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Blast from the Brass: a section-eye’s view of The Planets

Guest post by APO trumpeter Dr. Helen Julia Minors The way us brass players feel about playing in APO can

Last Friday, I was hugely surprised and humbled to be presented a Pride of Reading award for my cultural contribution

Andrew catches up with young composer Derri Lewis about his revised version of River Image, which we’ll be performing at

Trumpeter Dr. Helen Julia Minors reflects on rehearsals for #ShadowOfStalin on Sunday 5th October, 2019 This rehearsal was memorable for

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has published a series of innovative marketing videos on social media, recently. The kind I’m referring

Ahead of the first concert performance of her APO-commissioned piece, ‘Interwoven’, on Saturday 18th May (tickets available here), composer Alice

APO, like every voluntary organisation, relies on hours of blood, sweat and tears from its members. For those of us

This is a guest post from horn player and one of APO’s wind coordinators, Tom Brett. The day in question

Back in December, I interviewed Laura Shipsey, composer of APO’s latest commission, ‘Samara’, which will have its first performance during

‘First clarinet – you hurry!’ So said the imploring but kindly Sir Colin Davis, in a rehearsal moment captured as part