Winners: Anna Disley-Simpson and Nathaniel Coxon with Sophie Sparkes, who was Highly Commended
Congratulations to Nathaniel Coxon and Anna Disley-Simpson, who have won the prestigious 2014 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ competition
They were both winners in the Senior Category (17-18 years old); Nathaniel Coxon with his piece Two Cells and Anna Disley-Simpson for her piece Underneath. Sophie Sparkes was highly commended for her piece X from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Chaired by Fraser Trainer, this year’s entries were judged by a panel comprising composers Stuart MacRae, Anna Meredith, Martin Suckling, Judith Weir CBE, and Radio 3 Editor Jeremy Evans.
The winners will have their pieces performed by the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, at the Proms Plus Inspire concert at the Royal College of Music on Wednesday 20 August 2014, 5pm. The pieces will also be broadcast in a special programme on Radio 3 on Monday 25 August, at c.9.45pm. As a result of this success, Nathaniel and Anna will also receive a much sought-after BBC commission.
They were both winners in the Senior Category (17-18 years old); Nathaniel Coxon with his piece Two Cells and Anna Disley-Simpson for her piece Underneath. Sophie Sparkes was highly commended for her piece X from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Chaired by Fraser Trainer, this year’s entries were judged by a panel comprising composers Stuart MacRae, Anna Meredith, Martin Suckling, Judith Weir CBE, and Radio 3 Editor Jeremy Evans.
The winners will have their pieces performed by the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, at the Proms Plus Inspire concert at the Royal College of Music on Wednesday 20 August 2014, 5pm. The pieces will also be broadcast in a special programme on Radio 3 on Monday 25 August, at c.9.45pm. As a result of this success, Nathaniel and Anna will also receive a much sought-after BBC commission.
Purcell pupils have had fantastic success in the three BBC Competitions this year. Three Purcell pupils reached the category finals of BBC Young Musician: Juliana Myslov (harp), Martin James Bartlett (piano) and Isobel Daws (trombone) with Martin James Bartlett going on the win the title of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014. Two Purcell pupils reached the finals of BBC Young Musician’s brand new Jazz Award: Jake Labazzi (Jazz trumpet) and Sean Payne (Jazz saxophone).
