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‘Rebound’ – Association of British Orchestras Announces Conference 9 – 11 February 2022
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A Manifesto for Recovery - COVID-19 and the UK’s Orchestras - Updated 1 October
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A statement from The Musicians' Union and the Association of British Orchestras on culture change in classical music
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ABO & British Council's 2022/23 International Mentoring Programme participants announced
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ABO & British Council's International Mentoring Programme for emerging orchestral leaders
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ABO 70th Anniversary Parliamentary Reception
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ABO and Help Musicians UK Announce Partnership
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ABO and MU highlight lack of financial support for freelance musicians
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ABO and music sector welcome CoP19 decision on pernambuco wood
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ABO Announces 2017/18 cohort for the 'Find Your Way' programme
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ABO Announces 2019/20 cohort for the 'Find Your Way' programme
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ABO Announces 2021/22 Round of ‘Sirens’ Grants to Promote Music of Historical Women
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ABO Announces Fifth Year of ‘Sirens’ Grants to Promote Music of Historical Women
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ABO Announces First Awards From New ‘Sirens’ Fund
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ABO announces new cohort of participants on ground-breaking leadership programme ‘Find Your Way’ with support from Help Musicians and the ABO Trust
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ABO announces participants for 2022-23 ‘Find Your Way’ leadership programme with support from the ABO Trust
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ABO announces participants for the 2021-22 Find Your Way Leadership Programme
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ABO announces Simon Webb as new Chair
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ABO Announces the Third Round of Sirens Funding
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ABO Annual Conference 29 - 31 January 2020
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ABO Awards 2017
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ABO Awards 2018
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ABO calls on Chancellor Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP for sector support following ACE 2023/26 NPO announcement
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ABO calls on Liz Truss’s new Government to invest in and support UK orchestras
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ABO CEO Judith Webster in Classical Music
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ABO Chief Executive Awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours
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ABO Conference 2017
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ABO Conference 2019: Cross Border
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ABO launches Annual Conference in Manchester, 29 -31 January 2020
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ABO Opens 2023/24 Round of ‘Sirens’ Grants to Promote Music of Historical Women
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ABO opens applications for Sirens Fund grants
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ABO Responds to Arts Council England’s delivery plan for Creative Health and Wellbeing
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ABO Responds to Arts Council England’s National Portfolio 2023-26 Announcement
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ABO responds to BBC decision to suspend BBC Singers closure
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ABO Responds to UK Government Spending Review
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ABO Scottish Parliament Reception
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ABO Statement on Birmingham City Council Cuts
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ABO Statement on Creative Scotland Budget Cut
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ABO WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF £1.57 BILLION INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS
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ABO Welcomes Creative Industries Sector Plan
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ABO Welcomes Curriculum Reform for Arts and Cultural Education
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ABO Welcomes Key Recommendations in Hodge Review of Arts Council England
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ABO Welcomes Launch of Sexual Harassment Toolkit for Orchestras
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ABO welcomes new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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ABO Welcomes Permanent Extension to Higher Rate of Orchestra Tax Relief
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ABO Welcomes Prime Minister Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer’s New Government
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ABO Welcomes Spring Budget 2023
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ABO Welcomes UK Government Investment in Culture
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ABO, City of London Sinfonia & Orchestras Live launch new report, "Orchestras in Healthcare"
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ABO/Classical Music Awards 2019
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AFTERSHOCK: 2021 ABO Conference
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Alan Davey CBE, Controller, BBC Radio 3, Honoured at the Association of British Orchestras Awards 2023
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BBC Strategy Review - ABO Statement
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BREXIT - FTA OR NO DEAL? UPDATED FACTSHEET - 14 JULY 2020
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BREXIT – FTA OR NO DEAL?
