British Music Collection - Music for Young Players
| British Music Collection - Music for Young Players | |
| Summary: | Schools Composition Project |
| Deadline: | 25 May 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 17 May 2017 |
| Details: |
We have teamed up with Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Heritage Quay for a brand new Portfolio project using archival scores from the British Music Collection! Within in the British Music Collection is a set of scores from the 1960s and 1970s called “Music for Young Players”. Published by Universal Edition and intended for classroom use, these scores aimed to encourage experimental approaches and connections to the new music of the time. These were designed to be accessible to both children with, or without, previous music experience - something that continues to be an important feature of much participatory music today. We are looking for two Yorkshire-based composers who wish to develop their practice as artists in education, taking inspiration from these unique scores. The composers will select scores from the Music for Young Players series to use as starting points in two primary schools, work with children to create a realisation of these scores and make original, collaboratively composed companion pieces during the autumn of 2017. The new pieces will be performed in a specially curated event during the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in November 2017. Alexandra Richardson, Learning & Participation Officer at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival explained: “We’re really looking forward to this exciting opportunity to work with pupils from local primary schools to make their own compositions, using the British Music Collection’s wealth of wonderful music as a springboard for creativity. We’re incredibly proud to be presenting the music they create at hcmf// 2017, and to be working with SaM and Duncan Chapman to inspire the next generation of music makers.” Duncan Chapman, composer and educator explained: "Many years ago I was given a large number of the Music for Young Players scores which were described to me as a bit of a “dead end” in music education history. On closer inspection these turned out to be a wonderful collection of pieces encapsulating many of the compositional ideas of the 1960’s and 70’s. What is most exciting for me is to see how these can inspire the composers and young musicians of today, bringing bring back to life some wonderful music that could have been so easily forgotten. It makes perfect sense for this collaboration to be between SAM and HCMF two organisations that have at their heart the exploration and creation of dynamic new music." Eligibility ● You must be based in Yorkshire (ie your home address and/or your main place of work is in Yorkshire) at the time of application and for the duration of the scheme; ● You must be 18 years old or over; ● You must not be in full time undergraduate education; ● You must be able to commit fully to the required schedule of the project; ● You are welcome to apply for more than one Sound and Music professional development scheme at a time but will only be able to participate on one. If you choose to apply to multiple Sound and Music professional development schemes, please submit separate applications for each call; ● You are not eligible for this call if you have previously completed a Portfolio residency. However you may apply for this residency if you are on another Sound and Music programme, providing that this residency presents a significant development opportunity for you; ● This programme is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, ACE and PRSF and as such you will not be able to apply to them for additional funding to support this work. Sound and Music actively seeks to encourage a diversity of applicants to its programmes. If you are selected, we will do our best to accommodate any particular needs you may have. A copy of our Equality Policy is available on our website here: www.soundandmusic.org/knowledge-hub/evidence-hub |
| Web Site: | www.soundandmusic.org/projects/opportunity-portfolio-project-composerseducators |
