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Snaps: Stile Antico Workshop @ Northumbria University
While Stile Antico was in the Northeast this March for their concert at Newcastle Cathedral (and 'Reasons to Sing' Family Concert), some...


Kerry Andrew 'Oh, Sing' / Stile Antico's Newcastle Cathedral Family Concert
Stile Antico/the Byrd Central team commissioned composer and writer Kerry Andrew to create a piece with a text inspired by Byrd's...


In memoria: Byrd scholar Alan Brown
Alan Brown, PhD (Cantab), LRAM, FRCO, was born in London in 1941 and was for thirty-three years successively Lecturer, and then Reader,...


Horizon Voices helps students in Bham, Leeds, and the NE find their 'Reasons to Sing'
Over the last six months, members of Horizon Voices have been delivering our hybrid music education and wellbeing project, Byrd: Reasons...


New Book: Byrd Studies in the Twenty-First Century
The first collected edition of new Byrd scholarship since 1992.


Friederike Chylek releases her latest album, "Tallis - Byrd - Gibbons" with OehmsClassics
Today, 20 October, harpsichordist Friederike Chylek releases her latest album, "Tallis - Byrd - Gibbons" with OehmsClassics.


Byrd on Choral Chihuahua
Katie from Byrd Central joins Andrew Carwood, DoM at St Paul's Cathedral/hand waver of the Cardinall's Musick, hosted by the lovely...


We're going to Portland, Oregon!
Cantores in Ecclesia Present the Twenty-Fourth William Byrd Festival, August 4-20 2023 The annual William Byrd Festival returns to...


Byrd 400 Symposium at Lincoln Cathedral
Full programme and abstracts for the William Byrd at Lincoln Symposium


Hyrd Like Byrd?: St Telio Organ
How close can we get to knowing what Byrd's Second Service might have sounded like in his day? One starting point for such an inquiry...


How William Byrd’s ‘Reasons… to Sing’ are inspiring young singers today
In 1588 as England faced the Spanish Armada Tudor composer William Byrd was fighting his own artistic battle: to persuade a country in...


William Byrd at Lincoln:A Symposium Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Composer’s Death
3-4 July 2023, Lincoln Cathedral 2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd. Lincoln Cathedral was Byrd’s first known...


Byrd-a-Thon for Mary Mags
A collaborative complete sight-read performance of the Latin choral works of William Byrd to raise money for the Mags music fund.


Graphical Scores by Musanim
We are delighted to share some visualisations of Byrd's music by Stephen Malinowski (with additional scores forthcoming as a part of our...


Gesualdo Six & Secret Byrd
Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers....


Westminster Cathedral Choir launch year-long celebration of 400th anniversary of William Byrd
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, Westminster Cathedral Choir will perform the entirety of his Gradualia,...


The Sixteen, Byrd 1611 & Whitney's Emblems
Bank take a peek at Byrd's use of visual culture and consort song performance in Byrd's final songbook, Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611).
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