We had the pleasure to welcome Gaynor Barradell, our amazing composer from #AdoptaComposer (AAC), for her second visit at our weekly rehearsal on Tuesday this week. Now that she had already met the band and familiarised herself with our style and level of playing music, she decided to run an […]
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Tuesday 7th November saw the much-anticipated first meeting with our #AdoptAComposer Gaynor Barradell. I, for one, had been looking forward to it since hearing about the partnership and it was clear the band was collectively excited, too- at 7:15pm sharp, there was a full-strength band ready to rehearse! Petra and […]
A fantastic start to the project so far. After a great day in London for the big announcement of the pairings, we have set to work getting to know our adopted composer Gaynor Barradell and encouraged the band to share their thoughts and ideas. Response has been enthusiastic with lots […]
Adopt A composer 2017/18 Launch day! 30 September 2017 It’s been hard keeping our successful application to Adopt a Composer (Scotland) a secret since we got the great news on 16 August…. And at last we are on our way to London for the Making Music press launch and to […]