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Jonathan Mayes

@jonathanjmayes

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Juggling family, music, cycling in SE London.
Content mostly @cathedralmusictrust, but with the occasional bit of proud parent with @annawetherell

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Clive the cat draws great inspiration from the @cathedralmusictrust magazine - produced twice a year for our supporters and featuring interviews and insights from sector luminaries such as @johnrutter.composer

Next edition landing in just a few weeks’ time, featuring articles on the anniversary of Choral Evensong broadcasts on @bbcradio3 (beautifully written by @collersb), teenage voices (@clarestevenssilverlawn), the wonderful 7am Choir (@luxaeternachorale) and more.

Support Cathedral Music Trust today to get your copy!
https://www.cathedralmusictrust.org.uk/support/friend/

#magazine #handofgod #michelangelo #catsofinstagram #cathedralmusic by @jonathanjmayes

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10 days ago

🎶 100 years of BBC Choral Evensong

Today marks the centenary of a treasure in British broadcasting. Since 7 October 1926, BBC Choral Evensong has brought the sound of choirs, organists and sacred music from churches, chapels and cathedrals to listeners across the world.

Today, our CEO, Jonathan Mayes, and Chair of Trustees, Jonathan Macdonald, were at Westminster Abbey for the special centenary service, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. The service included music by Howells and Parry, alongside a new introit by Kerensa Briggs, composed especially for the occasion.

For the Trust, this anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate the importance of the cathedral music tradition, and the extraordinary window BBC Choral Evensong provides into the breadth and richness of the UK’s choral heritage.

Listen back to this afternoon’s live broadcast from Westminster Abbey via BBC sounds..

#choralevensong #bbcchoralevensong #westminsterabbeychoir #evensong #cathedralmusictrust by @jonathanjmayes

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11 days ago

Fam, friends and colleeeeagues at T’s final Alcina performance last night. Grateful to everyone who came to support him in this amazing experience taken in Royal Ballet And Opera by @jonathanjmayes

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22 days ago

The tinydude in the midst of these utter legends is lil T-Man, making his debut this month at @royalballetandopera . He is sharing the role of Oberto in Richard Jones’s production of Handel’s Alcina with his new opera chum Kieran. What an insane privilege to be singing with Lisette Oropesa, @thee.dangelo @bethtaylormezzo @marycbevan @ru.the.day @edwardgrint and @rohorchestra under the excellent David Bates. Plus he gets to dance with @jayyule and @thelukemurphy …. Despite looking serious and profesh on stage, he is having the time of his life. Last performance for T is on 25 Sep. taken in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden by @jonathanjmayes

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A flying 24hr visit to this year’s @threechoirs festival in the beautiful surroundings of @gloucestercathedral. It’s always lovely to see so many wonderful musicians and colleagues. The Festival Youth Choir concert last night, with the @philharmonia_orchestra #MartynBrabbins & #RoddyWilliams was a real highlight, as were the great conversations with (amongst others) @hollymiagarside @gavhiggins @joannamarshcomposer @bencjcooper @naomijaneburgoyne @fatherhux

Only sorry not to get the chance to jump with @cathedral_jumping - next time! taken in Gloucester Cathedral by @jonathanjmayes

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3 months ago

It is this wonderful person’s birthday today!

Happy Birthday, my love 🎉🎂🥳😘

@annawetherell by @jonathanjmayes

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3 months ago

Nothing like a bit of #Holst on a perfect summer’s afternoon in London. Especially when you get a wave from @tomzic 🙌
@londonsymphonyorchestra
@annawetherell
#lsobmwclassics #orchestra #london #trafalgarsquarelondon❤️🇬🇧 taken in Trafalgar Square, London, UK by @jonathanjmayes

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4 months ago

This week our CEO JJ represented Cathedral Music Trust at the Association of National Cathedrals Conference, hosted at beautiful @bristolcathedral

Conference discussions centred around The Living Stones report, published by Theos, which explores the place of English cathedrals in contemporary society.

It’s an important and timely piece of work, and one that reinforces what we believe deeply: our cathedrals and churches play an essential role in the cultural life of this country, with music at the very heart of that story.

