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Adopt-a-Composer |
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We are very excited to announce that the highly-successful Adopt-a-Composer scheme is back this year following a very positive independent evaluation. For the 2009/2010 scheme we will select six member groups and pair them up with six contemporary composers, who will spend time with the group and write a piece of music based on their needs and ideas, and subsequently help with its rehearsal and performance. Applications are invited for the 2009/10 season.
It is a wonderful opportunity for an orchestra, choir or band to have a piece of new music commissioned especially for them. The project is funded by the Performing Rights Society Foundation for New Music, and costs nothing for the member group involved. It is run in partnership with Sound and Music.
The collaborations last for about a year and culminate in the group performing the premiere of the work.
Further information can be downloaded here, and an application form can be downloaded here. Please note that the deadline for submissions is 29 June 2009.
The 2008 pairings were:
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- Christopher Hussey and the Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble
- Graham Ross and the Knack Singers
- Elizabeth Winters and Kensington Chamber Orchestra
- Margaret Haley and the Aire Valley Singers
- Adam Melvin and the Yorkshire Saxophone Choir
- Amber Priestley and St Hilda's Festival Chorus
The 2007 pairings were:
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- Philip Venables and the South London Jazz Orchestra
- Robert Percy and Lewisham Choral Society
- Claudia Molitor and the City of Southampton Orchestra
- Fumiko Miyachi and the Lichfield Sinfonia
- Jordan Hunt and the Midlands Fretted Orchestra
- Richard Glover and Solway Harps
The 2006 pairings were:
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- Jerry Wigens and the Hampton Singers
- James McWilliam and the Ipswich Choral Society
- Charlie Piper and the Lambeth Orchestra
- Anthony Bailey and the Milton Keynes Chorale
- Martin Suckling and the New Edinburgh Orchestra
- Ben Oliver and the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir
The 2005 pairings were:
- Will May - Islington Choral Society
- Owen Bourne - Fulham Symphony Orchestra
- Yumi Hara Cawkwell - Chantage
- Philip Tebbs - Hardynge Choir
- Simon Lesley - North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra
- Chris Long - City of Birmingham Choir
The 2004 pairings were:
- John Reeman and the Todmorden Orchestra
- Edmund Joliffe and the Kensington Chamber Orchestra
- Ed Bennett and the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra
- Anna Meredith and the Milngavie Young Singers
- Jonathan Girling and the Glebe Singers
- Mark Bowden and Thames Voyces
Premieres are advertised locally and through Making Music's publications.
The adopt-a-composer scheme is run in partnership with sound and music, www.soundandmusic.org and the Performing Rights Society Foundation for New Music, www.prsfoundation.co.uk.
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Content last updated:
12 June 2009 |
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 Making Music, 2-4 Great Eastern Street,London, EC2A 3NW |
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 Making Music 020 7422 8280 |
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spnm@spnm.org.uk |
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David Bedford Commission |
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Reaching a new audience through BBC Radio 3 |
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David Bedford has been jointly commissioned by Making Music members to write a new work for choral ensembles. There's still time to participate! |
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Send in details of special activities or projects you have undertaken that would make good radio features on behalf of amateur music. |
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