John Andrews
@jkaconductor.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning conductor; usually to be found unearthing lost musical treasures, or serving his feline overlords.
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What an incredible week it has been for Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed, or downloaded the album, & who came to launch it with us. If you would like info about programming her music, please do contact me!!
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What an incredible week it has been for Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed, or downloaded the album, & who came to launch it with us. If you would like info about programming her music, please do contact me!!
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From the archive - 8 years ago today, apparently...
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
From the archive - 8 years ago today, apparently...
And FWIW professional PR advice to me recently has been that personal mailing lists are now more effective than the social media platforms. (Obvs people can just enjoy the social aspect; but as an indicator of reach and use this is quite striking).
Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the fact that in until a few years ago a Social Media strategy was considered absolutely central to most arts PR and marketing; but increasingly theatres/orchestras/opera houses seem to be just going through the motions if that…
I woud say 80% of the people I used to chat to on social media have either left, or post minimally. "Zero posting" is here. But people are "posting" somewhere else ... www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
And FWIW professional PR advice to me recently has been that personal mailing lists are now more effective than the social media platforms. (Obvs people can just enjoy the social aspect; but as an indicator of reach and use this is quite striking).
Side by side in my feed today
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Side by side in my feed today
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the fact that in until a few years ago a Social Media strategy was considered absolutely central to most arts PR and marketing; but increasingly theatres/orchestras/opera houses seem to be just going through the motions if that…
I woud say 80% of the people I used to chat to on social media have either left, or post minimally. "Zero posting" is here. But people are "posting" somewhere else ... www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
Social media is dead — none of my friends are posting any more
‘Everyone is scared that something they share might attract the attention of social media’s angry hordes, always ready to accuse on X, Facebook and Instagram’
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the fact that in until a few years ago a Social Media strategy was considered absolutely central to most arts PR and marketing; but increasingly theatres/orchestras/opera houses seem to be just going through the motions if that…
From the archive - 8 years ago today, apparently...
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
From the archive - 8 years ago today, apparently...
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Finally, after the persistent problems with logistics that have beset my book since publication, I understand that copies are now in the country. The kind people at Blackwell's have been monitoring the situation for me. May I recommend you buy from them? blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Finally, after the persistent problems with logistics that have beset my book since publication, I understand that copies are now in the country. The kind people at Blackwell's have been monitoring the situation for me. May I recommend you buy from them? blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…
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"The duty of the words is to say just as much as the music has left unsaid and no more" - Ralph Vaughan Williams, from an article in The Vocalist magazine, 1902.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"The duty of the words is to say just as much as the music has left unsaid and no more" - Ralph Vaughan Williams, from an article in The Vocalist magazine, 1902.
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We’re hiring: Digital Media Editor and Coordinator 🎥✍️
This new role will play a key part in the orchestra’s digital-first strategy, supporting the creation, editing, and distribution of engaging content.
🕘 Closing date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
👉 Find out more and apply: philharmonia.co.uk/vacancies/
This new role will play a key part in the orchestra’s digital-first strategy, supporting the creation, editing, and distribution of engaging content.
🕘 Closing date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
👉 Find out more and apply: philharmonia.co.uk/vacancies/
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We’re hiring: Digital Media Editor and Coordinator 🎥✍️
This new role will play a key part in the orchestra’s digital-first strategy, supporting the creation, editing, and distribution of engaging content.
🕘 Closing date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
👉 Find out more and apply: philharmonia.co.uk/vacancies/
This new role will play a key part in the orchestra’s digital-first strategy, supporting the creation, editing, and distribution of engaging content.
