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...
Jun 5, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
If you are a young composer aged 16 to 24 then you have until Tuesday 30th June to send in your entry for this year’s Walter Hussey Composition Competition. All you need to do is simply send an electronic score along with a digital music file (e.g. a pdf of the score...
Apr 1, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
You can compose a piece of choral music based on the theme of “New Horizons”! Perhaps you could imagine what the world will be like after the coronavirus pandemic has finished and set that to music for SATB? Don’t worry if you’ve never done anything like this...
Jan 31, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
The 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition is now officially open and the first entries have been received, so if you are a budding composer aged 16-24 get your entries in by 30th June, or if you know someone who would be interested – tell them about it! Further...
