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BEAST: Vanishing Point

Fri 24 – Sun 26 May 2013, Various times,
CBSO Centre, Birmingham

A weekend of concerts by BEAST during its 30th anniversary season, Vanishing Point includes an appearance by Canadian born clarinettist Heather Roche performing works for clarinet and electronics.

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Illuminating Britten

Friday 24 May 2013, 7.30pm,
Maidment Hall, Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury

BCMG celebrates Benjamin Britten’s centenary with a programme of early works, framing them with similarly small-scale pieces from composers with close connections to him.

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get your first Sound Unit half price!

Thanks to our Catalyst Arts Award, if you are new to Sound Investment you could get your very first Sound Unit half price, for just £75. Invest now in commissions by David Lang, Benedict Mason or Gerald Barry, and help bring a new piece of music to life.

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celebrating BCMG’s 25th anniversary season

The BCMG25 Sampler,specially compiled by BCMG’s Artistic Director, Stephen Newbould, celebrates the partnership between BCMG and NMC. The album can be downloaded for just £2.99 from the NMC Shop and from Amazon and iTunes.

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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group celebrates its 25th anniversary season in 2012/13. Emerging from within the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1987, the Group quickly established a reputation for brilliant performances, ambitious commissions, innovative collaborations, and a vibrant learning programme. More…

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Gerald Barry’s Earnest wins RPS Music Award for Large-Scale Composition

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Music Maze Small Group

Music-making for young people aged 8 - 18

BCMG has an all year round out-of-school programme of creative music workshops.

BCMG Apprentice Composer-in-Residence 2013 Shiori Usui

BCMG appoints Shiori Usui

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