Tweaks to Strategic Touring Fund guidance
Michelle Dickson of Arts Council England underlined some core points to keep in mind for the new Strategic Touring Fund application phases, when she...
February 2015 Update
I completed the extensive evaluation report of Year 1 of iOrchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s touring project in the South West Peninsular, at the end...
Resounding enthusiasm for iOrchestra
At the final weekend of iOrchestra for 2014, in St Austell (MusicLab) and Truro (Re-Rite and The Big Finish open air concert) the...
Sunshine fuels audience development
October already, and today autumn will start. At least in London, so they say. Yesterday was said to be the last of the...
A blooming summer that was
Hoorah - success for that big audience development project bid I was working on with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Now the hard work starts!...
Philharmonia Orchestra and south west consortium win ACE strategic touring money for i-Orchestra
Very excitingly, ACE has announced that the Philharmonia Orchestra and the consortium of South West organisations with whom they're working- including councils, music education hubs...
Spring hasn’t sprung, but audience development shoots are growing
A busy couple of months in arts audience development land continue … 19th April sees the next deadline for applications to the Arts Council England...
Marriage guidance for the arts
Too often on the subject of touring I hear: “If only they would send us decent copy on time” or “We send them...
Building relationships
At the Venues and Touring Company Relations workshop I ran in Belfast last week, it became clear how much work needs to be done before...