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Workers Union Ensemble @ the Turner Sims

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What
Workers Union Ensemble @ The Turner Sims
When
Monday, 28 October, 2013
1:00pm - All Ages
Where
Turner Sims Concert Hall (map)
University of Southampton, UK
Other Info
The first concert in the PRSF supported Workers Union Ensemble 'Constructing a Repertoire' tour 2013. Part of the University of Southampton Music Department Concert Series.

Featuring new works from Joe Cutler, Daniel Saleeb and Composer-in-Association Matthew Kaner.

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Workers Union Ensemble @ LSO St Luke’s

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What
Workers Union Ensemble @ LSO St Luke's
When
Saturday, 9 November, 2013
7:30pm - All Ages
Where
LSO St Luke's (map)
London, United Kingdom EC1V 9NG
Other Info
The third and final concert in the PRSF supported Workers Union Ensemble 'Constructing a Repertoire' tour 2013. This performance is in association with LSO Soundhub.

Featuring new works from Joe Cutler, Daniel Saleeb and Composer-in-Association Matthew Kaner and four new short pieces by composers submitting to our Call for Workers.

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Birmingham Conservatoire Concert

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What
Workers Union Ensemble @ Birmingham Conservatoire
When
Tuesday, 29 October, 2013
7:30pm - All Ages
Where
Birmingham Conservatoire (map)
Fletchers Walk
Birmingham, United Kingdom B3 3HG
Other Info
The second concert in the PRSF supported Workers Union Ensemble 'Constructing a Repertoire' tour 2013. Part of the Birmingham Conservatoire Concert Series.

Featuring new works from Joe Cutler, Daniel Saleeb and Composer-in-Association Matthew Kaner.

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RMA Conference 2013

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Four of us had a great time playing six new pieces in workshops at the Royal Musical Association Postgraduate Students’ Conference in January, which took place at the University of Southampton. The sessions were chaired by Professor Michael Finnissy and featured new works by Ben Jameson, Yvonne Eccles, Ronald MacNiven, Máté Szigeti, Yuko Ohara and Andrew Thomas. In a review of the conference Alistair Zaldua has written that ‘the composition workshops were excellently chaired by Professor Michael Finnissy and sensitively performed by four members of The Workers Union Ensemble’. Here are some photos from the workshop…

 

Call for Works 2013

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We are pleased to announce our Call for Works 2013, part of our PRS for Music Foundation funded ‘Constructing a Repertoire’ commissioning project. We are really pleased to be teaming up with LSO Soundhub to offer the chance for up to four composers to have their works performed and recorded at our LSO St Luke’s gig in November 2013.

The deadline for emailing us your new scores is 5th July 2013 so composers get cracking!

Full details, including the percussion available, now available on the Call for Works 2013 page.

PRS for Music Foundation Funding

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The Workers Union Ensemble are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been granted PRSF Funding!

This is fantastic news and means 2013 is going to be a really exciting year for the ensemble; and it’s our fifth anniversary!

Please watch this space as we begin to confirm our 2013 schedule. In the meantime we hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a fantastic New Year!

Best wishes,
All the Workers

Review of Sounds New 2012 and Latimer Recording

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You can read a review of our Sounds New gig by Daniel Harding at the Sounds New blog.
Comments include:

‘Saxophonist Ellie Steemson demonstrated superb control of her performance [of Turnage’s Two Elegies Framing A Shout], delivered with conviction and commitment and consummate lyrical skill.’

‘A fascinating programme, delivered with real accomplishment by youthful former members of the Guildhall School. Expect to hear more from them…’

Thanks Daniel, and also to Sounds New for having us!

 

Here is a recording of our Sounds New performance of Ryan Latimer’s new piece for you to feast your ears on: