I’m delighted to announce that Steve Newman, actor, playwright and Commissioning Director at publisher, Humdrumming will be joining me here at Classy Classical to provide historical insights into the major English composers.

Steve describes his qualifications for the task thus: “I have a passion for English composers, and next year is the ‘Year of Elgar’. I’ll be writing some historical pieces on Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Holst and so on. And I once wrote a play about Elgar and Delius.”

Many readers will know of Steve’s writing on music from our sister site: Jazz Groove. He also authors A Publisher’s Diary about his work at Humdrumming.

We look forward eagerly to Steve’s contributions.