ABYSO

LSF-UK luthiers, Rita Walker and Keith Graves, returned to Antigua for a two weeks long visit to continue training of local persons to undertake the repair and maintenance of string instruments. LsF raises its owns funds to support these missions and also donates the tools needed to set up the Read more

The ABYSO and friends from ROSL, the Commonwealth Resounds, the Purcell School for Young Musicians and the Wells Cathedral School held a concert to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Commonwealth. The Dean William Lake Centre was the venue for this concert which also culminated a week of music workshops Read more

Alison Cox OBE, travelled to Barbuda today to make a presentation of musical instruments to the Holy Trinity Primary School.  Alison is the Founder and Chair of Trustees of The Commonwealth Resounds, an organisation that promotes music and musicians across the Commonwealth through collaborative events worldwide with a particular focus Read more

Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams, Patron of the ABYSO, visited the music workshops being held at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium. The workshops are being facilitated by musicians and composers from The Commonwealth Resounds, the Royal Over-seas League, the Purcell School for Young Read more

The ABYSO is pleased to launch an annual lecture series dedicated to the subject of music education, performance and value. The lectures will remember the life of celebrated Antiguan music teacher and advocate for the rights of senior citizens, Phyllis Joshua- Jeremiah. Phyllis was born in Seatons Village in Antigua Read more

H.E. Sir Rodney Williams, Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda and H.E. Lady Sandra Williams, the Governor General’s Goodwill Emissary, hosted a lunchtime concert at Government House featuring students from the Purcell School for Young Musicians and the Wells Cathedral School from the United Kingdom. The students were on Island Read more

The ABYSO welcomed a delegation of musicians from the United Kingdom representing four organisations for a 10-day music education visit. The delegation was led by Alison Cox OBE, Founder and Chair of Trustees of The Commonwealth Resounds and Geoff Parkin, Artistic Director of the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL). The visit Read more

British solo cellist, Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and founder of the In Harmony Education programme, Julian Lloyd Webber, was one of the special guests of the ABYSO for its Playing to Inspire week of activities 2019. Julian met with the Board of Directors of the ABYSO to share Read more

The Kanneh-Masons joined the ABYSO for Playing to Inspire for a third consecutive year. The concert featured a constellation of musical talent from across the world and from Antigua and Barbuda. No strangers now to the Kanneh-Masons, the audience showed that they just could not get enough of this amazingly Read more

MusAid followed up its January 2019 scoping visit to Antigua with a second visit led by its Director of Operations, the Julliard-trained violist Kim Mai Nguyen. During the Playing to Inspire 3 Concert, Kim Mai announced that MusAid is pleased to formally launch its partnership with the ABYSO.  The ABYSO Read more