Newsletter 33
Autumn 2020
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It's been the toughest year on record for musicians, with professionals deprived of their livelihoods and amateurs unable to take part in the groups and activities they love.
The Festival was stopped in its tracks by the March lockdown and lost its planned Choral Workshop in September. However, planning for 2021 continues, though necessarily on a smaller scale than usual.
Meanwhile, individuals and groups have found enterprising ways to keep snging and playing - whether online, outdoors, or socially distanced under strict conditions.
Our autumn Newsletter reports on the Festival's online AGM, and brings stories from local singers and instrumentalists about how they have succeeded in making and sharing music under lockdown,
Click here to read the full newsletter.
If you would like to support professional musicians by contributing to Help Musicians (formerly The Musicians Benevolent Fund) please click here.
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