April 2021
Dear Audience,
We have been missing you! Since the global pandemic silenced concert halls, theatres and live music venues, our industry, and the arts in general, have been hit hard, but we come together in recognition of the fact that we all face a far greater and more serious threat.
Every breath we take and every bite we eat relies on a healthy planet. Climate breakdown, pollution and ecosystem loss are threatening the stability of our societies and will continue to do so for generations to come. The science is clear. We are in a climate and ecological emergency.
Great art has always been inspired by nature and our awe for the beautiful planet we share; from the pastoral works of Edward Elgar, Florence Price and Ralph Vaughan Williams to the contemporary compositions of Rachel Portman, Nitin Sawhney and Liza Lim. Music is a translator of complex emotions and ideas, an expression of community and a soundtrack to change.
So, today we add our names to the 4000+ organisations and artists who are ‘Music Declares Emergency’. Across the music industry we will work to ‘Turn Up the Volume’, to call for urgent, international government action on the climate and ecological emergency.
As artists, venues, agents and all the members of our industry we will actively share best practice in order to divest from fossil fuels, reduce waste, pollution and carbon emissions. We want to instigate an open conversation about the challenges of creating a sustainable music profession and we commit to using our platforms to inspire, educate and demonstrate change.
Music has the power to bring us together and reveals our collective creativity. Now is the time to take action, to envision a thriving and regenerative future and protect all that we love for future generations.
We hope that you, our audiences, will join us on this journey,
SIGNED:
Rachel Portman, OBE |
Composer |
Nicholas Daniel OBE |
Oboe, Professor, Festival Director |
Tasmin Little OBE |
Violin Soloist |
Julian Lloyd Webber OBE |
Conductor and Music Educator |
Susanna Eastburn, MBE |
Chief Executive, Sound and Music |
Errollyn Wallen, CBE |
Composer |
Alexis Paterson |
Chief Executive, Three Choirs Festival Association/ Chair, British Arts Festival Association |
Sarah Gee |
Chief Executive, Spitalfields Music |
HarrisonParrott |
International arts management agency |
Rhoda Lane |
Chineke! Foundation |
Gabriel Prokofiev |
Composer / Artistic Director of Nonclassical |
Claudia Clarkson |
Chief Operating Officers , Shadwell Opera |
Orchester des Wandels Deutschland |
Orchestras of Change network, Germany |
Charisse Beaumont |
BLACK LIVES IN MUSIC |
Green Music Australia |
Cultural, environmental charity |
Sorcha Coller |
Askonas Holt (Agency) |
Deborah Roberts |
Artistic Director Brighton Early Music Festival |
Laonikos Psimikakis Chalkokondylis |
Shakuhachi / Composer |
Camilla King |
Cheltenham Music Festival Head of Programming |
Nicola Candlish |
British Youth Opera |
Ellie Wyatt |
Freelance TV composer |
Sarah Nicolls |
Pianist, Composer, Director of Future Piano Ltd |
Patrick Harrex |
Composer and Coductor/ Musical Director Brighton & Hove Arts Orchestra |
John Warner |
Conductor; Founder, Orchestra for the Earth |
Emily Doolittle |
Research Fellow and Lecturer, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Sarah Lianne Lewis |
Composer Affiliate, BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
Jack Furness |
Artistic Director, Shadwell Opera |
Kim Ashton |
Composer / Lecturer / Cambridge University |
Rylie Harrod |
Cello, Director of Texas Strings Festival Young Artist Division, Owner of Harrod-Corral String Studio |
Larry Goves |
Composer / Ensemble Director (The House of Bedlam) / Senior Lecturer in Composition (Royal Northern College of Music) |
Steve Berman |
