UYMP is very saddened to hear of the death of composer Simon Bainbridge.  Simon was highly revered in the world of contemporary music, both as a composer and as a teacher of composition, latterly as Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music from 1999 until 2007.  Our sympathies go to his family.  

Ettore Garzia thoroughly enjoyed ‘The Blue Voice of Water’ (an orchestral collection), and ‘Archipelago’ (for percussion ensemble), and had plenty of thoughts to share on both.

We are delighted that pianist Alex Wilson has commissioned house composer Sadie Harrison to write a substantial new work, generously supported by a further grant from the RVW Trust. The project was granted a previous award from the Ambache Charitable Trust. The collaboration came about after Alex’s recent release of a Toccata Classics CD of works by the little-known Australian composer Frederick Septimus Kelly, who died at the Battle of the Somme aged 35.