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Adopt a Composer: post performance
Posted on 11 June 2019
Chris James, Chairman of Southampton Concert Wind Band (SCWB), offers a delightful post-performance reflection on the group's involvement on the...
Choral music: The voice of the soul
Posted on 22 May 2019
On a recent trip to the USA composer Patrick Hawes did a series of interviews with the sheet music retailer JW Pepper for their series...
Making the visual audible
Posted on 7 March 2019
Composer Robert Laidlow looks to puzzles and film editing for inspiration on his collaborative piece with the Southampton Concert Wind Band (SCWB) as...
Corporate member blog: Brand your events
Posted on 14 February 2019
With a performance or event looming it’s easy to forget the importance of taking the time to brand the event itself. If your audience is...
New year, new project
Posted on 31 January 2019
Swansea Philharmonic Choir Music Secretary, Jemma, describes getting stuck into the Adopt a Composer project with Nathan James Dearden from day one...
Adopt a Composer pieces on BBC Radio 3
Posted on 24 January 2019
Congratulations to our seven groups and composers whose brand new Adopt a Composer pieces were recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3.The culmination of a...
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...
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...
Adopting a school (or six!)
Posted on 1 August 2018
Composer Max Charles Davies on the Adopt a Composer scheme, collaborations, the budding of working relationships and positive ebb and flow of ideas....
Preparations for the first performances
Posted on 1 August 2018
Max Charles Davies on preparations for the inaugural public performance of his collaborative piece with Côr Crymych a'r Cylch as part of the...
Ben See, SYO and the composing committee questionnaire
Posted on 2 July 2018
Following on from part I where Ben set an exercise to find the words for the Training Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, part II takes a look at the people...
Your views are important
Posted on 23 March 2018
There is a lot of debate about music education and arts funding at the moment. But these debates do not take note often enough of issues that affect...

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