The Northern School of Music provide soloists for a performance of The Bartered Bride at Hyde Town Hall. Performances are Audrey Rowarth, Patricia Wallace, Pamela Rhodes, John O'Sullivan, Albert Haskayne, Maurice Johnson and Margaret Brownbrige.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Austin Sumners once again produces The Marriage of Figaro for the Northern School of Music at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. Perfomers include Albert Haskayne, Jack Grimshaw, Grace Yerkess, Pamela Whittaker, Pamela Rhodes, produced by Aylmer Buesst.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Northern School of Music at Chorley with performers Vincent Billington, Guy Ratcliffe, Veronica Milroy, Anthony Crowther, Malcolm Arnold, Leonard Latchford and Geoffrey Emerson.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Northern School of Music at the Houldsworth Hall, conducted by Ernest Read. Gillian Lurie and William Almond deserved special mention.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Northern School of Music at Houldsworth Hall, conducted by Maurice Handforth. Performers include Stephen Taylor, Brian Fish, Alfreda Hodgson, Mary Rowland and Felice Pliskin.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Fabulous photo of Northern School of Music's graduates Margaret Packard and Helen Taylor.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Northern School of Music perform their Easter Concert with performers including Angela Horsley, Stephen Taylor, Brian Fish, John Howarth, Christine Taylor, Colin Staveley, Tessa Hultgren, Ann Percival, Richard Walsh.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Northern School of Music students perform for the Chorley Music Group. Performers include: Joyce Palin, Roy Gerrard, Geoffrey York, Sheila Frankland.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Good job, ladies! The Bolton School Opera Group perform Mozart's The Magic Flute with special guest Tessa Hultgren.

Ref: NSM/22

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Wigan Music Society hosts Northern School of Music students at the Gas Showrooms. Performers include Eily O'Callaghan, Graham Austin, John Hall, Robert Hall, John Wilson.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Northern School of Music's Easter contest at Houldsworth Hall. Performers include Eily O'Callaghan, Pauline Brown, Stephen Taylor, Douglas Drake, Christine Murray, Geoffrey Rostron, David Smith, John Wilson and with mention to Irene Wilde.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

NSM alumnus John O'Sullivan at the Bolton Musical Artists Association at the Bolton Central Library. Also performing with alumnus F. Michael Greenhalgh.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Die Fledermaus performed on the teeny tiny Lesser Free Trade Hall stage, produced by Sumner Austin and conducted by Aylmer Buesst. Performing were John O'Sullivan, Pamela Rhodes, Grace Yerkess, Donald Rutter, Mary Bennett and Albert Haskayne.

Ref: NSM/22

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

This clipping looks a little too "archivey" with all the damage and dirt but there we are. The Northern School of Music smashed it out of the park at the Houldsworth Hall with performers Stephen Denison, Roy Gerrard, Jean Soni, Dorothea Taylor, Terence Taylor, John O'Sullivan, Mary Gilmartin and Elizabeth Knight.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Northern School of Music deliver The Bartered Bride on the insufficient Lesser Free Trade Hall stage. Luckily, no one fell off. Performing were Dorothy Pitman, Vincent Coates, Albert Haskayne, John O'Sullivan, and produced by Sumner Austin.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Magic Flute by Mozart, played at the Lesser Free Trade Hall by the Northern School of Music. and overall they did pretty well!
Performing were Albert Haskayne, John O'Sullivan, Pamela Whittaker, produced by Sumner Austin and conducted by Aylmer Buesst.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Northern School of Music pupils do their thing alongside students of the Great Moor Junior School. Conducted by Miss B. Newton and accompanied by M. Whittaker, featuring Dorothy Crossley, Geoffrey Rostron, Joseph Tow, Judith Davis and Geoffrey Bond.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Northern School of Music give their student awards at Houldsworth Hall, with principal Hilda Collens noting that its financial position needs to improve to continue.

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

At the Northern School of Music's awards ceremony, principal of the Royal Academy Sir Thomas Armstrong wonders why Manchester of all places doesn't have a city opera company. It could be paid for out of taxes like other public services.

Anyhoo, featured in the prizes and performances are: Veronica Milroy, Alicia Robinson, Judith Partington, Christopher Wood, Malcolm Shaw, Rayson Whalley, Judith Lowe, Mary Roberts, Irene Yates, Yvonne Swindells, Margaret Henshall, Derek Oldfield, Eileen O'Neill, Margaret Haylings, and Brenda Elder (of Corrie!)

Ref: NSM/22
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Thomas Pitfield's The Poetry Of Trees in all its display book glory. The incredible thing about this is that no only does it show another side to Pitfield's many talents outside of music but that it shows pretty much all of them: book binding, wood work, calligraphy, tooling, artwork, design, linocut printing, calligraphy, poetry. Like seriously, this guy did it all.

Ref: TP/3/5/21
Owned by the Pitfield Trust

A gorgeous recording from the RNCM String Ensemble in 1982. However, no programme! Does anyone recognise this little snippet?

A little snippet of the first scene of the opera Demetrio E Polibio performed by the Royal Northern College of Music on the 14th of June 1969 in Manchester. Performers include Anthea Hobb, soprano; Patricia Taylor, mezzo-soprano; Roydn Jones, tenor; Harry Coghill, bass. Kenneth Cleveland was the conductor.

Massive thanks to the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage team at Manchester Central Library for doing such an incredible job digitising the original magnetic tape.

Herizons' Looking Back at the NSM video. Treat yourself to a musical tour of Manchester hot spots with significance to the amazing Northern School of Music.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Behind The Scenes of the musical Northern School of Music: Storied in Time.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.