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Gerald Barry’s Earnest wins RPS Music Award for Large-Scale Composition
Last night the RPS Music Awards 2013 winners were announced and much to BCMG’s delight, Irish composer Gerald Barry w…
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Composer Gerald Barry demonstrates the importance of “Being Earnest” by scooping Large-Scale Composition award
Irish composer Gerald Barry has been awarded the RPS Music Award for Large-Scale Composition for his opera, The Importance of Being Earnest. He received the award from Dame Janet Baker at a ceremony at London’s Dorchester Hotel last night.
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(Mr Evans) it's starting to rain...
Composer Duncan Chapman talks about his new piece ahead of its premiere in BCMG Family Concerts on Sunday 28 April 2013.
Crack Up - adding laughter to BCMG's Family Concerts
Composer Shiori Usui talks about her piece Crack Up ahead of its premiere in Noise into Notes - BCMG's Family and Schoo…
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Colin Matthews on NMC's Opera Appeal
NMC’s founder and Executive Producer, Colin Matthews, outlines NMC's exciting Opera Appeal - one of a series of proje…
Translating DNA and proteins into notes and melody
Researcher Rachel Bayley blogs about her involvement as a scientist on BCMG's Resolution project, which culminates in a…
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I know my music is in the safest hands a composer could hope for
Joanna Lee, BCMG/SaM Apprentice Composer-in-Residence for 2012, blogs about her nerves, excitement and overall sense of…
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One suggestion was Bathtub, but we didn't go with that...
In recent months members of the BCMG team have been mentoring Birmingham's 'new ensemble on the block', Thumb, reviewin…
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