A Dust in Time - Creative Composing Lab Concert

On Sunday 1 November 2020, BCMG held its first online Creative Composing Lab workshop. Young people, aged 13-18, joined us by Zoom to create music for string quartet taking inspiration for Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time.

Watch the digital concert of their final pieces, performed and recorded at CBSO Centre by BCMG musicians Colette Overdijk, Elaine Ackers, Bridget Carey and BCMG Learning Assistant Maja Pluta.

To watch the digital release of A Dust in Time please visit www.bcmg.org.uk/watch-a-dust-in-time

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