Work Experience

Work experience placements at BCMG are currently paused. If you would like to register your interest in doing your work experience with us, please email [email protected], and we will contact you when we are accepting applications.

Latest

Param Vir

Support the world premiere of a new 'old' twelve tone piece by Param Vir, originally composed in 1969, revisited now for its world premiere by BCMG 55 years on!
Daniel Kidane Day | Wigmore Hall

Join BCMG for our afternoon concert at Wigmore Hall's Daniel Kidane Focus Day. Hear Daniel's music, described by the Financial Times as ‘quietly impressive’ and by The Times as ‘tautly constructed’ and ’vibrantly imagined’ in one of the world’s great concert halls.
Secret Kiss | Birmingham

Join us in our Birmingham home, the CBSO Centre, for this ethereal performance. Intimate communication is the essence of this concert, a theme often touched on by music, featuring sensitive stories of connection. Hear one of Peter Eötvös’ (1944 - 2024) final ensemble works, depicting an intense and melodramatic encounter.
Secret Kiss | Wigmore Hall

Intimate communication is the essence of this concert, a theme often touched on by music, featuring sensitive stories of connection. Join us in London's Wigmore Hall to hear one of Peter Eötvös’ (1944 - 2024) final ensemble works, depicting an intense and melodramatic encounter.

Listen Imagine Compose Primary

Listen Imagine Compose Primary is a partnership action research project between BCMG, Sound and Music and Birmingham City University aiming to encourage more and better composing in primary schools funded by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Musicadoodledo

Musicadoodledo is BCMG's early years project, mixing listening, adult-framed and child-initiated music play. The project is led by Jenny Muirhead and BCMG musicians.
BCMG Young Composers

BCMG Young Composers is a project for young people in School Years 7 - 9 (ages 11 - 14). Through a series of four workshops, you will have the opportunity to compose new music for BCMG musicians guided by composer, Kirsty Devaney.
Listen Imagine Compose (secondary)

Listen Imagine Compose was an action research project investigating the teaching and learning of composing in secondary schools. Though the main project has now finished, activity still continues and resources are available.
Creative Composing Lab

July workshop. A day-long workshop for young composers aged 14-18 to compose music with and for professional musicians.
Music Maze

Free, creative and fun music workshops for children in School Years 3 - 6 (ages 7 - 11). All welcome, whether you play a musical instrument or not.
Creative Composing Lab

Creative Composing Lab is an exciting free opportunity for young people in School Years 10 - 13 (ages 14 - 18) to compose guided by the expert knowledge of professional composer David Horne.
Arts Award

BCMG is an Arts Award Centre and Supporter. Young people participating in our workshops in and out of school can achieve Discover, Explore and Bronze Arts Awards.
Artsmark

BCMG is an Artsmark Partner. Artsmark is a quality standard for schools and education settings awarded by the Arts Council.

Job Opportunities

Job Opportunities with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Creating music that reflects the beauty and challenges of our world today. Join our creative arts team and inspire all generations with new music.
Who are BCMG?

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group has a year-round programme of new musical experiences for everyone. Creating strange and beautiful sounds since 1987.
BCMG NEXT Study Programme

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire offer a unique training programme for music students and professional musicians looking for a career as performers of contemporary music.
Stephan Meier

Artistic Director
>Music & Maths Festival<

In celebration of composer Iannis Xenakis’s centenary, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group have created a festival for all senses. Join us on 29 May 2022 for a day of activity culminating in an evening performance of electro acoustic music by BCMG and BEAST.
BCMG Musicians

At Birmingham Contemporary Music Group's heart is an ensemble of superb musicians. Read more about them here.
T R E E Concert

Join us in exploring the connections between nature and humankind in the enchanting TREE Concert. Expect eco-friendly treats, insights from composers, and a dramatic performance from our amazing ensemble. Featuring the world premiere of Christian Mason’s new Sound Investment commission and the textural Concertini by Helmut Lachenmann.
Music Maze

Free, creative and fun music workshops for children in School Years 3 - 6 (ages 7 - 11). All welcome, whether you play a musical instrument or not.
Music in Dialogue

Take part in this musical fusing of continents and celebration of cultures with BCMG. With new live music from Rohan de Saram, Ondřej Adámek, Neel Kamrul and Shigeko Hata.
BCMG Nights | Birmingham

As the nights get darker and longer, we spend more time under the stars than any other time of the year. Join Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in the stunning new Symphony Hall foyer for an evening of nocturnal music this November.