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   Join acclaimed choreographer Jonathan Burrows for an evening of performance and discussion

   Katy Cowan / 7 Sep 2011

   On Friday 16 September, Déda in Derby hosts a unique opportunity to see award-winning choreographer Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion’s new work accompanied by an evening of discussion...

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   Have Young Composers Got the X-Factor?

   Katy Cowan / 4 May 2011

   Budding young composers from Birmingham and Solihull are being given the chance to hear their work played by a live brass band, in a newly launched competition. The City of Birmingham Brass Band (CBBB) has launched its first ever Young Composer of the Year competition, inviting composers aged 25 or under who live or study in the Birmingham and Solihull areas, to write an original piece of music...

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   Conservatoire Celebrates New Music

   Katy Cowan / 31 Mar 2011

   Birmingham Conservatoire is to host its annual Frontiers Plus Festival during the first week of April 2011. This festival is a platform used to celebrate and showcase the new music from staff and students of the Conservatoire, which is part of Birmingham City University, who will present world premieres of their work with a strong focus on the way in which contemporary...

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   Abbey Road Studios Announces Worldwide Anthem Competition

   Katy Cowan / 10 Mar 2011

   The world famous Abbey Road Studios today launches a worldwide competition to find original, unsigned and undiscovered composers through a global anthem competition in celebration of the studios 80th anniversary. The initiative will give composers of all ages and abilities the chance to record their anthem at Abbey Road Studios with the internationally regarded London Symphony Orchestra and so...