NEWS

Fundraising update

‪A big thank you to the many generous supporters who have helped us break the £3000 barrier. The campaign is still live with some great rewards including exclusive pre-release downloads of new music by Nico Muhly, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Gavin Bryars and others.‬

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/musicians-coronavirus-fund

Coronavirus Response

We’re seeking to raise £7000 to employ freelance musicians, whose livelihoods have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

This isn’t about charity hand outs. Rather, it focuses on creating something genuinely positive and valuable out of a terrible situation. It solves an immediate financial crisis through a wonderful, collaborative, artistic endeavour. It will make a real difference to the participants, not just in material terms, but to their wellbeing and mental health.

Leading composers from around the world are supporting this project. To find out more here or, to donate to our crowd funding campaign click here.

Call for Scores 2020

As part of our Beethoven250! celebrations we are inviting young composers (25 and under) to submit works written in response to pieces by Beethoven.

The best will be selected for performance at our annual St. George’s concert in September.

For full details please visit our Opportunities page.

Dec. #SoundWorld Sounds

Brilliant, internationally renowned percussionist and Sound World patron Dame Evelyn Glennie joins Sir James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik, Howard Skempton and Anna Meredith as a contributor to our Sound World Sounds recommendations page. To find out what she picked, please click here.

Nov. #SoundWorld Sounds

Howard Skempton writes about Webern’s Op.27 piano variations in the latest addition to the Sound World Sounds recommendations page. To read more please click here.

First MLK tribute piece now available.

Visit our new Audio/Video page to watch last year’s performance of Sadie Harrison’s beautiful tribute to Coretta King: Coretta. With Andy Keenan, Tomáš Klement and Lionel Handy joined by gospel singer Michelle Ezigbo it’s a great performance and the perfect way to launch our Audio/Video page.

New Features Page

Our new features page launches this week with an interview with composer Geoff Poole. Geoff discusses all things compositional and much more here.

Hannah Kendall’s “Processional”

The second of our commissions celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King is now available on our Audio/Video page. This beautiful performance by Tomáš Klement was at St. George’s, Bristol in September 2018. See it here.