Instruments Laboratory instrumentslab.org.
Co-founder and director of Bela.io.
Marianna Michael @mariannamichael.bsky.social Writer, Producer, Researcher & Event Curator. Freelance at Premier. Trustee at Engage. Passionate about crafting impactful experiences, enhancing accessibility & promoting diversity in creative industries.
The Renaissance Singers @renaissancesingers.bsky.social Leading amateur chamber choir specialising in Renaissance sacred music. Musical Director: David Allinson. www.renaissancesingers.com
Hertfordshire Chorus @hertfordshirechorus.org.uk Next concert:
Elgar, Parry, Glass, Dove.
Including Elgar’s “From the Bavarian Highlands” from our recent album.
7.30pm Saturday 17th Oct 2026
St Albans Cathedral
https://hertfordshirechorus.org.uk/concerts
The Gesualdo Six @thegesualdosix.bsky.social Group of singers sharing stories from the road.
Epsom Chamber Choir @epsomchamberchoir.org.uk We're a versatile group of singers based in Epsom, Surrey. Next concert Saturday 7th November.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/epsom-chamber-choir
Hallé St Peter's @hallestpeters.bsky.social The Hallé's award-winning rehearsal, recording and event space in Ancoats, Manchester. Check out our upcoming events: http://linktr.ee/hallestpeters
Groves Artists @grovesartists.bsky.social International artists' management agency for classical musicians.
London, UK
grovesartists.com
Opera Holland Park @operahollandpark.bsky.social We are Opera Holland Park – an urban opera company based in West London's Holland Park.
https://linktr.ee/OperaHollandPark
Liverpool Philharmonic @liverpoolphil.bsky.social Transforming lives through music. Home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, a varied concert programme at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Music Room, and extensive participatory work across the city with young people and our community.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields @asmforchestra.bsky.social London Orchestra committed to the musical freedom of its players, and the sharing of joyful, inspiring, performances ✨ Music Director - Joshua Bell
multi-story.bsky.social @multi-story-org-uk.bsky.social An orchestra of young people challenging conventions, telling urgent real life stories, and amplifying unheard voices.
2026 Programme TBA
Culture Jobs @culturejobs.bsky.social The job board for arts, heritage and museums. Visit CultureJobs.org for the latest opportunities.
Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social Freelance historian of the Actresses' Franchise League and suffrage theatre and entertainments... does books, talks, walks, radio, games, exhibitions, and workshops.
Also alter ego of award-winning comedy, cabaret & magic act Ada Campe
naomipaxton.co.uk
Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp @kenneththarp.bsky.social British/Nigerian Arts & Culture Professional / former professional dancer / loves music, dance, theatre, art, literature, tennis, sea-kayaking, outdoor swimming.
Prof Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social Feminist, musicologist, musician, extreme knitter, gardener. Not necessarily in that order. Girl groups from Ferrara to Motown; all the nuns, all the time; disability studies
Prof Emerita of Music, Uni of Southampton; director @musicasecreta.bsky.social
The Space @thespacearts.bsky.social Connecting artists and audiences online.
We help arts, cultural and heritage organisations reach audiences through digital technologies and platforms.
Mayor of London's Culture team @ldnculture.bsky.social Working to support London’s culture, creative industries and night time economy. Sign up to our Culture Newsletter and follow #LondonCreates | #MyLocalCulture.
https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/arts-and-culture/sign-arts-and-culture-email-up
Northern Ballet @northernballet.bsky.social Creating stories that connect.
An Arts Council England NPO. #LetsCreate
The CBSO @thecbso.bsky.social
Bristol Beacon @bristolbeacon.bsky.social Music charity, venue, award-winning music education hub.
https://linktr.ee/BristolBeacon
ClassicalDiscoveries @classicaldisc.bsky.social Jens (@classicalcritic.bsky.social) & Joe (Capriccio Records) have a look at lesser known repertoire and the classical music business while not taking themselves too seriously.
