In the final episode of this short series of artist interviews, I meet with Lara Jones, a saxophonist, producer and composer, and the youngest of the musicians I've interviewed for this series. As such, her experience in finding her feet professionally is probably the most directly relevant to any early-career musicians listening to this. 

In our conversation we identify the new challenges and opportunities facing musicians at the start of their careers, and ultimately take what I think is a very encouraging view of the sector.

If you want it - it's out there.

Open Ears will continue - there's more information at the end of the show. 

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A key figure within the UK's contemporary music scene, Christopher Fox is the editor of new music journal Tempo as well as being an influential and widely performed composer.

In this interview, Christopher and I explore his diverse and multi-stranded career, what drives his massive range of influences, and how this leads to not just stylistic diversity within his compositions, but a huge range of different musical activities.

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In this episode I'm really pleased to bring you an interview I did with Stephanie Wake-Edwards, a young opera singer who's been blazing something of a trail over the last few years. 

She's competed at Cardiff Singer of the World, performed at Wigmore Hall, Covent Garden and the Royal Opera House, featured in online broadcasts watched by hundreds of thousands of people, and is building a really exciting career for herself. 

In this conversation Stephanie and I explore how she has navigated the institutions and challenges of the classical music world to become - in my opinion - one of the most impressive young singers in the UK. 

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