Chris Swithinbank

I’m very ex­cited to be able to an­nounce that this year I will be tak­ing part in the Adopt a Com­poser scheme, funded by the PRS for Music Foun­da­tion and run by Sound and Music, in as­so­ci­a­tion with Mak­ing Music. The scheme pairs up com­posers with am­a­teur en­sem­bles to col­lab­o­rate on new music and I am de­lighted that I will be work­ing with the or­ches­tra of King Ed­ward Mu­si­cal So­ci­ety in Mac­cles­field.

In the com­ing months I will be get­ting to know the or­ches­tra and work­ing with con­duc­tor Tony Houghton and my com­po­si­tion men­tor for the pro­ject, David Horne. This col­lab­o­ra­tive process will re­sult in a per­for­mance on Sat­ur­day 18 June 2011 at St Michael and All An­gels Church, part of the Mac­cles­field Barn­aby Fes­ti­val and the cel­e­bra­tion of the 750th an­niver­sary of the town’s royal char­ter. It will be my first work for or­ches­tra, an ex­cit­ing learn­ing process — quite pos­si­bly for the or­ches­tra as much as for me — and I’m look­ing for­ward to it im­mensely.