It has been the most amazing three years working as Young Composer in Residence with @blackdyke !
A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone involved with Black Dyke for your kindness, advice and guidance and I hope it's not too long until I'm back to visit Queensbury! 🎺
Transformed Wareham cherishes composer memories at Black Dyke: Andy Wareham has spoken of his gratitude towards Prof Philip Wilby, Prof Nicholas Childs and the team at Black Dyke for making him a much more sophisticated composer. https://t.co/Gv2r75DkSm
Voting is open for the Royal Philharmonic Society Inspiration Award! All the nominees are Making Music members!! Cast your vote by 10am on Fri 2 Feb for your favourite here: https://t.co/QEDwgmhOb6 @RoyalPhilSoc. Winner announced on 5 Mar. #RPSAwards#classicalmusicUK@rncmlive
Next up, @friarybrassband presented ‘And Now the Shipping Forecast’, but not as we know it. They took us on the maiden voyage of five new premiéres centred around maritime ghost stories. We could almost see the fog rolling in 👻
Delighted to have been able make a contribution to @friarybrassband's set with a new work for @BrassInConcert 2024!
Grateful to have my music programmed alongside four fantastic composers and excited to hear the band in action via stream (no pun intended!) on Saturday! 🌊🎺
Kingdom look to build on Marzella boost: Kingdom Brass look to build on their debut contest success under Katrina Marzella-Wheeler by impressing the their locals. https://t.co/MUahjBXXBD
2023 National Championship of Great Britain: Take 5 talking points from the Albert Hall: There was plenty to discuss and debate after an intriguing National Championship Final in the heart of London. https://t.co/bsWxG31EbK
Wareham's winning work to benefit Whit volunteers: Andy Wareham's competition winning work has now been published, with sales benefitting the Whit Friday contests. https://t.co/5J1aXKXtd3
My best wishes to all at the Welsh Brass and Voices Prom today and here’s to another 40 years of musical excellence at the national concert hall of Wales! 🏴
Sadly, for health reasons I am not able to attend in person, but I am nonetheless thrilled that a new fanfare I have written, “Ffanffer ar gyfer Neuadd Dewi Sant”, will premiere at @stdavidshall as part of the @welshproms later today! 🎉
Naturally, I am delighted the music will be performed by a brass ensemble comprising of members of the world-class @Coryband and will celebrate a venue that played a large part in my music studies in Cardiff. 🎺
Calling composers: check out this fantastic initiative & opportunity by @Coryband / @RWCMD!
I was lucky enough to win the comp. in 2017 and the experience really launched my BB composing career ✍🏻
There really is nothing like hearing a world class brass band play your music! 🎺
EVERYONE needs to read this leaked letter from @BBCSingers to BBC management! I’m lost for words! If you were under any allusion these decisions were taken with care, read on! Someone should be losing their job, and it shouldn’t be BBC musicians!
Very happy to co-sign this letter alongside my esteemed BBC colleagues! This is cultural vandalism! Please, if you can, support us and make your voices heard! 100% solidarity! @BBCSingers@BBCCO@BBCPhilharmonic@BBCSSO@BBCNOW@BBCSO
Amid the noise re @GaryLineker another disastrous move by the BBC in response to the Tory government political pressure and cuts — the abolition of BBC Singers and cuts to BBC orchestras. This is another resonance with 30s Germany — the assault on culture and the arts. 1/2