🕘 Closing date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
👉 Find out more and apply: philharmonia.co.uk/vacancies/
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Our #Christmas gift to @jkaconductor.bsky.social this year will be an even greater gift to our audiences in 2026! Watch this space for updates and exciting news for 2026! #AChristmasMiracle #NewMusic
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our #Christmas gift to @jkaconductor.bsky.social this year will be an even greater gift to our audiences in 2026! Watch this space for updates and exciting news for 2026! #AChristmasMiracle #NewMusic
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
So the first review is in! Unfortunately Google AI seems to have generated it from thin air 🤣🤣🤣
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
So the first review is in! Unfortunately Google AI seems to have generated it from thin air 🤣🤣🤣
Sunday Cat Energy
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sunday Cat Energy
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My hectic schedule forces #NewReleaseFriday back by two whole days 🙀 in a week featuring not only one Coleridge-Taylor, but a pair: @jkaconductor.bsky.social & Samantha Ege give us the first ever album dedicated to Avril, while her dad gets a 150th birthday bash.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My hectic schedule forces #NewReleaseFriday back by two whole days 🙀 in a week featuring not only one Coleridge-Taylor, but a pair: @jkaconductor.bsky.social & Samantha Ege give us the first ever album dedicated to Avril, while her dad gets a 150th birthday bash.
Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
And the Virgin Mary was depicted in blue because it was *by far* the most expensive pigment to produce, so set her apart. So it's all cultural conditioning (with a little bit of money)...
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And the Virgin Mary was depicted in blue because it was *by far* the most expensive pigment to produce, so set her apart. So it's all cultural conditioning (with a little bit of money)...
Your periodic reminder than until about 100 years ago, pink (ruddy, full of life) was considered more masculine than blue (virginal, pure),
Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem? | Ellie Violet Bramley
Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem? | Ellie Violet Bramley
The outrage a J Crew jumper has provoked shows that the US right’s sense of masculinity is far more fragile than it would care to admit, says freelance writer Ellie Violet Bramley
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Your periodic reminder than until about 100 years ago, pink (ruddy, full of life) was considered more masculine than blue (virginal, pure),
Introduced the Youth to ‘Mask of Zorro’ last night. They concluded that even in the company of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, nobody on this earth farms Aura like Sir Anthony Hopkins.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Introduced the Youth to ‘Mask of Zorro’ last night. They concluded that even in the company of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, nobody on this earth farms Aura like Sir Anthony Hopkins.
"Romans finally crossed the Alps with the Feline conquest of Gaul"
"Domestic cats finally crossed the Alps with the Roman conquest of Gaul"
Huh. I never really thought about the connections between animal populations and military campaigns before
Huh. I never really thought about the connections between animal populations and military campaigns before
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Romans finally crossed the Alps with the Feline conquest of Gaul"
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the entirety of human history has actually been manipulation by cats to get them to every corner of earth.
"Domestic cats finally crossed the Alps with the Roman conquest of Gaul"
Huh. I never really thought about the connections between animal populations and military campaigns before
Huh. I never really thought about the connections between animal populations and military campaigns before
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
the entirety of human history has actually been manipulation by cats to get them to every corner of earth.
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BBC Radio 3
Record Review
Now Playing
Avril Coleridge-Taylor, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Andrews
Valse Caprice
Record Review
Now Playing
Avril Coleridge-Taylor, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Andrews
Valse Caprice
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BBC Radio 3
Record Review
Now Playing
Avril Coleridge-Taylor, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Andrews
Valse Caprice
Record Review
Now Playing
Avril Coleridge-Taylor, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Andrews
Valse Caprice
“As our foremost English composer, his works - especially The Golden Legend, The Martyr of Antioch (a glorious inspiration) and The Golden Legend - will be sung and praised in years to come, when we are gone and forgotten” (George Grossmith - the first Major General and KoKo)
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“As our foremost English composer, his works - especially The Golden Legend, The Martyr of Antioch (a glorious inspiration) and The Golden Legend - will be sung and praised in years to come, when we are gone and forgotten” (George Grossmith - the first Major General and KoKo)
Turns out I may in fact have underestimated him....
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Turns out I may in fact have underestimated him....