ORA Singers, creative director Suzi Digby, has opened purposes for its 2023 Younger Composers Programme. The programme, the fourth such run by the choir, will see 10 Younger Composers every obtain 10 hours of one-to-one mentoring from industry-leading composers, who will assist them write a model new choral piece to be carried out and recorded by ORA Singers in live performance. Midway by way of the scheme, Younger Composers additionally get to hitch ORA Singers for a Workshop, the place they’re going to have the ability to hear their concepts and sketches sung by professionals, who will supply specialist suggestions and recommendation together with a Visitor Composer.
The programme culminates in a last live performance on the Three Choirs Pageant in Gloucester the place the brand new items might be carried out, and Younger Composers obtain a video recording of the efficiency to kick-start their portfolios.
In addition to the ten Younger Composers, the scheme additionally contains a further 40 Apprentices. These will achieve first-class teaching in composition by way of eight on-line Workshops, freed from cost. Apprentices will fast-track their compositional improvement, and also will achieve invaluable perception into the world {of professional} composition by listening to from consultants within the {industry}.
The deadline to use is 6 February 2023, full particulars on the ORA Singers’ web site.
