Adopt a Composer
Funded by PRS for Music Foundation, run by Making Music and Sound and Music.
Adopt a Composer pairs six amateur music groups with six composers for one year, with the resulting works performed and recorded by BBC Radio 3. It’s a chance for the musicians to have a new piece especially composed for them by some of the UK’s most talented emerging composers, and the whole process is supported by an experienced mentor to guide, cajole and encourage the developing partnerships. This year, we’re rolling out the scheme to any composers and groups who are interested in developing this collaboration, regardless of whether or not they are on the Sound and Music shortlist, or are members of Making Music. Find out more
We’ll be announcing the pairings for 2010/11 in late September. Watch this space.
More information: the Adopt a Composer blog site http://www.adoptacomposer.org is a hotbed of discussion and a chance to get a feel of how last year’s collaborations are developing.
Previous Years' pairings: 2009-10 Nina Whiteman and Colinton Amateur Orchestral Society. George Holloway and Finchley Chamber Choir and Finchley Chamber Orchestra. Nick Chamberlain and the Glasgow Lyric Choir. Richard Bullen and the Midlands Fretted Orchestra. Simon Katan and the Sans Pareil Singers. Paul Fretwell and the St Albans Rehearsal Orchestra.
2007-08 | Adam Melvin and the Yorkshire Saxophone Choir. Amber Priestley and St. Hilda‟s Festival Chorus, Whitby. Margaret Haley and the Aire Valley Singers, Yorkshire. Elizabeth Winters and Kensington Chamber Orchestra. Graham Ross and The Knack Singers, London. Christopher Hussey and Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble.
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2006-07 | Richard Glover and Solway Harps, Dumfries. Jordan Hunt and the Midlands Fretted Orchestra. Fumiko Miyachi and Lichfield Sinfonia. Claudia Molitor and the City of Southampton Orchestra. Robert Percy and Lewisham Choral Society. Philip Venables and the South London Jazz Orchestra.
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2005-06 | Anthony Bailey and Milton Keynes Chorale. James McWilliam and Ipswich Choral Society. Ben Oliver and the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir. Charlie Piper and the Lambeth Orchestra. Martin Suckling and the New Edinburgh Orchestra. Jerry Wigens and the Hampton Singers, Solihull.
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2004-05 | Will May and Islington Choral Society. Philip Tebbs and the Hardynge Choir, Hertfordshire. Simon Lesley and the North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra. Yumi Hara Cawkwell and Chantage, London. Owen Bourne and the Fulham Symphony Orchestra. Chris Long and the City of Birmingham Choir.
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2003-04 | John Reeman and the Todmorden Orchestra. Edmund Jolliffe and the Kensington Chamber Orchestra. Ed Bennett and the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra. Anna Meredith and the Milngavie Young Singers. Jonathan Girling and the Glebe Singers, Lincolnshire. Mark Bowden and Thames Voyces, Berkshire.
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2002-03 | Tazul Izan Tajuddin and Hertford Symphony Orchestra. Sophie Viney and the London Oriana Choir. Jonathan Pitkin and the St. Albans High School Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Simpson and Sale Choral Society. Chris Beardsley and Settle Orchestral Society. Liz Johnson and the Bournville Young Singers (formerly Bournville Children’s Choir).
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2001-02 | Nicholas Brown and the Phoenix Singers of Shrewsbury. Tarik ORegan and the Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers. Tim Coker and the Finchley Chamber Choir. Arlene Sierra and the Aeolian Singers, Hertfordshire. Naomi Waltham-Smith and the Lea Singers, Hertfordshire. Christine McCombe and the University of Strathclyde Music Society.
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2000-01 | Iain Matheson and the Meadows Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh. Rachel Leach and Leicester Symphony Orchestra. Graham Sheen and Westmorland Youth Orchestra. Tom Ingoldsby and the EMG Orchestra, Exeter.
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