Awards

British Composer Awards winners announced

By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 2 December 2010

The winners of BASCA’s British Composer Awards were announced at a ceremony at Stationers’ Hall in London on Tuesday. The awards were presented by the Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director, Jude Kelly, who also gave a keynote address.

Sarah Rodgers, Chairman of BASCA and Chair of the British Composer Awards, told CMU: “This has been an outstanding set of awards. The list of winners is indicative of new directions in contemporary [classical] music which are being determined by a new wave of young composers. BASCA is extremely proud to be playing a crucial role in helping to bring to light the work of emerging composers, alongside the exceptional achievements of more established creative artists”.

Ellis Rich, Chairman of the event’s sponsors PRS For Music added: “I’m very proud of the wealth of classical music talent we have in this country and it’s exciting to see new generations of composers being awarded this year. Congratulations to all 2010’s winners”.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Chamber: Raymond Yui – Northwest Wind

Community or Educational Project: Karen MacIver – A Head of Steam

Vocal: Ryan Wigglesworth – Augenlieder

Contemporary Jazz Composition: James Hamilton – The Causeway Suite

Instrumental Solo or Duo: Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Stolen Rhythm from Homage to Haydn

Sonic Art: John Wynne – Installation for 300 speakers, pianola and vacuum cleaner

Choral: Sasha Siem – Psalm 140: Deliver me, O Lord

International Award: Unsuk Chin – Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Stage Works: Rory Boyle – Kasper Hauser

Liturgical: Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Psalm 1: Blessed is the Man

Wind Band or Brass Band: Philip Grange – Cloud Atlas

Making Music Award: Kerry Andrew – Fall

Orchestral: Brian Elias – Doubles

Highlights of the awards were also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 last night. Listen back on the BBC iPlayer here.