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| "This enterprise offers a model for the promotion of individual artists and composers on-line." Andrew Stewart, Classical Music | |
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What we believe
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| When we speak with fellow musicians and ask | |
| What is the single most important difficulty that you have as a musician? | |
| the resounding answer is often the same | |
| Not enough time to do everything I want to develop and promote my career - and affordably. | |
| What musicians want is to fulfill their potential as an artist by performing, recording, composing and distributing their music; and what gets in the way? having to find time to fit in all those additional activities which support their career ambitions! | |
| We created impulse-music.co.uk for exactly this purpose. As professional musicians ourselves we wanted to provide a service that could support musicians in the following ways | |
| Promotion Visibility Security Affordability Distribution Service | |
| Promotion - On the Impulse website we provide you with an opportunity to promote your career in exactly the way you would like it to be seen | |
| Visibility - Getting to the top of Search Engine Rankings impulse-music.co.uk is recognised by Google as an authority site. By being on the impulse site you can be at the top of the search results | |
| If you already have your own website, having a Gateway site with Impulse will ensure that you quickly arrive at the top of the search engine rankings | |
| Security - You have the security of knowing that your material is being promoted by musicians who have an understanding of your business. Impulse has had a presence on the Internet for 15 years and as one of the longest standing classical music sites on the web you have the security of knowing you have a well trusted and established site backing you | |
| Affordability - The service Impulse provides is devised to be affordable for musicians | |
| We are extremely flexible and can match services to budgets | |
| Distribution - As an additional service if you have music and recordings to sell you can do this through our sister company, tutti, with a secure credit card service on line at www.tutti.co.uk | |
| Contact us now by using the contact form if you would like information on our web page design and hosting services. | |
| For distribution of your music and recordings please contact sell@tutti.co.uk | |
| Service - We keep in close contact with all our clients and are always available to help with enquiries, personally | |
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Who we are
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| Geraldine Allen and Sarah Rodgers first met in 1984 when they were enrolled as members of the Royal Society of Musicians in London. They are both passionate about supporting and promoting the work of classical musicians and created one of the first classical music sites on the internet with impulse-music.co.uk in 1995. This was followed by the creation of www.tutti.co.uk for the sale of recordings and sheet music in 2000. | |
| Geraldine Allen has had an extensive career as a clarinet soloist, broadcasting for BBC radio three and performing internationally with a repertoire that specialised in British contemporary music. As well as her career as a performer she has been professor of clarinet for the Spanish National Youth Orchestra, examiner for the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama and Warden of the Private Teachers section of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. She is an adviser to the Arts Council of England and East Midland Arts Board. In recent years as part of Impulse Music Consultants Geraldine has formed Geraldine Allen Events which organises major Events and has raised almost 4 million pounds for charity over the past 4 years www.gaevents.co.uk | 
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| Sarah Rodgers is a professional composer and
conductor. A direct descendant of Henry Purcell, her music has been
performed across the www.impulse-music.co.uk/sarahrodgers |
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What others say about us
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| "Thank you so much for all you did to make our performance of the War Requiem such a
success. The attendance was quite overwhelming and the general buzz you managed to create
in the media is something from which I hope the Royal College of Music can benefit in the
future." Susan Sturrock, Publicity Officer, Royal College of Music | |
| Feasibility Study for a Musician in Residence in Child Health "The professionalism and expertise of Impulse music consultants proved invaluable in formulating an exciting and appropriate programme of music and educational activities for children receiving treatment at Southampton General Hospital." Liz Smith, Trust Arts Co-ordinator, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
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The British Red Cross - Something to Sing About, BBC Radio 2 "I was full of admiration at the wonderful research that you have undertaken and your superb selection of interesting, lively and enjoyable music. It opened my ears to a whole aspect of our history of which I had been previously unaware." The Countess of Limerick, CBE Chairman of Council, British Red Cross | |
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'Music to Celebrate' at St George's Chapel, Windsor, November 1995 "Saturday night was one of the best ever Red Cross events. I am really indebted to you for all you did to make it possible and the extra ingredients, especially the fanfare and the finale were quite tremendous. The programme for the evening was quite stunning." John F. Gray, Director of Public Affairs, British Red Cross | |
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"May I also thank you most sincerely for the fantastic contribution you made towards making the Oxford Street Party the success it undoubtedly was - dealing with you was a pleasure as it always is with professionals." The Earl of Stockton, Chairman, Oxford Street Party Committee | |