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...
Nov 18, 2019 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
Exciting news! Award winning British born composer Alison Willis is to attend the world premiere of her piece Gold and Spices at Reading Phoenix Choir’s annual carol concert at the Reading Minster at 5pm on Saturday 14th December. Gold and Spices is a wonderful new...
Oct 23, 2019 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
Recently, a number of audience members at Reading Phoenix Choir concerts have been asking “What is that rather lovely piece you do as an encore?” The reason it is not detailed in the programme is because it is an encore, and we cannot assume that the audience will...
Sep 14, 2019 | Press Release, Reading Phoenix Choir, Walter Hussey Competition
The London Premieres of Golden Day by Gerson Batista and Gold Leaves by Ethan McGrath will be performed by Reading Phoenix Choir at the Swiss Church at a concert at 7.30pm on Saturday 21st September. Both pieces had their world premieres at Reading Phoenix Choir’s...
Aug 10, 2019 | 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...
