Julian will give a recital with pianist Robert Bottriell as part of Music at St. Peters in Canterbury, UK on Saturday 31st October. Jean Francaix : Tema Con Variazioni Claude Debussy: Première Rapsodie Darius Milhaud : Sonatine André Messager: Solo De Concours Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata Paul JeanJean : Clair Matin Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche Visit the Music at St Peters website for more information and

The King's Singers are delighted to share the news that the University Musical Society, part of the University of Michigan, where their good friend and colleague Ken Fisher is President, is to receive the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government.  Kenneth says "We are simply ecstatic to be selected as a recipient of the National Medal

Julian is thrilled to be performing at the Cowbridge Music Festival not once but twice this season. On 20th September, he will be joined by soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Christopher Glynn to perform a programme that ties in with the release of their album in October - Shepherd on the Rock. On 25th September, Julian returns with the highly talented musicians of the Julian

Thanks to Caroline Gill for her warm review of our recent release “Il Trionfo di Dori” in Gramophone magazine.   Clearly this recording of the 29-madrigal collection commissioned by Venetian nobleman Leonardo Sanudo in 1592 from composers such as Vecchi, Gabrieli, Marenzio and Palestrina is as intoxicating for Caroline as it is for us.

In 1996 four students at the Juilliard School met and became fast friends: Eric Whitacre, John Mackey, Steven Bryant and Jonathan Newman. Eric will lead the group in a wide ranging discussion on everything from the creative process to the commissioning of new works. Visit the Midwest Clinic site for more information.