Aged 20-30? Composition Competition

We found this on Eton Choral Courses website:-

Composition Competition Launched Thursday, 28 March 2013 IN ASSOCIATION WITH FABER MUSIC AND CHORALSTORE.COM

Click here for more info!

Christopher Gough, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Alumnus

Composer Christopher Gough distributes his compositions through his own website.  Take a look here.

ISM Competition for Young Composers

ISM Composers’ Competition 2013

Are you a composer aged 23-35?  Look no further!  Click on the link above.

• ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians) homepage

Plugging Plug

Plug

23-27 April

 Ah, Spring.  Time for Plug, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's contemporary music festival. With 50-odd up-and-coming composers involved, not to mention staff composers Alistair Macdonald and Gordon McPherson, it's going to be quite a week.

Plug, the festival - more info here.

Featuring, amongst many others:-

• Alistair Macdonald (Don't miss Alistair MacDonald at 50 - Electroacoustic Plug, with the Scottish Ensemble, at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 25 April)
• Oliver Searle
• Red Note Ensemble
• Scottish Ensemble
• Richard Ayres
• Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP)

A must - Macdonald's birthday bash!

'Whittaker' is hopeful that the Library will be able to collect and promote compositions by the individuals involved in Plug, so watch this space.  If we attract anything that might tickle your fancy, we'll let you know, and we'll certainly add it to the library catalogue!
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Retro Dundee blogpost about Gordon McPherson - read it here.

A rare early photo of McPherson

Scottish Opera Composer in Residence Gareth Williams talks

Gareth Williams talks about his new work for Scottish Opera's Opera Highlights 2012 - Audiofile.

For more info, see below:-

• Scottish Opera News
• STV page about Scottish Opera's appointment of Gareth Williams as first composer in residence.
• See our Scottish Ephemera file for the recent Classical Music magazine article about Gareth's work (14 January 2012).

Thomas Wilson Composition Prize: deadline 29 February 2012

Thomas Wilson Prize for Composition

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of the composer Thomas Wilson, a composition prize has been inaugurated in association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Composers will be invited to choose a theme from six incidental works commissioned from Wilson by the BBC and STV.

The Thomas Wilson Prize for Composition is intended for composers of 25 years of age or younger. Works to be for solo guitar and should last between six and ten minutes. Entries to be submitted by 29 February 2012.

A jury will select a shortlist of three entries to be played by students of the Royal Conservatoire during the PLUG Festival in April 2012. The jury will then select a winner to be awarded the prize of £500.

For an application pack please apply to the Thomas Wilson Trust, c/o David Griffith, 146 Niddrie Road 3/2, GLASGOW, G3 7YL, UK. Full terms and conditions can be downloaded here.

This competition will also be added to Whittaker Live's Awards, Grants, Prizes page.