What is CERDDWN? Exceptional New Music for Orchestra.

CERDDWN is a radically different developmental opportunity for composers. We want to create a world-leading hub for musical experimentation and innovation in mid-Wales. Working with community orchestra Aberystwyth Philomusica and leading professional orchestra Sinfonia Cymru, composers and mentoring performers will create visionary new works for orchestra. Our goal is to break away from standard educational and practical models relating to writing for the orchestra, give space to experiment with radically new and risky ideas, and to create ambitious and exceptional new music – a starting point for a new legacy of orchestral music in Wales. To kickstart this, we’ve commissioned four composers to write new works, we’ll also be supporting four mentee composers in the creation of ambitious new compositions too.

4 selected mentee composers (who will each receive £500) will be asked to write for the musicians of Aberystwyth Philomusica and Sinfonia Cymru. Compositions can be for an ensemble of any size, but the performers must be drawn from the pool of players working with Aberystwyth Philomusica and Sinfonia Cymru.

This project is generously funded by Tŷ Cerdd, the Arts Council of Wales, and Aberystwyth University.

Apply: www.cerddwn.com