Off West End Theatre Awards:

Click on the link above which will take you to the full list of Off West End Theatre Awards finalists!

This is a good way to keep up-to-date on what's happening just off the mainstream of performance/ theatre in London.

Musical Life Outside London - Historically Speaking

CONFERENCE ALERT!

Musical Life Outside London, 1500-1800: Networks, Circulation, Sources

This is a last-minute reminder that you can still sign up to this one-day conference online - but be quick!  It takes place this Saturday.

Saturday 25 October 2014, 9.30 - 17.00
The Black Gate Learning Suite
Newcastle Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

In-Tray News: The Rose Playhouse

FUNDRAISING TO EXCAVATE A LONDON THEATRE

"The Rose was the first playhouse on Bankside in London, built in 1587. Its remains were discovered and two-thirds of the site excavated in 1988/89.  [...]  The Rose Theatre Trust is now raising funds to finish the excavation ... "

The Whittaker Library received flyers in the post today:- 

• Rose Readathon (12 hours of non-stop readings of the works of Marlowe and Shakespeare), 31 May.  
• The event is part of the Rose Revealed Project, which includes regular productions.  

More about the Rose Theatre here:- 

www.rosetheatre.org.uk

Actors - get in Character with some 18th Century London Riots

BBC iPlayer features "Voices from the Old Bailey":

'Ordinary Londoners caught up in violence on the streets tell their story, and rioters argue their case in court, desperately attempting to avoid the noose.'

Be quick!  iPlayer recordings don't last forever.  Might provide useful context if you're acting in a play set in 18th century London.

Scotch Does Not Necessarily Mean Scottish

Find out what happens when a music librarian's alter ego - the musicologist - goes to town on an old Scots song collection - 

Thirty Favourite Scots Songs Untainted by the Caledonian Muse

Part Time Music Library Job in London

Whittaker has heard about this opportunity, which might interest someone looking to make a career in music librarianship:-

"Part-time job opportunity in London

 

Community and Youth Music Library

 

Would you like to manage a library of printed music located in Crouch End, London N8?   We need a part-time (10 hours a week) administrator to manage, with assistance from volunteers, the Community & Youth Music Library, a national resource of orchestral and vocal printed classical music which is loaned to orchestras, wind bands and choirs throughout the UK.   The full catalogue is located at the library website (www.cymlibrary.org.uk)

 

Applicants should have experience of managing or working in a music library. 

 

Terms: 10 hours per week (ideally on Tuesdays and Fridays) for at least 46 weeks a year, self employed, £15 per hour.

 

For an application pack please email cymlibrary@gmail.com. giving your name and full address.

 

Final date for returned applications is September 6 2013

Interviews will be on Friday September 27 2013  

For more information about the Library go to www.cymlibrary.org.uk"

Auditions for accompanist-repetiteurs, Flanders Opera Studio

Flanders Opera Studio

Auditions for accompanists-repetiteurs will take place in Lisboa, London and Gent in March 2011:-

• Lisbon 7 March
• London 20 March
• Gent 27 March

Visit the website for full details. There are applications for pianists and also for singers, here.

London Music Trades 1750-1800

The Centre for Performance History at the Royal College of Music has created a very useful resource in this database for the London Music Trades 1750-1800. Find out about:-

• Music publishers
• Instrument makers
• Apprenticeships
• Insurance records
• Poll books
• Wills

Great for historical research!