New Music Workshop
26 October 2018, 10:00 - 12:30
Workshop
The Shulman Auditorium, The Queen's College
The Queen's College, Oxford
Co-presented with the Oxford University Faculty of Music and the Centre for Comparative Criticism and Translation
Ross Griffey leads a workshop with four talented composers from the Faculty of Music who have been working with four poets. Their new works are performed ahead of a discussion between the composers, the performers and Ross Griffey. A fascinating and multi-layered event, open to all.
Ross Griffey
Ross Griffey
Composer
American composer Ross S. Griffey is the recipient of several national and regional awards, including an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, first prize in the Voices of Change/ Dallas Symphony Orchestra Texas Young Composers Project, and winner of the New York Composers Circle Competition. Recent and notable performances of his work include the premiere of Essay, for orchestra, by the Juilliard Orchestra and Jeffrey Milarsky; a staged version of Three Whitman Songs, for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, by the Secret Opera; and a per... Read Full Biography
Clare McCaldin
Clare McCaldin
Mezzo-soprano
Clare McCaldin is a lyric mezzo-soprano whose presence in performance marks her out as a communicator of outstanding quality on the dramatic stage and concert platform. She is a powerful creative influence, as an interpreter of existing repertoire or commissioning and premiering new music. She enjoys a busy concert schedule, working with pianists such as Libby Burgess, Iain Burnside, Andrew West and Paul Turner. Committed to chamber music collaboration of all kinds, Clare’s work in this area ranges from commissions with the Brodsky ... Read Full Biography
Libby Burgess
Libby Burgess
Pianist
Libby Burgess is a prize-winning pianist dedicated to the fields of song and chamber music, collaborating regularly with some of the finest singers and instrumentalists of her generation. Her diverse schedule ranges from song recitals in the UK’s major concert halls and festivals, to chamber music in obscure venues around the country or appearances on Radio 3. Libby is the founding Artistic Director of New Paths, a major festival of concerts and outreach events in Yorkshire, and is Co-Artistic Director with pianist Martin Roscoe of the... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
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