Anna Appleby's new composition with the Merchant Sinfonia evokes images of wind, machinery, hillsides and a train journey.
Once again, I am on the train back from Scotland with hills and wind turbines cresting in and out of view. Last night was my first workshop with Merchant Sinfonia; having spent a couple of months getting to know the orchestra and thinking about their musical strengths, I had the chance to try out a first draft, a sketch, and some sounds for the new piece.
What a fantastic opportunity this is! I have been following Adopt a Composer over the years and seen it celebrate, season after season, the breadth of talent and music making among our leisure-time musicians, who I have often described to colleagues as ‘National Treasures’.
We’re pleased to welcome our latest corporate supporter; West Kensington Music Team (WKMT)
They were founded by Juan Rezzuto, an Argentina born composer and concert pianist, and offer music education, performance and production services in London.
Matching seven leisure-time music groups with emerging early-career composers for a collaboration could result in all sorts of complications.
But – touch wood – in 17 years of running the project it rarely has. This is because this unique project model comes with a lot of support, thanks to our funders, the PRS Foundation and latterly Creative Scotland and the Philip & Dorothy Green Music Trust, too.
Community music venues (and the groups that use them) recieved some much-needed good news on Thursday with the announcement that the government's Housing Secretary, Sajid Javid, has thrown his support behind adding a proposed 'Agent of Change' principle to planning law.
The 2018 Contemporary Music for All Festival is coming near you on 2-4 March. Sign up to take part.
Some Making Music member groups participated in the first Contemporary Music for All (CoMA) festival in 2016, playing in or attending workshops, rehearsals and performances.The festival is open to all and is a fantastic opportunity to delve into contemporary music.
Hawes Music is the publishing house founded by composer Patrick Hawes. Born in Grimsby, Patrick is an English composer who has made his mark as a torchbearer of the English musical tradition of Vaughan Williams and Delius. He is best known for writing the Highgrove Suite for HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, for being Composer-in-Residence at Classic FM, and for the Number One album Angel.
After working with choirs for many years, one thing stands out to us at Club Europe Music Tours - choir members love spending that extra time together, getting to know each other better through relaxation and performance and forming memories they can share for years to come. So we’ve come up with a wonderful way to combine all these elements by creating our Choral Retreats in Italy.
We're delighted to announce that the 2016/17 Adopt a Composer premières will be broadcast each night this week on BBC Radio 3.
The pieces will be broadcast each night after Radio 3 in Concert. They will be available for 30 days on the Radio 3 website, BBC iPlayer Radio app and are available as individual clips on the Radio 3 website.
Professional musicians deal with tough physical, emotional and psychological challenges. As well as being vulnerable to accident or injury, they often have to cope with low pay and pressure from management or self-employment while trying to keep working at all costs.
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine’s (BAPAM) expert support is essential in helping people beat or, even better, prevent arts career-related health problems.
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