Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music...

Darren Henley is the Managing Director of Global Radio's national classical music station, Classic FM. His radio programmes have been honoured at the Sony Radio Academy Awards and he was named Commercial Radio Programmer of the Year in 2009. Darren's independent review into the funding and delivery of music education in England for the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, resulted in the country's first National Plan for Music Education. He has since authored a further independent review for the government into all aspects of Cultural Education in England. Darren studied politics at the University of Hull. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Radio Academy, an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University, an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. This is his twenty-first book about classical music and musicians. Sam Jackson is Managing Editor at Classic FM, responsible for the radio station's on-air output. He is co-author of 'The Classic FM Hall of Fame'.