Donald Wetherick

Music therapist, pianist, composer and church musician.

[Donald Wetherick @djwetherick]

A treat to see Music of Our Time 2024 recordings now on Youtube at https://t.co/HE7FoXp4Wd, including my own Psalm 150 https://t.co/OqiAYEmBCI. Thanks to @jamonthemarsh, @MichaelJBawtree, @Simon_Hogan, @seam100, and Selwyn College Choir. Great new music!

[JAM @jamconcert_uk]

*𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲*
On 20 March JAM launches its season with a celebration of new music for choir, brass & organ. The concert features music by @tarikoregan, Isabelle Ryder & eight successful entries to JAM’s 2023 'Call for Music'.

👉 https://t.co/ycFvAQ1FBA

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Thanks to all @lfccm for this week of new music for churches. So sad I can't be @StPancrasChurch for 1.15pm communion today with new music by @gianlucapantaleo, @willsimmsmusic, @Joshuaballance, @ukcomposer, Paul Davis, and my own 'Stepney Fanfare'. Thanks to all performers too!

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Delighted that @lfccm have programmed my Stepney Fanfare 'When will that be?' (for organ) as part of this year's festival. https://t.co/GSb02fKBbW. Thanks to all @StPancrasChurch and especially Andrew Charity (organist)!

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Please help stop the planned closure of the BBC Singers - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/Jmvl5AazKR via @UKChange

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Please help stop the execution of Mohana Kameli. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/udpPec3tHo via @UKChange

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Please consider signing this petition. Save Jamshid Sharmahd! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/wn32R6ZhRn via @UKChange

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Mahsa Amini's killing has resparked protests in Iran. Authorities have responded with violent crackdowns. Please sign Amnesty International's petition: authorities must be held accountable. https://t.co/6wl5PQhB7M

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Please sign and circulate this petition in support of protesters in Iran: https://t.co/nprq6MVblf
400 teenagers have been arrested in recent protests, including 120 young women. 12 have been released so far thanks to pressure from this charity. 388 to go...

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Delighted that #londondocklandssingers will be performing my #MisaLatina on Sat 2 July @AllSaintsPoplar together with Orff’s Carmina Burana. ‘Latin’ as in Tango/Cha-cha-cha btw (with a bit of Salsa). Listen on: https://t.co/YBOjPv5LTl Tickets available: …https://t.co/cdvqeYaCD5

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@StMaryIslington are currently recruiting for a part time (0.5 FTE) Music Director. Details are on their website at: https://t.co/PaUUZ8AqN4. Spread the word!

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The first Christmas adverts on TV were out this week. So a composer’s mind turns to carols. My offering is a short and sweet setting of Rosetti’s ‘Love came down’ for SATB and organ. Have a digital listen here: https://t.co/DNnqWOylnC. Message me if you would like a score!

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I've #justdonated to fund the work of the East London Evensong Choir for the coming year.. Donate on @justgiving and help raise £1000 https://t.co/fwS5WiQTnR

[Social Psychiatry @QMULSocialPsych]

A new open access paper from music therapist and PhD student Emma Millard and colleagues - Preferences for group arts therapies: a cross-sectional survey of mental health patients and the general population @BMJ_Open https://t.co/g6qkVTY9y2

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I’ve just written a #hymn in 8.8.6.8 metre, and a tune to match. I can’t find any others like it. Is this a first?
I’m thinking of calling it ‘Uncommon Metre’…

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COVID scores again. Sadly @LDSingers concert on Saturday 3 (not 1) July has been postponed owing to restrictions on #choirs and gatherings. We plan for next year @AllSaintsPoplar!
Meanwhile, sign here to allow amateur choirs to meet again: https://t.co/CTJON0Q3yI @WeAreTheMU

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Delighted that @LDSingers will be performing my 'Misa Latina' for the second time (!) on Saturday 1 July @allsaintspoplar, along with Orff's fantastic 'Carmina Burana'.
Tickets available from the LDS website soon. Thanks to Andrew Campling and all at LDS. https://t.co/YBOjPv5LTl

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An invitation to write for the journal 'Advances in Oceanography and Marine Biology’ arrives in my inbox. Tempting, but I just can’t find the right title. Any suggestions? There must be a music therapy connection to be made somewhere...

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A #newhymn challenge: paraphrase a canticle, avoiding biblical names and places whose stories may now be unfamiliar or ambiguous? No Abraham, Israel, David..!
Here is such a version of the Benedictus, ‘Give thanks to God’:
https://t.co/9jhMOkvOSy
With thanks to Jubilate Hymns.

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Hey, music therapists! Please respond to this important AHRC funded #socialimpactmusic survey: https://t.co/BFbbxD2Pbm. Researcher @johnsloboda writes: 'It’s really important that music therapist’s voices are heard in this research.’ Add yours! Details at: https://t.co/rEsvsITsRc