Nov 22, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
The second of the 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition finalists that we’d like to introduce you is Mathilde Barclay from the UK. Mathilde Barclay (b.1999) Entry title: Have you seen the wind?Text from the poem by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) I am a composer...
Nov 8, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
The 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition attracted 115 entries from 27 countries, from which our judges selected the top six to go forward to the final. We’d now like to introduce you to the those finalists and their pieces one by one. The original plan was for...
Oct 25, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
One of the repeating themes in the survey answers from the entrants to the 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition was a request for interactive feedback and/or some form of Masterclass about their work and composing in general. This is something that we are...
Sep 2, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
We are sure that you will be pleased to hear that judging for the 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition is going full steam ahead. As we have received well in excess of 100 entries from all over the world this is quite a lengthy process, and we want to make sure...
Aug 24, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
We are delighted to share the news that Walter Hussey Composition Competition finalist Alison Willis has recently won the joint Derby Cathedral and Friends of Cathedral Music Composition Competition. Competitors were required to compose a new setting for choir and...
Aug 17, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
We are delighted to announce that the inaugural Walter Hussey Composition Competition has been shortlisted for the new Making Music Awards, which will form part of an online celebratory evening of musical creativity on Tuesday 8 September. The awards celebrate...