As David Olusoga so powerfully said in his keynote:
“We have a gift from the past that we are entrusted to hand on to future generations.”

It was a privilege for JJ to join the panel alongside Dean Mandy Ford, Eve Poole OBE, Dame Fiona Reynolds, Julia Porter-Pryce and David Olusoga, and to be part of such thoughtful conversations about the future of our cathedrals.

A huge thank you to everyone who planned and hosted such an inspiring conference, and to the many colleagues across the sector for their generosity, shared ideas, and commitment to celebrating and sustaining the extraordinary work happening in cathedrals across the country.

📷 Photography by Oliver Bennett Photography

#CathedralMusicTrust #EnglishCathedrals #CathedralMusic #musicislife taken in Bristol Cathedral by @jonathanjmayes

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5 months ago

THANK YOU 🙏🏻

To everyone who has so generously supported the 3,000 mile cycling pilgrimage, from the 125 locations en route to you, our amazing community, we are incredibly grateful for your kindness and donations. Every penny raised will now help fund projects creating access, opportunity and lasting impact through the power of cathedral music 🎶

There are still two final days left to donate if you would still like to contribute 🔗 link in our bio or search Just Giving Cycling Pilgrimage.

#musicfundraising #cyclingpilgrimage #supporttheartsinyourcommunity #cathedralmusic #charityfundraisingevent by @jonathanjmayes

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5 months ago

It’s been brilliant talking to so many people about my cycling pilgrimage since finishing the ride a fortnight ago - thanks to everyone for those conversations, not least @swanny.matthew and colleagues from the @hernehillvelodrome podcast.
Such a great discussion of where choirs and bikes intersect and how many similarities there are with engaging young people and local communities:

Do take a listen!:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hhv-track-league-podcast-episode-13/id1689598165?i=1000767420908

@cathedralmusictrust by @jonathanjmayes

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5 months ago

🚲Cycling Pilgrimage socials spam is nearly at an end, I promise! But I’ve sat on this video for a week wondering whether to share it…

Recorded around 11.30pm on Blackfriars Bridge in central London last week, having taken a late train back after Evensong @durhamcathedralmusic ; my final pilgrimage destination after 50 days and over 3,000 miles in the saddle.

I really am hugely grateful to have been able to undertake this year-long challenge and it has impacted me in all sorts of ways - not least my willingness to do short-form videos to camera! (something that still makes me cringe…)

The work of Cathedral Music Trust supports so many amazing choirs, musicians and young singers and, having now raised over £12k thanks to the generosity of many of you, it would be great if we could make that final push to raise even more 🙏:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/cyclingpilgrimage?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

@cathedralmusictrust
#cycling #cathedrals #music #pilgrimage #fundraiser taken in Blackfriars Bridge by @jonathanjmayes

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5 months ago

Here it is - the recap on my final day of riding for the 🚴Cycling Pilgrimage and it’s hard to believe it’s now complete!
Ripon > Middlesbrough > Durham (where it all started 345 days ago)

Final chance to sponsor me via the link in bio ⤴️

*Distance: 76 miles (clocking 3,064miles / 4,828km for the entire journey. ~equivalent to traversing the USA🗺️)
*Ascent: 3,146 feet (totalling 149,000feet across the 50 days - that’s 5 x Mount Everest! ⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️)
*Weather: perfection ☀️
*Emotions: All of them 💥
*Excellent bridges: 🌁just 1, bit Middlesbrough served up a corker!
*Cathedrals/Minsters/Abbeys visited: just 2 but spanning modern (@mbrocathedral ) to truly ancient (@durhamcathedral )
*co-riders: 🚲 big thanks to Leo for joining me on this final day and a huge shout out to @edietunnicliffe and fellow @durhamuniversity students for arranging such a marvellous welcome ❤️ and an especially HUGE thank you to longstanding Cathedral Music Trust supporter, Gerald Heather, for coming all the way to Durham especially - you are a legend!

Brilliant to have met so many people on this entire journey, but on this last day, particularly:
@musicdiocese / @sjmaxson
@durhamcathedralmusic

#cycling #pilgrimage #music #cathedrals
@cathedralmusictrust taken in Durham by @jonathanjmayes

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