Author Archives: Matthew Barley

Exciting news about a new television programme that I am involved in – a very new kind of competition for UK teenagers to find a major new talent. A nationwide […]

Just arrived in Melbourne after a 3,000 km drive through Australia on my own in a camper van! What an amazing country this is – I could have driven around […]

I’ve just finished a week as Guest Director of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s inaugural Chamber Music Camp, and it was a very memorable time. Also a busy time: I played […]

Currently sitting in the lounge of Singapore airport, but only just….for ridiculously complicated reasons I ended up looking at the wrong schedule at home and booking a cab to Heathrow, […]

Have just had the most wonderful week in Eccles working with brilliant 6th form students and the Eccles Community Choir. We’re written a very exciting piece, “This Is It”, that […]