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Awards
BASCA award composers
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 3 December 2009
The British Association For Songwriters, Composers And Authors’ annual British Composer Awards ceremony took place at The Law Society in London earlier this week.
As ever, the awards had a mainly classical slant, although this year a new award for Best Contemporary Jazz Composition was introduced and went to Jason Yarde for his piece commissioned for the BBC Proms, ‘Rhythm And Other Fascinations’. Meanwhile electronic artist Mira Calix won the award for Best Community Or Educational Project.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Contemporary Jazz Composition: Jason Yarde – Rhythm And Other Fascinations
Best Vocal Composition: John Casken – The Dream Of The Rood
Best Instrumental Solo or Duo Composition: Thomas Simaku – Soliloquy V, Flauto Acerbo
Best Liturgical Composition: John Tavener – Ex Maria Virgine
Best Community or Educational Project: Mira Calix – My Secret Heart
Best Chamber Composition: Alexander Goehr – Since Brass, Nor Stone…
Best Sonic Art Composition: Mark Peter Wright – A Quiet Reverie
Best International Composition: John Adams – Doctor Atomic
Best Orchestral Composition: Simon Holt – A Table Of Noises
Best Stage Works: Graham Fitkin – Reel
Making Music Award: Elizabeth Winters – The Serious Side Of Madness
Best Wind Band or Brass Band Composition: Adam Gorb – Farewell
Best Choral Composition: Gabriel Jackson – The Spacious Firmament
