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- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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2022-08-09 09:58:00
[…] judging panel will be Dr Robert Childs, the Band's director of artistic planning, Sarah Ionnades, the Youth Band’s guest conductor for summer 2023, and composer Dorothy Gates. The winner of the competition will receive a £1,000 prize for their work, with the piece being performed by the Band under the baton of Sarah Ionnades next summer, together with an offer from Prima Vista Musikk to also publish the work. The runner up will receive £250.Mark Bromley, the Band's CEO commented, "A supply of good new music is critical to any ensemble so supporting contemporary composers, particularly young composers, is very important to us. We are looking for a piece that is innovative, reflects our commitment to inclusivity, and has broad brass band appeal."Full details from the Band's website
2022-07-13 07:22:54
The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain celebrates its 70th birthday with an exciting and challenging programme conducted by Martyn Brabbins
[…] Pickard’s 1995 symphonic suite Men of Stone, and the world premiere of a piece commissioned for the anniversary, Hyperlink, by Scottish composer Peter Graham. Also in the programme will be masterpieces of the 20th-century brass band repertoire by Eric Ball, Derek Bourgeois and John Ireland, plus a selection of Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne with guest soloist Nardus Williams. The celebratory concert begins a new chapter in the history of band under the new leadership of CEO Mark Bromley and Director of Artistic Planning Dr Robert Childs, whose recent appointments follow the unexpected death of the band's long-standing administrator Philip Biggs in 2019 and the standing down due to ill health of Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey in 2020.Remarkably, the band has already achieved a balance in gender equality, with equal numbers of girls and boys generally participating in its Easter and Summer courses, shattering commonly-held perceptions that brass playing is still a male-dominated […]
2021-10-29 07:31:00
Terrific sense of achievement: Bach's St Matthew Passion from Scherzo Ensemble, The Strand Consort, Mozaique Baroque Ensemble and a team of young soloists
[…] paths and employment possibilities in music and the arts. The group returned from COVID-hibernation in July this year with a production of Rossini's Il Turco in Italia at Longhope Opera, and now Scherzo Ensemble has collaborated with two other groups of young performers, The Strand Consort and Mozaique Baroque Ensemble to present a series of performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion at the chapel of King's College, London (28/10/21), Winchester College Chapel (30/10/21) and St Mark's Church, Bromley (31/10/21). Scheduling problems meant that I would not be able to attend any of these performances, but luckily they were giving a public dress rehearsal as a community performance in Stockwell, just up the road from where I live.Matthew O'Keeffe conducted Bach's St Matthew Passion at St Michael's Church, Stockwell on Wednesday 27 October 2021 with Ruairi Bowen as the Evangelist, Michael Ronan as Christus, plus soloists Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Maria Hegele, Richard Robbins and Jack […]
2021-09-21 13:35:42
Returning to performance: three young ensembles join forces for immersive performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion
Three young ensembles are coming together to present an ambitious project designed to re-engage the public after the pandemic. Scherzo Ensemble (director Matthew O'Keeffe), the professional development platform for young singers, The Strand Consort (director Joseph Fort), a choir which draws its singers from an elite pool of alumni from the UK’s top musical institutions, and Mozaique, a young international ensemble Mozaïque has its roots at the University Mozarteum Salzburg, will be combining to perform Bach's St Matthew Passion in London, Winchester and Bromley. Conducted by Matthew O'Keeffe, the performances take place at the chapel of King's College, London (28 October 2021), Winchester College Chapel (30 October 2021) and St Mark's Church, Bromley (31 October 2021) and will include soloist Maria Hegele, mezzo-soprano, Michael Ronan, bass-baritone, Lauren Lodge-Campbell, soprano, and Ruari Bowen, tenor, plus Mozaique Baroque Ensemble and The Strand Consort. The performances will will feature the exhibition of artwork, curated by Dr […]
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