With Bristol Ensemble at St. George’s 22nd September. A great chance to revisit some of the best commissions from the first five years of NMSW (including highlights from the delightful “A Modern Menagerie” by John Pickard, Michael Ellison, Anna Meredith and Geoff Poole) alongside work by Roxanna Panufnik and James MacMillan and repertoire classics (Dance Macabre and Hoedown).
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We are delighted to announce the launch of In The Steps of Apollo: from the first Moon landing to the Universe beyond…
This stunning audio-visual show celebrating the 59th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing has been created by Sound World in collaboration with the planetarium team at We The Curious. The show features 5 wonderful, specially commissioned string quartets and premières at WTC on Saturday, 20th July.
For full details see our press release here, or visit We The Curious to book tickets.
We’re pleased to announce the 2019 Sound World Young Composers’ Prize. Free to enter and open to school age composers from across the UK, it’s a great opportunity for young composers to have their work played by professional musicians at a major, high-profile concert. For more info please click here.
A big thank you to Didymus who are supporting our Composing Clubs project. For more info on the project please click here.
We are very grateful to the Foyle Foundation for their generous support for two upcoming Sound World projects: In The Steps of Apollo and The Composing Club Project.
A big thank you to the Wingate Foundation for their generous support for the Young Composers’ Academy that we run in partnership with St. George’s, Bristol.
The next YCA event will be at St. George’s on Sunday 22nd September. For more info please click here.
Sound World is in talks with the planetarium at We The Curious about creating a new, multimedia show celebrating. More news to follow…
We are very grateful to the Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation who have agreed to support the Sound World Composing Project. This project aims to give young people from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to get actively involved in creating new music. Practical opportunities and ongoing mentoring will lead to the young musicians having their music performed and recorded by professional performers.
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It is with great pleasure that we announce that Armando Iannucci has become the third Sound World patron. The writer/director of numerous award winning films and television shows (including The Death of Stalin, In The Loop, The Thick of It and Veep) and co-creator of Alan Partridge, Armando is also known for his passionate love of music (photo by Matt Crockett).
We are delighted to announce that the Dame Evelyn Glennie will be one of Sound World’s patrons. As well as being the world’s first full-time percussion soloist, Evelyn has also been a consistent and committed advocate of new repertoire, with many major works written especially for her (photo by Philipp Rathmer).