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Alexander Campkin
Alexander Campkin (born 26 June 1984) is an English contemporary classical music composer and conductor. Biography Alexander Campkin's music is published by Edition Peters. He is Composer-in-Residence of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Resound. His piece commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 'Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying' was performed at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in 2018. Campkin was born in London. He attended Westminster School, and studied viola at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He studied music at Oxford University, where he was Choral Scholar at St Catherine's College, Assistant Organ Scholar at Trinity College, conductor of the Oxford Chamber Choir and The Arcadian Singers of Oxford University. He then attended the Royal Academy of Music where he received a master's degree in composition, and the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna where he completed a postgraduate diploma in composition. Campkin is conducto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Classical Music
Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial music, electronic music, experimental music, and minimalist music. Newer forms of music include spectral music, and post-minimalism. History Background At the beginning of the twentieth century, composers of classical music were experimenting with an increasingly dissonant pitch language, which sometimes yielded atonal pieces. Following World War I, as a backlash against what they saw as the increasingly exaggerated gestures and formlessness of late Romanticism, certain composers adopted a neoclassic style, which sought to recapture the balanced forms and clearly perceptible thematic processes of earlier styles (see also New Objectivity and Social Realism). After World War II, modernist composers sought to achieve greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illumination Chamber Choir
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The Fourth Choir
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Composer Awards
The Ivors Academy (formerly the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors – BASCA) is one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe. The academy exists to support, protect, and campaign for the interests of songwriters, lyricists, and composers. It represents music writers of all genres and has approximately 2000 members. History The Composers Guild of Great Britain was founded in 1944 to represent classical music composers, with Ralph Vaughan Williams elected as its first president. The Songwriters' Guild of Great Britain, later known as The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors was founded in 1947 by Ivor Novello, Sir Alan Herbert, Eric Coates, Haydn Wood, Richard Addinsell, among others for the encouragement and protection of British popular music, with Eric Maschwitz acting as the first Vice Chair, and Chairman in 1948, and again between 1954 and 1958. The Association of Professional Composers was founded in 1976 by Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusey House, Oxford
Pusey House is an Anglican religious institution located on St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom, immediately to the south of Pusey Street. It is firmly rooted in the Anglo-Catholic Prayer Book tradition of the Church of England, and was founded in 1884 in memory of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford University, and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. The House was established as a 'House of Piety of Learning' with a Library and Chapel, both of which remain open and in use today. One of the original intentions of Pusey House was to house Dr Pusey's collection of books and, since its foundation, the House has come to possess many artefacts relating to Pusey and the Oxford Movement, with the House's Library and Archive holding one of the country's most significant collections of material pertaining to Anglo-Catholicism. The House holds daily services in its chapel, as well as regular lectures and events, and has been described as 'a centre of the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinegold Publishing
Rhinegold Publishing is an independent publisher of music magazines, music yearbooks and education resources, founded in 1977. Among Rhinegold's publications are ''Choir & Organ'' and ''Classical Music Magazine ''Classical Music'' is a trade magazine for the classical music industry. It co-sponsors the annual ABO/ Rhinegold Awards for backstage work in music, held for the first time in January 2012 - and has a network of correspondents worldwide. Its ...''. In September 2010, Rhinegold Education, comprising the music and drama study guides and related educational books previously owned by Rhinegold Publishing, was acquired by London-based music publisher Music Sales Ltd. The acquisition included the rights to develop, publish and sell current and future books under the ‘Rhinegold Education’ brand. References External links Official websiteRhinegold Education 1977 establishments in England Publishing companies established in 1977 Companies based in the Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Corp
Ronald Geoffrey Corp, (born 4 January 1951) is a composer, conductor and Anglican priest. He is founder and artistic director of the New London Orchestra (NLO) and the New London Children's Choir. Corp is musical director of the London Chorus, a position he took up in 1994, and is also musical director of the Highgate Choral Society. Corp was born and grew up in Wells, Somerset, later studying music at Oxford University. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to music. Ordained ministry Corp attended the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme to prepare for the priesthood. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1998 and a priest in 1999. From 1998 to 2002, he served as a non-stipendiary minister (NSM) of St Mary's Church, Kilburn, London. From 2002 to 2007, he served as a NSM at St Mary's Church, Hendon. Since 2007, he has served as a NSM at the Church of St Alban the Martyr, Holbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New London Children's Choir
The New London Children's Choir was a children's choir which rehearsed at Highgate Primary School in North London and, latterly, All Hallows, Gospel Oak, giving singing opportunities to members aged seven to eighteen. Members were from London and surrounding areas. It was founded in 1991 by Artistic Director Ronald Corp and held its last rehearsal in July 2022. As well as performing its own concerts, the choir sang with orchestras and ensembles in many concert halls and opera houses worldwide and features on several film and TV soundtracks and CDs. History and organization The choir was launched by its musical director Ronald Corp in 1991 with the aim of introducing children to the challenges and fun of singing and performing all types of music. It held its own concerts at the end of the Christmas and Summer terms, and also ran a residential Summer School during the holidays at a school in Berkshire. The choir appeared in major London concert halls working with symphony orchestras a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Festival Of Contemporary Church Music
The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music is an annual music festival held in London. History The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music was founded in 2002 by Christopher Batchelor at St Pancras New Church. Batchelor remains (2022) the artistic director. It takes place around the feast day of St Pancras on 12 May, being the patron saint of the parish and church. Artists and repertoire The festival now lasts nine days, and features new works by both established and new composers. It includes a choral evensong broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and liturgical services and concerts all over London. In addition to St Pancras New Church, the festival takes place at churches including Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, the Temple Church, Southwark Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's, Covent Garden and St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Established composers who have written works for the festival include Michael Berkeley, Michael Finnissy, Gabriel Jackson and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PRS For Music
PRS for Music Limited (formerly The MCPS-PRS Alliance Limited) is a British music copyright collective, made up of two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and the Performing Right Society (PRS). It undertakes collective rights management for musical works on behalf of its 160,000 members. PRS for Music was formed in 1997 following the MCPS-PRS Alliance. In 2009, PRS and MCPS-PRS Alliance realigned their brands and became PRS for Music. PRS represents their songwriter, composer and music publisher members’ performing rights, and collects royalties on their behalf whenever their music is played or performed publicly. MCPS also represents songwriters, composers and music publishers – representing their mechanical rights, and collects royalties whenever their music is reproduced as a physical product – this includes CDs, DVDs, digital downloads and broadcast or online. PRS (Performing Right Society) and MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later, the first season of operas, by George Frideric Handel, began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there. The current building is the third theatre on the site, following disastrous fires in 1808 and 1856 to previous buildings. The façade, foyer, and auditorium date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive reconstruction in the 1990s. The main auditorium seats 2,256 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzi Digby
Susan Elizabeth "Suzi" Digby, Baroness Eatwell OBE (née Watts; born 1 July 1958) is a British choral conductor and music educator. She is an internationally renowned choral conductor and music educator. Digby founded the influential national arts/education organisation The Voices Foundation (the UK's leading primary music education charity). Digby founded and runs the following organisations: Voce Chamber Choir; Vocal Futures (nurturing young 6–22audiences for classical music); Singing4Success (leadership and 'Accelerated Learning' for corporates) and The London Youth Choir (a pyramid of five choirs, ages 8–22, serving all ethnic communities in London's thirty-three boroughs). February 2016 saw the public launch of her professional vocal consort, ORA (commissioning new choral works as 'reflections' of old masterworks). ORA is London-based with residencies planned in the Far East and South America. Digby is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Southern Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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