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Celebrating 70 Years of British Orchestras
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Creative Solutions: ABO Announces Annual Conference in Bristol 24 – 26 January 2024
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Dame Kathryn McDowell DBE, DL, Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, Honoured at the Association of British Orchestras Awards 2026
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Free Trade Agreement – Key Issues
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GENERAL ELECTION 2019
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General Election Statement
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General Election Update
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Invasion of Ukraine - ABO statement
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Judith Webster Confirmed as New ABO Chief Executive
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Kanneh-Mason Family Honoured at the Association of British Orchestras Awards 2022
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Leslie Kwan And Chris Loughran Join ABO Board
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Linda Merrick joins the ABO Board
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Lisa Tregale elected to Board of ABO
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Louise Mitchell CBE, Chief Executive of the Bristol Beacon, Honoured at the Association of British Orchestras Awards 2024
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Mark Pemberton OBE to Step Down as Chief Executive of ABO
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Michael Eakin OBE, Chief Executive of the of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, Honoured at the Association of British Orchestras Awards 2025
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New Additions to the ABO Board
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New Chair of the Association of British Orchestras
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New research shows that access to live music making is the key to success in any career path
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New research shows that three quarters of Gen Z & Millennials support access to classical music via UK orchestras
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New Resonate Pieces Announced
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New Survey from the Association of British Orchestras Reveals Majority of Britons Turn to Classical Music for Life’s Big Moments
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No Deal Brexit
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Nominations open for 2021 ABO/Classical Music Awards
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Nominations open for 2022 ABO/Classical Music Awards
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Nominations open for 2023 ABO/Classical Music Awards
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Nominations open for 2024 ABO Classical Music Awards
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Open Letter To The Conservative Party Leadership Candidates
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Presenting the 2022 ABO RPS Orchestra Musician Award
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PRS Foundation announces the Resonate pieces chosen by UK orchestras receiving support
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PRS Foundation’s Resonate re-opens for applications
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RPS/ABO Salomon Prize 2017
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RPS/ABO Salomon Prize 2018
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RPS/ABO Salomon Prize 2019
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RPS/ABO Salomon Prize 2020
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Sirens June 2018 Awards
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Sophie Lewis Confirmed as New ABO Chair
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Stars Join Forces with Creative and Cultural Organisations from Across UK and Europe to Remove Barriers to Touring and Drive Growth
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The ABO expresses its condolences on the death of Her Majesty The Queen
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The Association of British Orchestras calls on Government to support ‘An Orchestra in Every School’ initiative
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The Association of British Orchestras Launches #AnOrchestraInEverySchool at Annual Conference
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The classical music industry gathers for the 2021 ABO Conference this week
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the UK's Orchestras
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The State of Britain's Orchestras in 2016
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The State of the UK's Orchestras in 2019
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The unsung heroes of the classical music industry are honoured at the ABO Awards
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UK and EU Music Industry Chiefs Join Forces to Urge Political Leaders to Tear Down Barriers to Touring the EU
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UK Orchestras create Summer of Music Making for children and young people around the country
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UK orchestras reaching more children and young people than ever before, new data report shows
The ABO directory
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Academy of Ancient Music
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Acoustic GRG Products Ltd
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Action for Children's Arts
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Air Edel Associates Ltd
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Arcangelo
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Arlidge, Catherine, MBE
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Arts Council England
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Arts Marketing Association
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Askonas Holt Limited
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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
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Association of British Orchestras
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Aurora Orchestra
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B:Music
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Bath Philharmonia
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BBC Concert Orchestra
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BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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BBC Proms
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BBC Radio
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Bennett, Andrew
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
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Birmingham Royal Ballet / Royal Ballet Sinfonia
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Black Cat Music Limited
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Boomerang Carnets
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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Brass Bands England
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Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
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Bristol Beacon
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Bristol Plays Music
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British Arts Festivals Association
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British Council
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Britten Pears Arts
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Britten Sinfonia
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Cadogan Hall
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe
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Chetham's School of Music
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Children's Classic Concerts
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China Symphony Development Foundation
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Chineke! Foundation
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Chromatica Orchestra
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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City of London Sinfonia
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Classic FM
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Congleton Youth Orchestra
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Creative Scotland
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Crookall, Simon
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Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation
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Digital Orchestra (Drake Music Scotland)
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Dunedin Consort
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East Dunbarton Music Service
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English Chamber Orchestra
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English Folk Dance and Song Society (National Youth Folk Ensemble, London Youth Folk Ensemble)
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English National Ballet
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English National Opera
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English Sinfonia
