presented in association
with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars
LIVE STREAMED FINAL
16 May 7pm
Out of a pool of over fifty submissions, eight young composers have been selected to have their pieces workshopped at the National Centre for Early Music on Thu 16 May.
The shortlisted composers and pieces are:
19–25 years
Thomas Shorthouse
Mirabile mysterium
Tingshuo Yang
Mirabile Mysterium
Ryan Collis
Lux Divinae
Reese Carly Manglicmot
Mirabile mysterium
18 years and under
Matty Oxtoby
Mirabile mysterium
Charlotte Robertson
A Wondrous Mystery
Jamaal Kashim
Mutationem ac Stabilitatem
Selina Cetin
Nativitas Salvatoris Nostri
Two winning pieces will be premiered by The Tallis Scholars in a public concert at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, on Sunday 20 October. The performance will be recorded for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show.
These pieces will be workshopped by composer Christopher Fox and leader of the Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips, sung by singers Ex Corde led by Paul Gameson.
All pieces will then be performed in a concert at 7pm – do join us on the livestream!
The annual NCEM Young Composers Award was launched in 2008 and is the only such scheme in the UK. It offers a unique opportunity for young composers to engage with the instruments and performance styles of early music, and to work with leading professional early musicians. In bridging the worlds of ‘early’ and ‘new’ music, the Award complements the NCEM’s education policy, to support and nurture young composers and demonstrate to all participants that the music of previous centuries is relevant to today’s creative endeavours.