Tuesday 4th November 10am – 5.30pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Silk Street
Barbican
London EC2Y 8DT

In the GSMD foyer you will find information from a wide range of organisations working in new music.

Participating Organisations:

British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
Contemporary Music Centre Ireland (CMC)
Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs (CoMA)
London Sinfonietta
Park Lane Group
Philharmonia Orchestra
PRS Foundation
Royal Philharmonic Society
Sound and Music (SAM, compromising SPNM, Bmic, CMN and Sonic Art Network)
Welsh Music Information Centre

Listen to sample CDs (and take home free ones!) and browse scores of works by contemporary composers, discover upcoming opportunities and concerts, research repertoire and speak with knowledgeable staff about what their organisation can do for you.

This is just a selection of the resources and services provided by the organisations represented. We encourage you to look at the participating organisations’ websites to see the extent of their work. Do also call the Bmic or visit us for more information and further repertoire searches.

Bmic would like to thank the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and in particular Richard Baker, for making this day possible.

LUNCHTIME PERFORMANCE
12pm GSMD Foyer

Fresh from his four-day performance in isolation for Stockhausen's Gold Dust as part of the Cut & Splice festival, Matthew Lee Knowles presents his new work Solo for Person in the GSMD foyer.

INTRODUCING ‘SOUND AND MUSIC’
1pm – 1.45pm, GSMD Lecture Recital Room

Matthew Greenall, Bmic Director, will lead a presentation on a major new organisation- Sound and Music. SAM, for short, is a merger between the British Music Information Centre, Contemporary Music Network, Society for Promotion of New Music and Sonic Arts Network, so come and find out how it can be beneficial to you as a musician both now and in the future. Students attending the presentation will receive a free ticket to a SAM event, or a free drink at a SAM event!

CUTTING EDGE COMPOSITION WORKSHOP
2pm – 5pm, Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th November, GSMD Lecture Recital Room

OKEANOS
Alwynne Pritchard, workshop leader

OKEANOS workshops new pieces by student composers.
Performers: Jinny Shaw, oboe
Kate Romano, clarinet
Bridget Carey / Rachel Stott, viola
Miriam Lowbury / Adrian Bradbury, cello
Celine Saout, harp

Monday 3rd November 2 – 5pm
Dan Cohen (Royal Academy of Music)
Guy Bunce (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Gregory Emfietzis (Brunel University)
Peter Moran (York University)

Tuesday 4th November 2 – 5pm
Christina Athinodorou (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Ralph Bateman (York University)
Laurence Llewellyn (Thames Valley University)
Matthias Strassmueller (Bristol University)

Since 2001 Okeanos has been championing the work of young composers, presenting pioneering performance events and collaborating with other art forms. They have performed at many festivals around the country. Recently, Okeanos participated in a highly acclaimed spnm tour in conjunction with the Asian Music Circuit, featuring soloists Etsuko Takezawa and Clive Bell, premiering new works by young and emerging composers as well as established and traditional repertoire.

The group will be performing music by Carter, Plein, Wiseman, Fujikura and Powers in the Bmic Cutting Edge concert series at The Warehouse on Thursday 13th November.