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English Symphony Orchestra
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English Touring Opera
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Ex Cathedra
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Ford, Trevor
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Gabrieli
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Gillinson, Clive
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Glyndebourne
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Guildhall School of Music & Drama
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Hallé Youth Orchestra
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HarrisonParrott
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Help Musicians
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Helps, Peter
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Hennessey Brown Music
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Henson, Michael
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra
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Imagine Sound Limited
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IMG Artists
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Independent Society of Musicians
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Intermusica Artists' Management
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International Artist Managers' Association
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras
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Irish National Opera
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Jessica Cooling
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JOHN GOOD LIMITED – Printing
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Julian Guidera Photography
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Katherine Zeserson Associates
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La Serenissima
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League of American Orchestras
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Lewis-Crosby, Antony
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London Contemporary Orchestra
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London Mozart Players
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
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London Sinfonietta
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London Symphony Orchestra
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Lucky Turn Media
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Maclay, Ian
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Making Music
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Manchester Camerata
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Marion Friend MBE
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McEwan, Roy
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Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
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Murray Mediation
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Music at Oxford
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Music in the Round
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Music Mark
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MWH Associates
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National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain
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National Concert Hall, Dublin & National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
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National Open Youth Orchestra (Open Up Music)
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National Opera Studio
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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
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National Youth Orchestras of Scotland
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National Youth String Orchestra
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Northern Ballet
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Northern Chamber Orchestra
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Nwanoku MBE, Chi-chi
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Opera North
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Orchestra of the Swan
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Orchestras Canada / Orchestres Canada
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Orchestras for All
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Orchestras Live
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Orpheus Sinfonia
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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
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Paraorchestra
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Philharmonia Orchestra
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Pulleyn Orchestra Transport
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Red Note Ensemble
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Rock-it Global
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Royal Academy of Music
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Royal Albert Hall
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Royal Ballet & Opera
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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
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Royal College of Music
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
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Royal Northern College of Music
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Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Royal Philharmonic Society
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Scottish Ensemble
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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
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Scottish Opera
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Sinfonia Cymru
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Sinfonia of London
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Sinfonia Smith Square
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Sinfonia Verdi
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Sinfonia Viva
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Singapore Symphony Group
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Smith, Edward
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Solomon's Knot
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Sound Sense
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Southbank Centre
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Specialised Travel Ltd
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Spitalfields Music
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St Martin-in-the-Fields
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Stagecast Ltd
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Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra
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Sulkin, David
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Summers, John
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Symphony Orchestra of India
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Symphony Services International
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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
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Thames Youth Orchestra
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The English Concert
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The Glasshouse ICM
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The Hallé
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The Mozartists
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The Multi-Story Orchestra
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The Music Agency
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The Musicians Answering Service
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The Outcry Ensemble
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The Purcell School
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The Sixteen
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The Tenebrae Choir
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Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd
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Thistle Music
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Thoroughly Good
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TRG Arts
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Trinity Laban
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Ulster Orchestra
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Ulster Youth Orchestra
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University of Birmingham
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VeritasLIVE! Location Recording
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Walker, Timothy
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Watt, Laurie
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Wells Cathedral School
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Welsh National Opera
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Whelton, David
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Wigmore Hall
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Worthing Symphony Orchestra
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Young Classical Artists Trust
Annual Conference
The next ABO conference will take place in Birmingham from 3-5 February 2027.