Composers for Streetwise Opera's Unseen project

Vacancy Type: 
Application deadline: 
Friday, 7 April 2023
Description of vacancy: 

Streetwise Opera is looking for three composers, one each in London, Manchester and Nottingham, to work with soprano Abigail Kelly and people with lived experience of homelessness to co-create a three-act opera inspired by, and responding to, the music of composers of African and Caribbean heritage, including Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), George Bridgetower and Margaret Bonds.

The fee is £3,500 for composition, notation, recording and four co-creation sessions with the local Streetwise Opera group. The deadline is 5pm on Friday 7 April. Apply online.

Location: 
London, Manchester and Nottingham
United Kingdom