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New commission: Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra

I’m so excited to announce that Southbank Centre have commissioned Anna Meredith and myself to write a new classical work entitled Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra.

Anna Meredith (who you might have seen recently on TV teaching Goldie how to write orchestral music) is one of the UK’s hottest up and coming composers – she has written two BBC Proms and last year was commissioned for the Last Night of the Proms.

Our new piece will be performed on February 19th and 20th 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with a specially created 20-piece orchestra, plus the Vocal Orchestra (my 8-piece beatbox choir) embedded within the ensemble.

This will be a challenging modern classical work recognising the human voicebox as a musical instrument in its own right, and also a chance to create the first full notation for beatboxers.

I’ll be blogging and tweeting throughout the whole process, and all the latest info, photo, video, blog posts and links to buy tickets can be found on the Concerto’s project page.

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Published on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 11:18 pm. Filed under Beatbox Concerto, Latest News, MTUM | Tagged , , , .

  • Claire Reynolds
    Hi Shlomo and Anna,
    Just wanted to say many many congratulations. We filmed your video for the PRS awards and I am truly glad that your concerto has made it after all. Well done!!
    If you need any coverage then do give us a shout as was great fun first time round.
    Congrats again and look forward to coming to see you guys.
    Kindest regards
    Claire Reynolds
    07870 172 290
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