Aug 3, 2021 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
We are getting there. Slowly. Reading Phoenix Choir have recently started rehearsing together again in person, albeit outside. We have sadly been unable to perform any concerts this season at all. Hopefully that will all change come September. As a result of all the...
Apr 26, 2021 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
As you will no doubt have gathered, Reading Phoenix Choir were unable to perform their scheduled concert at Reading Town Hall last month, where we were due to announce the winner of the 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition. We are still planning to have some...
Jan 25, 2021 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
We would now like to introduce you to the fourth finalist in the 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition. Blake R Mitchell (b.1998) Entry title: Where Sky Meets SeaText from a poem by Margaret Kirby Blake R Mitchell is a rising composer whose broad musical...
Jan 6, 2021 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
We were lucky just before Christmas to have a wonderful virtual chat with the very talented Alison Willis, runner up in the Walter Hussey Composition Competition 2018. We talked about the musical effects of 2020, the importance of competitions for young composers, and...
Dec 13, 2020 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
The third finalist in the 2020 Walter Hussey Composition Competition that we would like to introduce you to is Jake Huntley from the USA. Jake Huntley (b.1996) Entry title: New life, new loveText from Henry Lawson (1867-1922) Jake Huntley is an American composer and...
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...
