A COMPOSER'S BLOG

Tony Haynes, composer/creative director of the Grand Union Orchestra, tells the inside story of his music for the orchestra, its musicians and colourful history.

82: Raise the Banner

  2021 was a bumper year for anniversaries of events of lasting social and political significance in London’s East End. This 3-minute video introduces how the Grand Union Orchestra commemorated … Continue reading

November 21, 2021 · Leave a comment

27: I Live in the City (UdS)

In the early 1970s an East London school teacher, Chris Searle, was sacked for publishing a book of poems written by his students. After two years, following agitation and a … Continue reading

September 30, 2013 · Leave a comment