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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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Britain's Got Talent: New Rising Stars of the Enlightenment

Thursday 5 September 2019

We announce our new Rising Stars for the 2019-21 season.
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What our Rising Stars have been singing (and listening to) recently

Tuesday 10 September 2019

Our new cohort of Rising Stars of the Enlightenment for 2019-21 has just been announced. We asked them about their favourite music and turned the answers into a Spotify playlist.
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Love Radiohead. Love Handel. Love Music

Thursday 26 November 2020

We've challenged and bent genre in our latest underwater stunt.
A person with face paint in blue, white, and gold is smiling slightly. The background features geometric shapes in matching colours.
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  • Composers
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Why we covered our singer in body paint for our newest genre-bending Purcell music video

Thursday 6 May 2021

In our latest genre-bending music video, we remade Gotye's hit music video 'Somebody that I used to know'.
A person with long dark hair is lying down on a striped surface. They have one arm raised above their head and are wearing a sleeveless top. The expression on their face is relaxed with slightly parted lips.
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Dido's Lament but backwards and with BMXers

Monday 8 March 2021

In our latest digital adventure, we play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay's hit music video 'The Scientist', with Purcell’s tragic ‘When I am Laid’ from Dido and Aeneas.
A woman walks through a dimly lit underpass at night, with a red double-decker bus and a brightly illuminated circular building in the background. The city lights add a vibrant glow to the scene.
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How to sing backwards: Helen Charlston gives an insight into how we remade Coldplay's The Scientist' with Dido's Lament

Monday 8 March 2021

In our latest digital adventure, we play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay's hit music…
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Introducing our next Rising Stars of the Enlightenment

Friday 31 March 2023

We're thrilled to welcome our new cohort of six singers joining our Rising Stars of the Enlightenment scheme.

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