Britten Sinfonia Academy Composer Hub
| Britten Sinfonia Academy Composer Hub | |
| Summary: | Academy for Young Composers |
| Deadline: | 05 February 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 11 January 2018 |
| Details: |
Applications are now open for Britten Sinfonia Academy Composer Hub 2018-19. The deadline for applications is Monday 5 February 2018. The Composer Hub is a new scheme which aims to support talented young composers aged 11-18 from the East of England. We strive to develop their creative, technical and stylistic skills through a programme of tailored compositional briefs, mentoring from renowned professionals, rehearsals, recordings and public performance opportunities. Each year the Hub is led by a different professional composer, who mentors the students and attends one day of each of the orchestral projects. The scheme launched in 2017 with four students who were mentored by composer Tom Coult. They attend 1-2 days of each project, roughly 8 days in total across the year, and we aim to fully integrate the composers with the main orchestra. Each project has a compositional brief, which this year has included writing a piece for chamber ensemble to be inspired by and performed at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, producing new orchestral arrangements of famous keyboard works, working with electronics in a live composition collaboration with music technology students from Anglia Ruskin University, and writing a piece for the full orchestra to be performed and professionally recorded by a sound engineer. Who can apply? We welcome applicants who are: – Secondary school aged – live in the east of England – Open-minded, versatile and keen to challenge themselves – Willing to travel to projects across the east of England including Cambridge, Norwich, Saffron Walden and London How to apply To apply you must submit: • A completed online application form available online here • A completed teacher’s statement available online here In order to fully complete your application your composition teacher must submit a short paragraph for you. Your application is only complete once both of these forms have been received before the deadline on Monday 5 February 2018. Should you require a pdf version of the application form, please email academy@brittensinfonia.com and we would be happy to supply accordingly. Audition Information Successful applicants will be invited to an informal half-hour interview in March, with a panel of professional composers and a member of Britten Sinfonia. They will be asked to bring two contrasting examples of their work and accompanying programme notes to discuss with the panel. |
| Web Site: | www.brittensinfonia.com/creative-learning/britten-sinfonia-academys-composer-hub/ |
