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Friday Night Is.....Music Night
Since 1999 I have had the pleasure of conducting many, many Friday Night Is Music Night programmes for BBC Radio 2 and even though most...

MikeDixonMusic
May 20, 20161 min read


Every So Often an Amazing Person Comes Along...
About 18 months ago I was contacted by a young man called Josh Barry who was putting together an article all about Variety. Because I...

MikeDixonMusic
May 13, 20163 min read


So It's Time To Record Something 'Wot You Wrote'
I spend most of my work life working with other people's music. The number of times I have had the 'dubious joy' of recording or...

MikeDixonMusic
May 10, 20162 min read


Really - You Can Do 'Funny'?
I have spent the last couple of days starting a project that will be completed some time in the summer - complex new and extremely witty...

MikeDixonMusic
Apr 27, 20161 min read
Brilliant - Simply Brilliant
A week of meetings sounds like it must be stuffy and tedious. In my job it frequently means the opposite - exciting new challenges,...

MikeDixonMusic
Apr 15, 20161 min read


Awards - who needs them?
Well the Oliviers have razzamatazzed - our Mrs Henderson Presents hopes of glory faded but we still have the kudos of the four...

MikeDixonMusic
Apr 7, 20163 min read


Easter 2016
Yesterday I conducted my last Mrs Henderson Presents - handing the mantle over fully to Barney Ashworth. Mixed emotions but my journey...

MikeDixonMusic
Mar 27, 20161 min read


New Web Site Day Today
Today my new Web Site goes live! Thanks to Harvey Norton @pinkroom100 for his patience, as ever! #HarveyNorton #MikeDixonMusiccom

MikeDixonMusic
Mar 21, 20161 min read
A Time of Reflection
A time of reflection this week - Keith Emerson's death on March 11th has really affected me. I suppose along with Andre Previn and my...

MikeDixonMusic
Mar 18, 20161 min read


Mrs Henderson Presents
Mrs Henderson Presents - plus..... Posted by: Mike Dixon at 06:53, January 11 2016. A busy few months - from the promo recordings for...

MikeDixonMusic
Mar 3, 20161 min read
Creative Team Parity - WOS Awards Contd......
Creative Team Parity The whole argument about Music Department being included in mainstream Theatre awards like Whats On Stage and The...

MikeDixonMusic
Nov 3, 20146 min read
ArtsEd and Friday Night is Music Night
Very happy to report that the FNIMN I conducted this week with students from ArtsEd went really well. Such terrific engagement from them...

MikeDixonMusic
Oct 18, 20141 min read
New Beginnings
After the summer break - and a quick Surprise Surprise for ITV - it is back to a very interesting 'grindstone! The Infidel (The Musical)...

MikeDixonMusic
Aug 31, 20141 min read
Amazingly Varied Week
From ALW, T Rice and Rufus Wainwright through Harvey Norton, Stephen Hill to Bill Bailey......nuff said! Sometimes I simply do continue...

MikeDixonMusic
Jun 27, 20141 min read
After D-Day 70
A huge day on Friday 6th June - The Royal Albert Hall audience stood as one after Jim Radford's Shores Of Normandy - a very moving...

MikeDixonMusic
Jun 9, 20141 min read
D-Day 70 Years On
Finished a full day of rehearsals with BBC Concert Orchestra yesterday. This event is going to be one of the biggest.... Friday 6th June...

MikeDixonMusic
Jun 5, 20141 min read
We Will Rock You
Last day of WWRY London today - a long and very interesting journey. I have been so honoured to have been involved, truly. Working with...

MikeDixonMusic
May 31, 20141 min read
Future Good!
So many upcoming projects! Including D Day at the Royal Albert Hall with Patrick Stewart and the BBC Concert Orchestra - Friday Night Is...

MikeDixonMusic
May 26, 20141 min read
The Route To Happiness
A terrific few days in the studio with Alexander Bermange. Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis and Ben Forster proving why they are such strong...

MikeDixonMusic
Apr 29, 20141 min read
The Bodyguard Future
Amongst a few meetings and phone calls this last week I also popped in to see the brilliant Richard Beadle, MD for Bodyguard, and had a...

MikeDixonMusic
Apr 19, 20141 min read
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