The Composerworks (Film &TV Composers Agency) |
David Gaydon |
Cheltenham Jazz Festival Head of Programming |
Joss Peach |
Freelance TV composer |
Freddie Hodkin |
Martin Read Foundation / Composer |
Ailie Robertson |
Harp |
Xia Leon Sloane |
Composer/writer |
Catriona Hawksworth |
Musician/ Pianist |
Ben See |
Singer / Composer /Choir Leader |
Grainne Brady |
Musician/Composer |
Phillip W. Serna |
Performer & Teacher of Double Bass & Violas da Gamba |
Sally Simpson |
Violin player and teacher |
Harriet |
Music journalist |
Lea Brückner |
Violinist/Culturmanagement |
Emily Ashton |
Viol player |
Emilia Benjamin |
Viola da Gamba/violin/viola/lirone |
Jasmin Kent Rodgman |
Composer |
Clare Hammond |
Concert pianist |
Orlando Jopling |
Conductor and cellist |
Stef Conner |
Composer; Lecturer in Music, University of York |
Annabel kidd |
Resol String quartet |
Daniela R De Armas |
Choir Director London Lucumi Choir |
Carlos Patino |
Composer, producer. |
Arlene Rolph |
Voice teacher/singer/change maker for voice professionals |
Elaine Threlfall |
Viola player |
Dr Des Oliver |
Composer |
Nicky Davis |
Choral singer |
Peter Davison |
Educator, Conductor, Composer, West Pier Music Ltd |
Mick Cooke |
Composer |
Anne Harper |
Clarinettist & Educator |
Joanna Gardner |
Violinist |
Jote Osahn |
Violinist |
Tom Spurgin |
Philharmonia Orchestra, Audience Development Manager |
Gabriel Scarlat |
Vocalist/ Gabi Scandal |
Darcy Copeland |
Composer |
Morgan Pedersen |
Composer / Artist |
Gianluca Cangemi |
Music composer, Record producer, A&R / Almendra Music |
Hal Kennard |
Piano |
Kathy Hinde |
Audiovisual artist |
Paul Honey |
Composer |
Cameron Audras |
Violist, American Youth Symphony |
Liv Cazzola |
The Lifers | Tragedy Ann |
Jimi Ashmore |
Composer |
Helene Mönkemeyer & Tina Kraft |
Diversity Classical Music |
Rachael Liddell |
Freelance Mezzo Soprano / Singing Teacher |
Eliza |
Mezzo soprano |
Nina Ashton |
Bassoon (section leader RLPO) |
Leo Duarte |
Freelancer |
Christopher Bochmann |
Retired Professor, University of Évora |
Heather Fenoughty |
Composer |
Chi-chi Nwanoku |
Double Bass |
Dominic Grier |
Conductor |
Nico Willems |
Composer/Producer |
Sarah Davison |
Cello & Viola da Gamba |
Nina Vinther |
Singer |
Isaac Boothman |
Trumpet player and Composer |
Alex Ball |
Composer / Producer / Alex Ball Music |
Aoife McHugh |
Violin |
Tessa Deterding |
Publicist, Premier |
Zoë Shevlin |
Bassoonist |
Dalen Wuest |
Composer |
Robert Reid Allan |
Composer |
Daryl Jamieson |
Composer |
Alexandra Jemison |
Singing Teacher, Bromley Youth Music Trust |
Mimi Harmer |
Cellist, Composer, Advocate |
Lenny Sayers |
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet (orchestral player) |
Sharon Eckman |
Singer |
Sofia Livotov |
Opera Singer |
Anna Appleby |
Composer |
Charlie Harmer |
Pianist & Composer |
Catherine Kontz |
Composer |
Caroline Clipsham B.Mus(Hons) LGSM MISM |
Pianist and Founder of Polka Dot Concerts |
Juliet Fraser |
Soprano |
Lore Lixenberg |
Vocals |
Matthew Schellhorn |
Concert pianist |
Matthew Lee Knowles |
Composer |
Lisa Fitzgibbon |
Singer songwriter/ Creative Director Pro7ect |
Maja Bugge |
Cello, Composer and teacher |
Rebecca Bennett |
Singer, Teacher |
Ben Comeau |
Pianist, organist, composer |
Liza Lim |
Sculthorpe Chair of Australian Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music |
Rebekah Whiteley |
Singer, Teacher |
Tim Hollo |
Viola, FourPlay String Quartet; Founder, Green Music Australia |
Carla Caminotto |
Piano |
Natalia Franklin Pierce |
Nonclassical (Promoter, record label and events producer presenting the best new classical) |
Joanna Watts |
Violinist |
Samantha Dixon |
Soprano (Freelance) |
Anna Giddey |
Violinist |
Héloïse Werner |
Soprano & Composer |
Miriam M. M. Hlavaty |
Pianist, lecturer, music curator, composer. The Listening Experience |
