Our first sold out Regenerate Series event unpicked Digital: the new performance space with panellists Jess Gillam, saxophonist and founder of the Virtual Scratch Orchestra, John Nolan, Director of Learning, Engagement and Innovation from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Paul Carey Jones, bass-baritone and blogger.

As the cultural sector continues to evolve rapidly, why is it that UK conservatoires are still struggling to enrol diverse students? Administration and Communications Assistant Tom Foster reflects on how current practice can adapt.

Able Orchestra made its debut appearance in the north west in January with a performance at the BBC Philharmonic Studio, Media City, Salford. It was a high-profile event, including the premiere of a new commission, which vividly illustrated how inclusive practice in an orchestral context can have extremely high artistic values and form a compelling case for increased diversity and inclusion in the context of the arts, culture and society as a whole.

Our partner, NYMAZ, will broadcast the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement's OAE TOTS concert: The Apple Tree, at 10.30am on Sunday 31 May.