Multi Award Winning Female Saxophonist, Birmingham, UK, Jazz, Gospel, Reggae, Blues, Soul and Originals. 'Music for the soul'
The BBC Charter is a document granted by the King that provides the legal right for the BBC to exist and operate. It dictates how the BBC acts and what its objectives are. As you may already suspect, the BBC is one of the biggest employers of musicians in the UK. This means that it is vital for everybody in the British music industry to help shape the charter’s renewal by providing perspective and information.
There’s currently an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review going on, and anyone can make their opinion count by responding to it on the Government’s website until this Friday, 22nd November.
Today is International Workers’ Day! Let’s celebrate the achievements of workers across the globe to defend our rights and ensure better labour conditions for everybody. The origin of this holiday can be traced back to union movements, so let me tell you about the Musicians’ Union.
As member of the Musician’s Union, I was part of the process to sign a memorandum of understanding between Coventry City of Culture Trust, Midlands TUC Cultural & Leisure Committee and the trade unions Equity, BECTU and the MU. This memorandum contains the agreements we reached on the terms of engaging professional actors, performers, musicians, creatives, and technicians, looking forward to the fact that Coventry is the UK City of Culture 2021.
