October 14, 2016 – 8:21 PM
On the 20 May 1999 the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee were looking into the Performing Right Society and the abolition of the classical music subsidy. Jazz Services, the Association of British Jazz Musicians and English Folk Dance and Song Society had made written submissions to the enquiry led by Gerald Kaufman who was the […]
In the recent National Portfolio Organisation funding round for 2015/2018 Jazz Services funding application was unsuccessful. There were a number of unhelpful comments and allegations on social media sites. These gratuitous comments brings to mind Edmund Burke’s comments on the publication, ‘The present state of the nation’ – “Well stored with pious frauds, and like […]
In the recent Arts Council funding round Jazz Services did not secure funding. To put the cut in context it is always useful for people to look at the work Jazz Services has undertaken by visiting the last Annual Report – a labour intensive exercise with two more are on the way http://www.jazzservices.org.uk/index.php/jazz-services-resources-reports/item/773 Jazz Services […]
January 25, 2013 – 7:40 PM
The Guardian reported on the 17th January 2013 that English National Opera had made a loss of £2.2 million for the financial year 2011/2012. Opera is an expensive form of music to put on and it would be easy to snipe away about under represented musics at the expense of opera. How ever there are musicians livelihoods at stake and the financial loss […]
August 10, 2012 – 7:18 PM
Welcome to Complaints in Wonderland. Over the years I have been writing letters of complaint to companies and non-commercial organisations. Some people take themselves so seriously that the only antidote is humour. In the interests of fairness, I have published letters of complaint that have been dealt with in a positive and exemplary manner. The […]