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Judith Weir and Anna Meredith for York University series
Judith Weir CBE, British composer and Master of the Queen’s Music, and contemporary composer Anna Meredith are taking part in a new music event series at the University of York. The season will include...
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BBC Radio 3 to host Young Artist Day
BBC Radio 3 is to celebrate the next generation of creative talent with Young Artist Day, a series of programmes dedicated to profiling under 25-year-olds working in the arts. The broadcasts will span...
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BBC Radio 3 and RPS commission New Generation Artists
BBC Radio 3 and the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) have announced six composers for the broadcaster’s New Generation Artists scheme. Jonathan Dove, Matthias Pintscher, John Casken, Sally Beamish,...
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Faber Music signs Laura Rossi scores
Faber Music has signed composer Laura Rossi’s World War One live cinema scores. The deal covers Rossi’s works for the iconic silent films The Battle of the Somme and The Battle of the Ancre. The...
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Classical music for kids over computer games urges Nicola Benedetti
Young people should be exposed to classical music instead of computer games, violin player Nicola Benedetti has urged in a new interview. Speaking to Scotland on Sunday, the award winning classical...
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Making Music launches Grade One challenge
Making Music is launching a challenge to people across the UK to learn an instrument to Grade One standard by the end of 2015. The initiative is part of BBC Creative, a year-long celebration of British...
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Benjamin Britten season for the BBC
A series of BBC broadcasts, live performances and films will make up a new season of programming dedicated to classical composer Benjamin Britten. Highlights of the season include the world television...
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BBC expands Ten Pieces initiative
The BBC has announced it will expand its Ten Pieces classical music initiative to Britain’s secondary schools. The scheme, which was designed to introduce a generation of children to classical music,...
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Interview: Mara Carlyle
Few British singer songwriters have such a disregard for genre, musical style or form as Mara Carlyle. Over the course of two albums and numerous collaborations, her music has veered effortlessly from...
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British Composer Awards 2015 nominations now open
BASCA is now calling for nominations for the British Composer Awards (BCA) 2015. Nominations are now open across twelve categories for works that were debuted in the UK between 1 April 2014 and 31...
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NMC Recordings receive RPS Leslie Boosey Award
Contemporary classical label NMC Recordings has been presented with the RPS Leslie Boosey Award. The imprint is the first organisation to receive the prize for the furthering of contemporary music in...
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Nick Foster joins Manners McDade
British composer and pop songwriter Nick Foster has joined the roster of music publisher Manners McDade. The multi-award winning writer has become a prominent figure in the world of screen composing...
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Queen’s honours list celebrates UK composer
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage (left) and choral conductor Simon Halsey are among those to receive a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) title in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2015. The prolific...
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Errollyn Wallen preps new literary inspired work
Ivor Award winning composer Errollyn Wallen has partnered with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Peterborough Male Voice Choir for her latest Shakespeare inspired work. Hawks and Horses, which...
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Get your classical score professionally critiqued
Do you have a work-in-progress classical score you’d like a chamber ensemble to workshop? PRS for Music is offering composers the chance to have their work professionally critiqued by industry experts...
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Max Richter composes eight hour classical work
Contemporary classical composer Max Richter has composed an eight hour piece thought to be the longest musical work ever recorded. SLEEP, which has been scored for piano, strings, electronics and...
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Julian Lloyd Webber joins Birmingham Conservatoire
Classical composer Julian Lloyd Webber has today (1 July) joined Birmingham Conservatoire as its new principal. Newly appointed Professor Lloyd Webber, he replaces David Saint who retires after 37...
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Classical music concerts help reduce audience stress, says study
Attending a classical music concert can help reduce audience stress levels, a new study has claimed. Research from the Royal College of Music’s Centre for Performance Science analysed volunteers at a...
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Musicians in Residence programme returns to China
Kerry Andrew, Mira Calix and Bella Hardy have been announced as participants in the British Council and PRS for Music Foundation’s new Musicians in Residence programme. The initiative will see the...
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Apply for Help Musicians Career Development Bursary
Help Musicians is offering songwriters and composers the opportunity to take the next step in their careers with a new bursary of up to £2,000. The Career Development Bursary offers applicants support...
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