Violetta Suvini |
Violinist, Student, University of Oxford |
Emily Saville |
Trombonist and music teacher |
Alex Grinyer |
French Horn - Student at GSMD |
Lynn Henderson |
Horn/RAM/Teacher/EMS |
Aoife Burke |
Cello |
Cristiana Achim |
Piano/student |
Joe Giddey |
Cellist |
George Andrews |
French Horn |
Francisco Reis |
Piano and Voice |
Francesca Lombardelli |
Percussion |
Lucía Salazar Gómez |
Independent pianist - BA &Tech. in Music |
Alex Street |
Senior research fellow, Cambridge institute for music therapy research |
James Batty |
Composer, Royal Academy of Music |
Jolina |
Singer |
Thomas Plater |
Saxophonist, Political Activist, Former VP GSMDSU 2019-2020 |
Trees of Music |
Trees of Music |
Daniel Trodden |
Tuba/Orchestral Musician |
Dr Richard Peat |
Composer |
Erin Benim Mayland |
Violinist at Hamilton on Broadway, NYC |
Martin Ash |
Violist and fiddler |
Brunel Quartet |
Professional String Quartet, Bristol |
Sharon Haslam |
Violinist - Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
Alban Gerhardt |
Cello / Soloist /HarrisonParrott |
Raymond Kohn |
Composer, violinist, Delphi Trust secretary |
Clive Whitburn |
Composer |
Kelly Lovelady |
Artistic Director, Ruthless Jabiru |
Colin Alexander |
Cello and composer |
Tim Kliphuis |
Violinist and composer |
Simone Vierstra |
Violin, fit2play |
Chris Hutchings |
Composer |
Karin van Kooten |
Jazz violinist / freelancer |
Janneke van Prooijen |
Violinist |
Nell Shaw Cohen |
Director, Landscape Music |
Sam Watts |
Composer |
Yoram Ish-Hurwitz |
Oranjewoud Festival / SPOT Groningen |
Edward Westerdale |
Violin, folk musician |
Magdalena Ernst |
Solo Horn Duisburger Philharmoniker |
Jamie Munn |
Chief Executive, Nevis Ensemble |
Fenella Humphreys |
Violinist |
Lewis Coenen-Rowe |
Composer |
Rebecca Burden |
Cello student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire |
Donagh Collins |
Chief Executive, Askonas Holt |
Ella Roberts |
Head of Red House, Britten Pears Arts |
Lucia D'Avanzo-Lewis |
Freelance Violinist |
Jonny Venvell |
Encore Musicians (Head of Artist Relations ) |
Andrew Burke |
Chief Executive & Artistic Director, The London Sinfonietta |
Georgina MacDonell Finlayson |
Musician, composer |
Anne Yumino Weber |
Principal Cello, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal |
Anneka Sutcliffe |
Violinist, orchestra manager, Insight Ensemble |
Simone Ibbett-Brown |
Freelance opera singer, director and writer |
The Self-Isolation Choir |
Online choir |
Sophie Gledhill |
Cello - freelance |
Leonie Anderson |
Musician |
Paul Carey Jones |
Singer |
Iain Melville |
Singer |
Charlie Davey |
Project Manager, Full Time hobby |
Olivia Vjekoslava Tomasovic |
Oboist, Ensemble member - Nevis Ensemble |
Chidi Oti-obihara |
Cop26 Climate Action Plan |
Anneka Sutcliffe |
Leader of Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra |
David Maguire |
Singer & Co-founder @ Fieri Consort. Sustainability Consultant @Foster + Partners |
Elena Riu |
Professor of Piano Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
Maisie Lewis |
Student Soprano |
Andrea Brown |
Conductor/Head of Choral Conducting RWCMD |
Agata Kruszewska |
Cirque du Soleil Inc./ drums/ percussion |
Matthew Kaner |
Composer |
Purushottam Kiri |
Music Director |
David G Hindley |
Former Head of Music Homerton College, Cambridge |
Anton Richter |
French Horn |
Bristol Classical Players |
Conductor/ Violinist/ Committee |
Hannah Taylor |
TallWall Media |
Nina Danon |
Composer |
Jan Bauer |
Cello /Staatsorchester Braunschweig and Esperia Quartet |
David Gaines, D.M.A. |
Composer |
Adam Snider |
Tuba |
Sarah Latto |
Echo Vocal Ensemble |
Sarah Latto |
Conductor, Echo Vocal Ensemble |
Anna Krimm |
Co Principal Viola/ Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
Marco Betta |
Composer |