In the first of four blog posts, composer Robert Laidlow discusses the rapid development of musical thoughts and directions for the AaC project with Southampton Concert Wind Band.
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Post date: Tuesday, 20 November 2018 - 12:04pm
Corporate member Club Europe tells us why touring with your group is worthwhile.
Going away on tour isn’t part of every choir’s calendar, but for the Abermore Singers from Shropshire it is now, following their first, very successful music tour to Prague this Summer.
“Prague was excellent in all respects,” says Abermore’s music leader Alistair Auld.
Post date: Friday, 16 November 2018 - 2:38pm
Welcome to our new corporate supporter! Singing resource provider Melofonetica, explains what they do.
Melofonetica provides training and resources to help singers achieve clear, correct and expressive sung Italian (and Latin) in opera and classical music. We also provide coaching and consultancy to help other music professionals – including vocal coaches, accompanists and conductors – develop skills, confidence and expertise in Italian repertoire.
Post date: Friday, 16 November 2018 - 12:27pm
Who'd have thought Adopt a Composer projects would end up marketed on Brighton buses? Lindsay Stoner, of the Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra offers some insight.
Post date: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 - 2:47pm
First impressions of Adopt a Composer from Da Capo Alba.
Post date: Friday, 9 November 2018 - 3:21pm
When I was trying to justify my existence as a music student I often suffered from crises of confidence. In talking to colleagues years later it is some comfort to learn that I wasn’t alone in thinking that everyone else was far more talented and that sooner or later I would be, ‘found out’.
Apparently we all, (apart from a very few confidence-ridden individuals) have thoughts about not really belonging where we find ourselves.
Post date: Wednesday, 7 November 2018 - 12:35pm
We're thrilled to announce that two composers from our Adopt a Composer project have been nominated for the 2018 British Composer Awards.
Robert Laidlow, involved in the current year's Adopt a Composer, has been nominated as one of three finalists in the 'Small Chamber' category for his piece 'Lines Between'.
Post date: Friday, 2 November 2018 - 4:10pm
Edmund Hunt on final amendments and writing spacial awareness into a score.
Post date: Thursday, 25 October 2018 - 3:46pm
Score Exchange is an international marketplace for buying and selling sheet music. Featuring over a million pages of music, performers of any ability can find interesting new sheet music to download and print at www.scoreexchange.com
Post date: Friday, 19 October 2018 - 3:25pm
Making music as a hobby has a long tradition in the UK where there are an estimated 40,000 choirs and at least 20,000 instrumental groups including brass bands, amateur orchestras, sitar societies, folk groups, drumming circles, jazz bands, ukulele groups, and more, with over 3.3 million individuals involved.
Every community has such groups that bring people from all walks of life together to practise and perform music in their leisure-time on a regular basis.
