Composers from the Adopt a Composer project Making Music's Adopt a Composer project pairs a leisure-time group with an emerging composer, with the composer collaborating with the group on a new piece written specifically for them over the course of a year. These talented emerging composers, who took part in the project between 2016 and 2018, are selected for their ability to work with leisure-time ensembles. All Making Music members can book them for commissions by contacting them directly via their websites. Since the project began in 2000, Adopt a Composer has created over 100 partnerships, producing hugely diverse works and performances in the process. Many of the composers have had further performances or commissions as a result of
being part of the scheme and several have been nominated for awards, including the British Composer Awards. You can hear recordings of these pieces on our Soundcloud catalogue: soundcloud. com/makingmusicuk/sets/adopt-acomposer Making Music members can visit the Adopt a Composer legacy project to download and perform rescored versions of these compositions for free at www. makingmusic.org.uk/legacy Adopt a Composer is run by Making Music in partnership with Sound and Music, funded by the PRS Foundation and the Philip and Dorothy Green Music Trust.
Anna Appleby loves folk and jazz, and specialises in writing contemporary classical music. She composed Turbines for Merchant Sinfonia, which explores nature and technology and captures the identity of the orchestra. She is based in Manchester and has written for artists including the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the BBC Singers. www.annaappleby.com Ben See is a composer and performer based in London. He specialises in contemporary vocal music. One of the pieces he wrote for Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, We Want, balances the everyday things that young people want (like delicious biscuits), with bigger-picture desires about being taken seriously. Ben leads several community choirs, and various other singing projects and vocal workshops. www.bensee.co.uk
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