(Dr) benlunn

Composes, Conducts and Lectures sometimes.

@HEB_Ensemble associate

S&NI Chair @WeAreTheMU
@ScottishTUC Gen. Council
Board @SonicBothy
Chair #NLTUC

[Football Away Days @footyawayday]

Sunderland fans turning Trafalgar Square red this evening 🔴 #safc

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

Last @M_Star_Online article of 2024, covering the recent performance in The Edward Said Conservatory of Music

It is a really important piece, and will stick with me for many months to come

https://t.co/ZP4FlEa2JE

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

330 MPs

This is a dark day for British politics and British society

We are nearly in a position where charities will tell us to stop men committing suicide - but if a disabled person expresses anything like it, the state are all too happy to do it for you

[Morning Star @M_Star_Online]

Vicious attempt to silence musicians - BEN LUNN draws attention to the way cultural expressions of solidarity with Palestinians in the UK are being censored by Israeli-sponsored lawfare
https://t.co/I4OSFGtREU

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

Currently putting the finishing touches on the score and parts for my Durham Diptych, which'll be premiered by @PaulCareyJones and the wonderful @minersbrass in @RedhillsDurham this coming February!

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

@RSNO @SJTDoughty @RSNOChorus

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

It was a joy talking to @SJTDoughty

Many happy returns to the @RSNOChorus 🎉

[RSNO Chorus @RSNOChorus]

“… heartening to see a stalwart institution like the RSNO Chorus not only reach its 180th anniversary, but seem destined to go on for many years to come.”

Lovely wide-ranging interview with Chorus Director @SJTDoughty w/ @Benlunn @bachtrack

https://t.co/x7lbXz9vhf

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

We did it!

[DANetwork @DANetwork2]

It is live!

You can stream our album 'Letting the light in' which we made with @nmcrecordings , Ty Cerdd, @DrakeMusicScot, @siwanrhys + 6 outstanding composers!

You can stream it here: https://t.co/oB0ZD65cxI

[Paul Kilbey @paulkilbey]

Not only is John Eliot Gardiner performing the exact same programme as his former ensembles, a week earlier, in the same venue - the venue is letting people exchange tickets from the one concert to the other

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

Honoured to speak on behalf of @WeAreTheMU at @EquityUK's demo outside Holyrood today

A strong turn out, and the small plaster the Scottish Government have offered will do little for the deep wounds from years of cuts

Scotland's arts workers demand more! ✊

Up the unions! ✊

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

There have been many failings of Creative Scotland, but can we trust ScotGov or Westminster to ensure would support the arts without the arts Council or Creative Scotland?

No

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

Anyone who believes getting rid of Creative Scotland is a positive step is simply shooting themselves in the foot

What is needed is funding and actual direction to help the arts, not pulling the rug from under our feet...

https://t.co/R7oXB8T6Xa

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

I just heard the news of the passing of Steven Silberman - his book NeuroTribes is quite something, and he was very jovial and supportive when me and @soundscotland cheekily called our conference NeuroTribes

A sad loss

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

SNP continue to make promises, but either through choice of incompetence do not deliver on them

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

Always worth keeping this at the front of our minds during the chaos we face in our sector in Scotland

[Scot Gov Culture @culturescotgov]

Speaking in @ScotParl Culture Secretary @AngusRobertson has re-affirmed @scotgov's commitment to support the culture sector with a funding increase of £15.8m to £196.6m this financial year, the first step towards an extra £100m annually by 2028/9.

[Emma Jayne Park @somekindofchaos]

Scottish Cultural Sector/Funding:

It is revealing that lots of the immediate support offered to cultural workers as their income stream crumbles is mentoring, listening circles or support to scrabble together applications for what will be an even more competitive funding round.

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

https://t.co/0DddzpgNrV

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

He was charming, enthusiastic, and a great encourager for what I'm doing - especially for the Morning Star. At times like this, I simply regret I didn't get to know him sooner. My thoughts are with Jack, his other pupils, and his loved ones.
https://t.co/xFLPrlszBm

[(Dr) benlunn @Benlunn]

I've just heard the news about the passing of Alexander Goehr - I certainly didn't know him like his pupils, but following the release of the book about him recently, I had the fortune of having a lot of correspondence with him...