Soundcastleteam @soundcastleteam.bsky.social 🎶 Playful People Making Change!💡 Innovative community music-making & training 🍃 Mental health & wellbeing
📍 Sussex
🔗 https://soundcastle.co.uk/
The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark @musicmarkuk.bsky.social Advocating for high-quality music education for all children and young people.
Sarah K Whitfield @sarahinthepark.bsky.social Reader in Musical Theatre, Head of Doctoral Programmes at RCM, mum, data and digital humanities nerd, music ed advocate, tea drinker. About covers it
The Churchill Fellowship @churchillfship.bsky.social We support UK citizens to follow their passion for change through learning from the world. We were founded in 1965 as the living legacy of Sir Winston Churchill. Learn more: churchillfellowship.org
Improbable @improbable1.bsky.social World-renowned company of pioneering improvisers, makers & conversation facilitators. We make remarkable theatre.
Next: My Neighbour Totoro West End (from 8 March)
https://www.improbable.co.uk
D&D20 tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devotedanddisgruntled
Dr George Musgrave @drgmusgrave.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Goldsmiths University of London | Music, Mental Health, Culture, Psychosocial | Can Music Make You Sick? (2020) | The England No One Cares About (2024) | https://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/staff/musgrave-george/
@rcorganists.bsky.social @rcorganists.bsky.social
Adam Koszary @adamkoszary.bsky.social Talking about museums and galleries and archives and museums and culture and my dog Keith and sometimes other stuff. Did absolute unit sheep. Accept money for labour etc.
https://www.adamkoszary.co.uk/
Jonathan Harper @jojoharper.bsky.social Chief Executive, Paraorchestra.
ClareRed @clarered.bsky.social CEO of Watershed, a home for culture, technology and society. Also Chair of Wise Children and trustee of RSC. 🏳️🌈 Queer, nature loving, anti racist.
Victoria Ford @v-ford.bsky.social Classical Music at The Orchard / Occasional runner / Cat ethusiast
Caitlin Rowley @minimesque.bsky.social Australian/British composer-performer, artist, researcher. Member of Bastard Assignments, Knowledge Manager for Cyborg Soloists project based at Royal Holloway, University of London.
https://caitlinrowley.com
https://bastardassignments.com
Ruari P-A @rulapeep.bsky.social PhD at Cambridge University on 'Outsider music,’ listening, intimacy across time & radical creativity - convenor of Ambivalent Archives - queer utopian & abolitionist always 🇵🇸
They/them
Cryptic Glasgow @crypticglasgow.bsky.social Cryptic is Scotland’s internationally renowned home of experimental music and audiovisual art. Presenting today’s most imaginative, innovative artists + nurturing the talent of tomorrow...
www.cryptic.org.uk https://sonic-a.co.uk
Mira Benjamin @mirabenjy.bsky.social violinist @apartment-house.bsky.social
lecturer @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Here for practice research & dogs.
James Weeks @jamesweeks.bsky.social composer - conductor - human
Jennifer Walshe @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social Composer, vocalist, improviser, Mars, noise, AI, professor of composition University of Oxford views my own 🚀☄️www.milker.org 13 Ways of Looking at AI, Art & Music https://unsoundfestival.bandcamp.com/merch/jennifer-walshe-13-ways-of-looking-at-ai-art-music
The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
thewire.co.uk
Ryoka (Rhea) Hagiwara @rhagiwr.bsky.social Musician supported by Creative Scotland | Transcultural studies/musicology researcher at Universität Heidelberg | Music writer for The Skinny etc.
https://linktr.ee/ryokahagiwara
Barry O'Halpin @barryohalpin.bsky.social Composer, Guitarist, Arranger in Dublin.
Member of @crashensemble.bsky.social
and @alarmistband.
