Jo Cheung is director and founder of Olympias Music Foundation, a Manchester charity championing diversity in music – from violin lessons for children on free-school meals, to community choirs for vulnerable BAME women and school children. Since 2015, they have delivered over 2000 free music lessons to 250 children in Manchester, and engaged with many more through workshops and performances. We chat how Olympias got here, where it’s going and stop off along the way at:

• The completely unregulated nature of teaching music
• Taking music education from school to the community and what that really means in practise
• Olympias’s huge Making Manchester project and their plans for the next year

https://www.joyeecheung.com/
https://www.olympiasmusicfoundation.com/

This episode is sponsored by Dorico: the next-generation music notation software from Steinberg.

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Links and Show Notes

• Slung Low Theatre Company
• Making Manchester
• Community Integration Awards
• Emma Doherty
• Hayley Suviste
• Cookbook!

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Raymond Yiu is a Hong-Kong born, London-based composer, jazz pianist, conductor and writer on music. Originally trained as an engineer, Yiu was self-taught as a composer until he undertook his DMus under the auspice of Julian Anderson at Guildhall in 2009. His debut album The World Was Once All Miracle showcases his talent with three identity-exploring works informed by his time at Guildhall.

• How to get your foot on the ladder as a self-trained composer
• Why he won’t be getting a publisher any time soon
• Why Raymond never wrote the Cantonese pop songs that inspired him so much

https://raymondyiu.com/

This episode is sponsored by Dorico: the next-generation music notation software from Steinberg.

• Educational & crossgrade versions available at significantly discounted prices.
• Get your 30-day free trial version of Dorico that will allow you to try out all of the features Dorico has to offer with no restrictions.

Links and Show Notes

• Raymond Yiu: The World Was Once All Miracle out now on CD (with great liner notes)

• Lontano ensemble directed by Odaline de la Martinez

• North West Wind recording
• Raymond with Odaline de la Martinez’
• Raymond with Lukas Foss
• No Dice’s latest spoken word gig
• Joe Hisaishi of Studio Ghibli scoring fame (I said his name wrong)
• Benetton’s ad with an image of David _Kirkby_

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Lara Agar is a composer, violinist, and collaborator who recently caught my eye with a credit on Shades of Blue, a dance piece performed at Sadler’s Wells and broadcast on the BBC. We talk about how the piece came about, curating nights, and the different relationship musicians, dancers, and actors have with their art. Also in the episode:

• The benefits of long-term creative partnerships
• Lara’s accidental rock opera
• Lara’s love of chaos
• Music’s uniquely non-visual role in today’s world

https://www.laraagar.com/

This episode is sponsored by Dorico: the next-generation music notation software from Steinberg.

• Educational & crossgrade versions available at significantly discounted prices.
• Get your 30-day free trial version of Dorico that will allow you to try out all of the features Dorico has to offer with no restrictions.

Links and Show Notes
Joe and Lara’s pretty faces
Rosalie Warner
Kantos – In The Field
EXAUDI vocal ensemble
SET

Music played in this episode
Shades of Blue (intro bed and breakbeat example)
Anima Rose
JABBERWOCKY - performed by EXAUDI (excerpt and in full at the end)
Accidental Rock Opera

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