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Calling young composers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms and The Guardian launch 2006 Young Composers competition
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms and The Guardian newspaper today began calling for composers between the ages of 12 and 18 to enter the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms/Guardian Young Composers competition.
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The competition is now in its eighth year and widely regarded as one of the most important competitions of its type. Close to 700 people entered in 2005.
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The competition aims to seek out some of the most creative and talented young people in the UK; to provide a forum for all entrants to meet each other, share experiences and meet professional musicians and composers; and, above all, to inspire them to continue to compose.
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It is judged by a prestigious panel of composers and
music professionals including Judith Bingham, Tansy
Davies, Murray
Gold, Colin Matthews, Fraser
Trainer, Errollyn Wallen and Peter
Weigold.
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All winners - in two age categories - will have their work broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Radio 3 following a special concert by Endymion at Cadogan Hall on 11 August.
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They, along with some highly commended entrants, will
also have the opportunity to meet Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies at the
Winner's Day on 19 July.
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Winners in the 12-16 category will each receive a
Casio keyboard, while winners in the 16-18
category will receive a full Sibelius four music-notation package.
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The competition is not just about winners. All of the
entrants are invited to INSPIRE: a free day of creative music-making
on 11 August.
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They will have the chance to meet celebrated
composer/conductor John Adams, to meet other
young composers, take part in practical sessions, listen to a
concert including the winning pieces and attend a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms concert
in the Royal Albert Hall. Μύ
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Notes to Editors
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Key dates
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Friday 26 May
Closing date for entries
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Wednesday 19 July
Winners'
Day with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
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Friday 11 August
INSPIRE: a
day of creative music-making with John
Adams Μύ
Rules of entry
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- Entries should last no longer than
five minutes
- There are no restrictions on instrumentation. Entries
may include acoustic and/or electronic instruments, computer-generated
sounds or ethnic instruments
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The panel of judges comprises
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- Judith Bingham - one of
the most respected British composers of our time
- Tansy Davies - young British composer much in demand and recently commissioned
by the London Symphony Orchestra, Aldeburgh
Festival and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
- Murray Gold - has worked primarily
in theatre, film (Heavenly Creatures
and Wild About Harry) and his television scores are
Bafta-nominated music to Vanity
Fair, Clocking Off, Canterbury Tales, Casanova and the new series
of Doctor Who
- Peter Kingston - senior Guardian
journalist and long-time champion of this competition
- Andrew Kurowoski - Editor, New & Specialist Music,
Radio 3
- Colin Matthews - Associate Composer of the HallΓ© Orchestra
and internationally
recognised
as one of the important voices
of his
generation
- Fraser Trainer - whose violin
concerto
for the living, commissioned by the
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ,
was performed by Viktoria
Mullova at last season's
Proms. He is creative director
of
the London Sinfonietta, works extensively
with the Malaysian Philharmonic
and
the experimental ensemble
Between The Notes
- Errollyn Wallen -
is
as well respected as a singer-songwriter
as
she is as a composer of classical music
and
is currently working on a new opera, commissioned
by
Almeida for 2007
- Peter Weigold - pioneer
of creative workshop-leading, Artistic
Director of the Performance and Communications
Skills department of the Guildhall Scholl
of Music and Drama, and Head of Music
Research at Brunel University,
London
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