Sketches including designs for Sir Paul McCartney's "magic piano" that were found in a skip could fetch £10,000 at auction.

Builder Andy Clynes, 54, found them in 1999 as he converted a mill into a wine bar near Manchester.

He put the sketches in his loft but recently decided to get them valued. They will be auctioned on 24 March.

Sir Paul played the psychedelic piano in The Beatles' 1967 Magical Mystery Tour film.

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Just a little something to brighten your day. What started as an idea on my flight home from college ended in a collaboration with some of the most incredible people. I couldn't be more grateful. Please share to help us promote positivity and optimism while we need it most. ?

"What the World Needs Now" Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David for Virtual Orchestra

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SSO Encore: From the Archives: Recorded live at the Esplanade Concert Hall on 30 April 2015, we are re-releasing this performance of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, the "Pathétique", conducted by Lan Shui, as part of the series "SSO Encores" from our SSOPlayOn! digital season.

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Due to the current situation regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19), The Leeds International Piano Competition has cancelled a day of public events planned to celebrate the 100th Birthday of Dame Fanny Waterman on Sunday 22nd March.

The day of events, which included a public concert with past Leeds Gold Medallists, a tea party and a dinner, was scheduled to take place on the very day of her 100th birthday at the University of Leeds.

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The list kept growing.

First, it was saxophonist Marcelo Peralta, who turned 59 just days before he died after contracting the coronavirus on March 10 in Madrid.

Then it was Manu Dibango, 86, a Cameroonian afro-jazz saxophone icon.

Then Mike Longo, 83, a pianist and musical director for Dizzy Gillespie.

Then revered trumpeter Wallace Roney, 59.

Then, on April 1, two deep blows: 85-year-old Ellis Marsalis Jr., a pianist, educator, and patriarch of an illustrious jazz family, and jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, whose acclaimed work crossed genres.

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A CORONAVIRUS critical care nurse sang “we will rise up” on a piano in a breath-taking performance to cheer up her heroic NHS colleagues.

The talented pianist, called Hannah, sang a cover of Andra Day’s Rise Up which includes uplifting lyrics to keep spirits high as her team battles coronavirus on the frontline.

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His gifted musicianship helped turn him into a global superstar, but Sir Elton John is living without a piano for the first time during quarantine.

Elton, 73 - who has played piano from a very young and started lessons when he was seven - joked: 'I have to be quarantined in the only house I have ever been in without a piano.'

He had to use his son's keyboard.

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The health and safety of all Trinity candidates, examiners and staff is our absolute priority. Therefore, due to the increasing spread of COVID-19, we have taken the decision to suspend all exams and awards with immediate effect.

Trinity is committed to supporting the hard work of candidates and teachers around the world. We know the amount of time and effort involved in preparing for our assessments, and how disappointing it will be to have to postpone exams.

We are therefore working on a number of exciting new initiatives that will enable candidates for certain examinations to submit work digitally during this difficult period.

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"It definitely feels deeply odd to be thinking about an album rollout at this time," reflects pianist Aaron Parks. "But on the other hand, as a listener and as somebody who's affected by this as well, I know how much I'm needing to get my mind off of this."

Parks, a leading jazz pianist, is speaking by phone from his mother's house in Putnam County, N.Y., where he and his wife have relocated for the time being. He's referring, of course, to the widespread anxiety and disruption caused by the coronavirus — a story that has unfolded just as he prepares to release a new album, Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man. The cognitive dissonance of a promotional cycle in the face of a global pandemic isn't lost on him.

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A video of Brian Tyler conducting the Raiders of the Lost Ark March composed by John Williams in concert at Royce Hall in Los Angeles.

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With most Hongkongers staying home to help stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Ming’s Piano lost 70 per cent of its normal operating profit during its worst month in February since the outbreak started in the city.

But the music instruction centre recently managed to get some students in front of carefully sterilised keyboards in mobile classrooms made by loading pianos onto special trucks.The centre’s first “piano truck” hit the road on February 20, 2020, and since then two others have been rolled out to reach students across Hong Kong.

The company is now looking ahead to a post-pandemic future, and planning to keep the trucks moving for the convenience of their students.

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Pianist plays concert for her neighborhood in an effort to lift morale during coronavirus outbreak. California neighbors gather at a distance on balconies and in driveways to listen and sing along.

Date of Performance: Mar 17, 2020

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