Five composers will have the opportunity to develop short works for oboe and bassoon working alongside our players Katherine Bryer (oboe) and Cerys Ambrose Evans (bassoon) with Anna Appleby as composer mentor. The new works will be performed during soundfestival 2025.
Opportunity description
Five emerging Scottish composers will have the opportunity to develop short works of around 5 min for Katherine Bryer (oboe) and Cerys Ambrose Evans (bassoon) with mentoring support from Anna Appleby.
This will take place over a period of 4 months with a mixture of online and live sessions (see key dates below).
The new works will then be performed as part of the soundfestival on Saturday 1st November 2025.
Key dates
The successful candidates should be available to attend the following sessions:
- Online introductory session: week beginning 7th July (exact date tbc), Zoom.
- 1-to-1 mentoring sessions: Early/Mid August, Zoom
- Workshop session with Katherine and Cerys: 13th September, Edinburgh or Glasgow
- Additional rehearsal session: Early/Mid October
- Performance on on 1st November, Aberdeen
This requirement is kept flexible for those living with disability, or those for whom such participation might be tricky due to any other reason related to their underrepresented characteristic. You will be able to discuss this with us upon successful application and we will help find a solution.
Please note, we offer this flexibility in order to open our opportunities for those with access requirements and for whom participation is difficult due to their underrepresented characteristic. If you are not able to attend those days, and your reason is not related to the above, please consider applying to a different opportunity.
The deadline to apply is Friday 30th May. For more information on the call and how to apply please visit: https://sound-scotland.co.uk/news/development-opportunities-for-scottish-composers
This opportunity is part of soundcreators programme focusing on nurturing creative talent. They are currently funded by the Creative Scotland, PRS Foundation Talent Development Network supported by PPL, Aberdeen City Council and UK Goverment, The Pear Tree Fund for Music, Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Leche Trust, Hope Scott Trust and the Hinrichsen Foundation.
