Second project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Last year we were invited across the pond to share our expertise with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Artistic Director Sara Lee and Project Leader extraordinaire Nick [...]
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Bush Hall: A night to remember
Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Bush Hall gig. It was a really special night for us. We sold out! We’re incredibly proud of Platform 7. They did a magnificent [...]
Platform 7 to play London’s Bush Hall
On 20th February 2014, Platform 7 – the first band to emerge from our ex-prisoner programme ‘Sounding Out’ – play their most exciting gig to date, at London’s [...]
Evaluation of the Sounding Out programme published
When Sounding Out was still in the planning stages, we brought on board researcher Jim Cartwright to evaluate the first cohort as they formed the band Platform 7, took to [...]
Music in Prisons featured in Arts Alliance research on desistance
The Arts Alliance has launched a new piece of research, which includes one of our projects. ‘Re-imagining futures: Exploring arts interventions and the process of [...]
Hermione Jones joins the team
We’re very pleased to announce the arrival of Hermione Jones at the Irene Taylor Trust office. Hermione takes on the position of Projects Manager, overseeing all of our [...]
Archived news
For news posts from pre-2013, take a look at our archive [...]
