Kwamé Ryan

A brand new CBeebies Prom from the Royal Albert Hall. Join Andy, Chantelle, Jen, Maddie, Rhys and conductor Kwamé, with lots of CBeebies friends. But has Dodge invited the animals?

'Maestra' looks at what happens when women come together - the extraordinary. In March 2022, fourteen women gathered in Paris to show the world the singular talent that unites them and which, for far too long, has been considered the pursuit of only men. Mothers, daughters, rebels, leaders - over four days, each took to the stage to compete in 'La Maestra', the only competition in the world for female conductors. A mother of twin toddlers from Athens, determined to show her kids anything is possible, a Ukrainian doing all she can to focus on her art and the competition in front of her while Russia invades, a Polish student just starting out, and a French immigrant returning to the city that closed its doors to her many years ago. Personal stories of survival, passion and perseverance are woven together with the drama and excitement of this one of a kind event created to break yet another glass ceiling for women.

Join CBeebies for an ocean adventure travelling the musical world in the Royal Albert Hall submarine to find endangered creatures and tackle tricky environmental problems. Andy, Chantelle, Jen, Maddie, Nigel and Rory are on board RA Sub with a marvellous musical crew, the Southbank Sinfonia, led by captain and conductor Kwamé Ryan. JoJo helps with a Gran Gran plan to make a musical ocean scrapbook, the Go Jetters rescue a hawksbill turtle and Andy jets off on an Aquatic Adventure to find humpback whales. Chantelle and Rory take everyone on Teeny Tiny Creature trips underwater and to shore searching out seahorse and starfish habitats. There’s also a special Hey Duggee surprise.

During Marian Anderson's historic concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, a white man and a black woman fall in love. During the turbulent half-century that follows, they try to protect their three musically gifted children from prejudices they themselves have suffered. Belgian avant-garde jazz pianist and composer Kris Defoort’s new opera is a fascinating symbiosis between jazz and classical music deeply rooted in the now. Inspired by Richard Powers' great American novel, The Time of Our Singing tells the story of a mixed-race family against the backdrop of racial segregation in the USA. In the world premiere at La Monnaie, Ted Hoffman's production lets official history and intimate stories collide to explore issues of identity, race and art.