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Hilary Hodgson appointed as a Trustee of Gabrieli

Gabrieli is delighted to announce the appointment of Hilary Hodgson to its Board of Trustees. Hilary Hodgson is an experienced Chief Executive and Trustee. Having begun her career with Arts Council England, she later spent a decade as the Director of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s education programme. Most recently, she oversaw the expansion of Ormiston […]

Patrick Harrison LVO appointed Chair of Gabrieli

A Spear’s 500 Top Recommended Reputation Manager, Patrick has over 30 years’ experience advising CEOs, High Net Worth families and senior politicians on high-stakes issues. Currently a Partner at Highgate, a strategic advisory firm specialising in dispute resolution and critical situations, Patrick was previously Press Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales. He brings to […]

We Did It! Gabrieli's Big Give Christmas Challenge

Thank you thank you THANK YOU to everyone who supported our Big Give Christmas Challenge this year. We smashed through our original target on Sunday morning, and thanks to an anonymous additional match funder, were able to set ourselves a stretch target of £50,000. I’m delighted to announce that including Gift Aid, we raised an […]

Gabrieli's Big Give Christmas Challenge is NOW LIVE!

Gabrieli is taking part in the Big Give Christmas challenge this week to raise much-needed funds for Gabrieli Roar, which is working to increase access to choral singing for young people all over the country. There are BIG benefits when young people make music. But there are BIG challenges to ensure all young people have […]

Susie's Run for Roar!

Our CEO Susie York Skinner is taking up the challenge to run the 2024 Vitality London 10k to raise money for Gabrieli Roar! We need your support to help Susie smash her target. All the money raised will go towards providing more fantastic opportunities for young singers across the country. Here’s what Susie has to […]

Gabrieli Roar Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023

Wow! Our grand total: £55,445.50! From the bottom of our hearts, we cannot thank you enough for your support during our Big Give Campaign. We are determined to change young lives with the power of music. Your donations will go a long way to help our 2024 projects and allow us to work with thousands […]

The Big Give Christmas Challenge

Today’s the day – The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019 is now live! From now until 12.00pm on Tues 10 December, all donations made via our official campaign page will be DOUBLED by our charity champion, the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Don’t miss this chance to make your support go twice as far. This year, […]

In Conversation With Purcell Soloists

For the second and final part of our artist interviews in the run-up to our St. John’s Smith Square concert on 16 July, we caught up with three of our soloists, Nicholas Mulroy, Ashley Riches and Anna Dennis, to talk to them about Purcell and performing with Gabrieli:

In Conversation With Paul McCreesh

Ahead of Gabrieli’s much anticipated European tour of Purcell’s semi-opera King Arthur, which begins with our performance at St. John’s Smith Square in London on 16 July, we talked to our Artistic Director Paul McCreesh about his love of Purcell, and just what makes this great British composer so special: Gabrieli has a long history of performing Purcell – his music seems to have been one of […]

Moderation In All Things?​

Last week Daniel Barenboim received the Elgar Award at London’s Royal Festival Hall for his performances of Elgar, in particular his recordings made with the Staatskapelle Berlin. These are, without doubt, outstanding recordings with much to recommend them. Do I like them? In a word, no! There should always be an etiquette when discussing other […]