Header image by @rouzbehrashidi. Headshot by @meghyland
https://barryohalpin.bandcamp.com/album/stonemired
www.barryohalpin.com
Melissa Forbes @melissaforbes.bsky.social Singing practitioner-researcher at the intersection of positive psychology, psychology of music, music education, leadership, arts in health
Leading Notes podcast - https://leadingnotespodcast.podbean.com/
Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social AHRC-funded network exploring the range and significance of musical imagery and wellbeing experiences 🎵
Led by @freyabailes.bsky.social and @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social
https://musicinmyhead.org/
Hannah French @hannahcfrench.bsky.social Presenter: @BBCRadio3’s The Early Music Show & Saturday Breakfast
Author: Sir Henry Wood Champion of JS Bach and The Rolling Year: Listening to the seasons with Vivaldi
Missy Mazzoli @missymazzoli.bsky.social Grammy-nominated Composer, Certified Death Doula, Luna Composition Lab co-founder, Diner Connoisseur
Arcana.fm @arcanadotfm.bsky.social Step into classical: Bringing music together in all its wonderful forms... www.arcana.fm. To write or make a suggestion, editor@arcana.fm
Norfolk & Norwich Festival @nnfest.bsky.social On a year-round mission to improve access to the arts for all. 🎪
https://nnfestival.org.uk/
John Cage Trust @johncagetrust.bsky.social The John Cage Trust furthers the legacy of late American composer John Cage by gathering together, organizing, preserving, and disseminating his work.
The Fourth Choir @thefourthchoir.bsky.social London’s LGBTQ+ Chamber Choir. “Exceptionally polished” The Guardian
Find our debut album Songs of Ourselves here https://orchid-music.lnk.to/SongsOfOurselves
Baseless Fabric Theatre @baseless-fabric.bsky.social Immersive, site-specific opera 🎭✨
Inspiring audiences to see opera & the world around them in new ways.
Next Project: Elixir of Love
linktr.ee/BaselessTheatre
Unlimited @weareunlimited.bsky.social We back disabled artists to create extraordinary work that is changing the arts.
Website: www.weareunlimited.org.uk/
Other social links: https://linktr.ee/weareunltd
Phil Castang MBE @philcastang.bsky.social CEO at Music for Youth. Showcasing the brilliance of young musicians. MFY Proms|National Festival
WWW.MFY.ORG.UK
Guitarist made in Camden. Former sound engineer. Cultural manager.
Live music, vinyl, art, cooking and quantum mechanics. Writing a book 📖
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
Sadler's Wells @sadlerswells.bsky.social We’re here to make and share dance that inspires us all.
📍 Sadler's Wells, Angel
📍 Peacock Theatre, Holborn
Account monitored Mon-Fri, 10-6
sprout.link/sadlers_wells
Culture Calling @culturecalling.bsky.social Arts and Culture Experts / www.culturecalling.com
#arts #culture #theatre #heritage #music #london #manchester #bristol #brighton #uk #marketing #audiences
Alec Ward @alec-c-ward.bsky.social Digital lead at The Audience Agency. Opinions my own. Subscribe to ⚡Digital Things newsletter⚡digitalthings.substack.com
Arts Lancashire @artslancashire.bsky.social A strategic voice for professional arts and culture in Lancashire. We post about Lancs-wide arts programmes, jobs and training opportunities, advocacy, policy and research. Find us at: Artslancashire.org.uk
Oonagh Murphy @oonaghtweets.bsky.social Work at the intersection of AI and Culture - BRAID Responsible AI Fellow at Arts Council England. Turing Fellow. Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society at Goldsmiths. www.oonaghmurphy.com
Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social We collaborate and engage UK-wide to advance understanding of arts, culture, heritage and screen. Based at the University of Leeds.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social We aim to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK.
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Supercool 🧡 @supercooldesign.bsky.social Friendly, straight-talking folks who craft flexible, accessible websites for arts, cultural, and heritage orgs. We aim to make life easier for you – and your audiences 🧡 (We also plant trees 🌳)
More about us and our work: www.supercooldesign.co.uk
Dunedin Consort @dunedinconsort.bsky.social Scotland's leading Baroque ensemble.
linktr.ee/dunedinconsort
MUSIC NEWS Scotland @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social Scotland's trio of music publications: MUSIC NEWS Scotland + MNS FESTIVALS! + MNS GIGguide - covering the whole music scene in Scotland for the last 22 years! Email Alastair with news or Carol for great advertising deals at musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social Researcher & Lecturer in Composition, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Writes music & words with & about animal songs, zoomusicology, folkore, gender, parenthood & creativity, interdisciplinarity. Plays oboe with whippets: https://tinyurl.com/2wyxc4st
Colin Broom @colinbroom.bsky.social Composer, Musician & Educator.
