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Samling Artist Programme Leader pianist Malcolm Martineau looks ahead to our Samling Artist Showcase concert at Wigmore Hall on 8 November. For more information about this year’s concert and other Samling Institute performances, please visit our events page.

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Samling Academy offers unique coaching and performance opportunities to young singers in the North East. In this film, bass Patrick Owston talks about the wide range of skills and experiences he has gained during his time at Samling Academy, including learning about baroque dance, and performing at Sage Gateshead with Sir Thomas Allen and Royal Northern Sinfonia.

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Samling Academy offers a unique programme of intensive coaching and performance opportunities to young singers who live or study in the North East of England. In this film, soprano Zoë Jackson explains how Samling Academy has supported her in her journey to music college, and shares her memories of singing baroque opera with John Butt and the Dunedin Consort in the 2018 Samling Academy Opera production of John Blow’s ‘Venus and Adonis’.

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Luis Gomes singing with Royal Northern Sinfonia in Hall One Sage Gateshead

In the first of a series of short videos about what makes Samling Institute special, tenor Luis Gomes talks about how important being a Samling Artist has been to his career and how he keeps going back to the things he learned during his time with us in his practice and performance today.

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If you’re interested in classical singing, Samling Academy offers excellent opportunities to work with renowned singers, coaches and pianists, culminating in performances at Sage Gateshead and across the North East.

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SAMLING ACADEMY ‘TASTER DAY’

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Karon Wright

In anticipation of announcing our name-change to the Samling Institute for Young Artists, Simon Tait from Arts Industry asked founding Artistic and Executive Director Karon Wright a few questions about how Samling began.

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Published Monday 19 November 2018

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Leading up to the final week of preparation before opening Venus and Adonis, music blogger and critic Jane Shuttleworth caught up with two of our Samling Academy singers, soprano Zoë Jackson and baritone Peter Dunn.

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Robert Bowman

It is with great sadness that we said farewell to Bob Bowman in February. As a Trustee and a generous benefactor of Samling from the charity’s earliest days, he was at the very heart of our organisation and will be greatly missed by us all.

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