Mar 5, 2022 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
Reading Phoenix Choir are delighted to announce that the winner of the Walter Hussey Competition 2020 is Blake R Mitchell, with his stunning composition ‘Where Sky Meets Sea’. The runner up is Abby Chow for her composition of Bethlehem receives an award...
Feb 23, 2022 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
The world premiere performance of Gerson Batista’s Golden Day given by Reading Phoenix Choir at the Reading Concert Hall as part of their annual concert was awarded Performance of the Year at the recent Reading Cultural Awards dinner at the Hilton hotel. Walter Hussey...
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...
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...
