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Instruments as image creators
Posted on 29 December 2018
Two members of the Two Rivers Concert Band offer up their thoughts and reflections on working alongside James Banner as part of the Adopt a Composer...
'The other ocean' - the performance
Posted on 19 December 2018
The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra sum up a whirlwind performance alongside composer Esmeralda Conde Ruiz for the Adopt a Composer project.We...
How to really play WITH your orchestra
Posted on 19 December 2018
Da Capo Alba guitar and mandolin orchestra met up with both their adopted composer, Nicholas Olsen and his mentor David Horne on 28 November for a...
Chloe Knibbs: The first meeting
Posted on 8 December 2018
Composer Chloe Knibbs meets West Midlands chamber choir, Ex Urbe, as they begin a collaborative composition for our Adopt a Composer project.After...
Laura Snowden meets the Chandos Chamber Choir
Posted on 6 December 2018
Jess Griffin, of the Chandos Chamber Choir, relays the group's first impressions after meeting Laura Snowden on our Adopt a Composer...
James Banner on Adopt a Composer
Posted on 5 December 2018
Composer James Banner offers in depth reflections on collaboration as he meets with Two Rivers Concert Band for the Adopt a Composer project.My...
Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra get to grips with new music
Posted on 27 November 2018
Players of the Stoneleigh Youth Training and Main Orchestras reflect on getting to know Ben See's music for Adopt a Composer as they...
Robert Laidlow on composing for Adopt a Composer
Posted on 27 November 2018
In the first of four blog posts, composer Robert Laidlow discusses the rapid development of musical thoughts and directions for the AaC project with...
Marketing a mandolin orchestra
Posted on 16 November 2018
Who'd have thought Adopt a Composer projects would end up marketed on Brighton buses? Lindsay Stoner, of the Fretful Federation Mandolin...
Da Capo al Fine!
Posted on 14 November 2018
First impressions of Adopt a Composer from Da Capo Alba.Da Capo Alba, the adult orchestra of the Lanarkshire Guitar and Mandolin Association (...
British Composer Award nominations 2018
Posted on 7 November 2018
We're thrilled to announce that two composers from our Adopt a Composer project have been nominated for the 2018 British Composer Awards....
Edmund Hunt: 'Vita Hominum'
Posted on 2 November 2018
Edmund Hunt on final amendments and writing spacial awareness into a score.Since my previous blog post, The Singers and I have passed...

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