The Community Ambassadors are a group of volunteers who very kindly give up their time to help promote the work of the LSO in the community local to LSO St Luke's. Mike Morfey has been involved with the LSO in several capacities for over 10 years, and we asked him what the Community Ambassadors do and why he loves to be involved.
Karate and composition: Soundhub composer Ben Gaunt on the creative process
Composer Ben Gaunt is in Phase I of the LSO Soundhub scheme. In this blog he describes the very start of the composition process and the influences that are guiding him along the way.
Paul Silverthorne on lunchtime concerts and moving to China
After 25 years of playing in the LSO, we talk to Paul Silverthorne about his upcoming lunchtime concert at LSO St Luke's, his time at the LSO, and his move to teach at Soochow University School of Music in Suzhou, China.
Over the last few weeks we have been running several events for families as part of the 2015 Family Arts Festival. Whilst we run a year-round programme of events for young people, we placed a special emphasis on events for families – children, parents, guardians, grandparents, aunts, uncles... – to enjoy together during the half term holiday. Here's what we got up to!
I’m just back from my travels in East Asia! I printed reduction scores of my work for 575 Wandsworth Road, but failed to find time to edit them. Well done me. I’d better get them finished in the next few days, because this short post is an invitation for you to join us on the 28 November for a showcase concert to hear how the project at 575 Wandsworth Road has progressed and celebrate with some drinks!
