Adopt a Composer

The Adopt a Composer scheme pairs amateur music groups throughout the UK with emerging composers or creators of music. Over a year the pairing of composer and ensemble will collaborate to produce a new work especially for the group to première. Each premier will be recorded by BBC Radio 3. Take a look at the project blog at www.adoptacomposer.org.
Martin Suckling - Photo by T Oksanen

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NEWS:

Applications for Adopt a Composer 2010/11are now closed and we will announce the new partnerships in the coming weeks. Watch this space!

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Since it began in 2000, Adopt a Composer has created 46 partnerships and produced hugely diverse works and performances in the process, from choral settings of William Blake poems to a piece of short movements inspired by a box of chocolates! We look forward to hearing more wonderful and unique work over the coming year. The pairings for 2009-10 are:

Colinton Amateur Orchestral Society with Nina Whiteman

Finchley Chamber Choir and Finchley Chamber Orchestra with George Holloway

Glasgow Lyric Choir with Nick Chamberlain

Midlands Fretted Orchestra with Richard Bullen

Sans Pareil Singers with Simon Katan

St. Albans Rehearsal Orchestra with Paul Fretwell

Visit the Adopt a Composer blog to find out what the composers and groups have to say about the experience and the work they're creating together.

You can see a list of the previous Adopt-a-Composer partnerships at the PRS Foundation's webpage for the scheme.

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