Scottish Music Centre @scottishmusic.bsky.social Promoting all genres of Scotland's music at home & abroad:
music archive & online shop, talent development, showcasing and events:
Current projects:
HitTheRoadTours, Musicares, Classical Next, Northern Connection ShowcaseScotland, Made in Scotland
Taylor Nuttall @digitaylor.bsky.social Artist primarily working with sound, also small holder with sheep.
🏴 🇬🇧
Profile image credit: Iona Wheeler
https://www.taylornuttall.com
Drew Hammond @dr-u-hammond.bsky.social I'm a musician and music lecturer in Glasgow, Scotland.
(Dr) Ben Lunn @benlunn.bsky.social "A Radical Optimist" - Aleksandra Line, Muzika Saule
"BEN LUNN puts his beloved birthplace Sunderland on the musical map" – Linton Stephens, BBC Radio 3
Composer
Conductor
Trade Unionist
Laure Meloy @lauremeloy.bsky.social Singer, writer, maker
Current project: ALMA/DOLL, a lyric cabaret installation opera
https://lauremeloy.bandcamp.com/album/one-art
https://substack.com/@lauremeloy?utm_source=global-search
Dorico @doricoofficial.bsky.social Music notation and composition software from Steinberg. https://www.steinberg.net/dorico
National Youth Concert Band @nycbgb.bsky.social The NYCB and NCCB are exciting and challenging music courses for woodwind, brass and percussion players from around the UK aged 10-18.
www.nycb.co.uk/join-us
Jonny Watkins @jonnywatkins1.bsky.social Trombonist, teacher, Director of National Youth and Children’s Concert Bands (@NYCBGB.bsky.social)
@lucyandjonny.bsky.social @lucyandjonny.bsky.social
The Queen's Hall @thequeenshall.bsky.social Sounds Good.
Box Office open in person/on +44 (0)131 668 2019 | 10am- 2pm, Mon-Fri 🎻🎸🥁🎤📚🤣
Artswork @artswork.bsky.social Empowering young people to make change through creativity.
Dr Hannah Millington @hannahmillington.bsky.social Music historian and #EthelSmyth scholar working at TU Dublin and Chamber Choir Ireland. | Hon Sec of Society for Musicology in Ireland. | Shropshire Lass. Lover of nature. Devourer of books.
Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social Dr/she/her
Senior Lecturer (Psychology), @JCUCHS @JCU
#MusicScience - everyday music #listening and #WellBeing
current @AusMusPsySoc.bsky.social president
Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social New and contemporary music.
PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social A contemporary magazine focused on promoting and celebrating emerging composers 🎶
Learn more:
prxludes.net
Patrick Ellis @patrickel94.bsky.social Composer ∙ Creative Director of PRXLUDES ∙ Artistic Director of Open Union∙
https://patrickelliscomposer.com
Opera Rara @operarara.bsky.social Rewriting Operatic History: Lost and Forgotten Operas Restored
Artist family: Carlo Rizzi, Ermonela Jaho & Michael Spyres
Next up - Summer Stream Concert Series (YouTube)
🔗 linktr.ee/operarara
William Norris Arts Management @williamnorrisarts.bsky.social Strategy, audience focus, artistic planning, copywriting, marketing, social media, project management, office plant advice... http://williamnorrisartsmanagement.co.uk
Charlotte Marlow @charlottemarlow.bsky.social Composer and theatre-maker based in the U.K. I write a lot of opera (ETO, Streetwise, Britten Pears, ENOA & more). ND. RPG and gacha nerd.
Angie Lee-Foster @angiebpa.bsky.social Programme Manager for Creative Health at Britten Pears Arts. Posting about all things related to music and creative health. Professional account, but views my own.
Laurence Crane @laurencecrane.bsky.social Composer