This was the Competition!

slidecompetitionCOMPETITION UPDATE

 

The judging panel has met and we have a short-list of 5 excellent entries. The winner will be announced at the Edinburgh Festival concert on Saturday 13th August at 16:30 in St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh.

 

We had many entries to work through and had to leave aside some because they were either too difficult to play, didn’t spread the music enough amongst the various instruments or perhaps in a few cases just not easy enough on the ear for our audience (and our players!). We like to think that we care for our audience!

 

The list of composers below (in alphabetic order) was chosen by the panel before they knew anything about the composers – so it has been purely on the basis of the music. Two of the composers are still at school and it is particularly pleasing to see compositions emerging at such an early stage.

 

  • Feyi Adebiyi – Sinfonia No 1.
    • Feyi is a student at Birmingham University and has written a piece in Classical Mozartian style with occasional Scottish flourishes that celebrates the RTO’s 20th
  • Jack McKenzie – A Tale of Old.
    • Still at school in Livingston, Jack is our sole Scottish representative on the short-list. His music represents a battle and the victory thereafter.
  • Caroline Penn – The Witches
    • Caroline, from Essex, is our youngest entrant. Her music is an adventure inspired by film music. Can the magic spells lift the RTO’s playing?
  • Edwin Sung – A wee bit of Irish Scottish Jig
    • Edwin is from Cambridge but hails from Hong Kong, so perhaps our most remote entrant. He has used Irish and Scottish themes to describe a journey through the landscapes of the two countries.
  • Ryan Yard – River Travels Onwards
    • Ryan is a music teacher from Telford in Shropshire. His piece is about the simplicity of being amidst great stress and sadness and the universal quality of melody.

Whilst we have no formal plans yet to celebrate this wealth of new music, our intent is to have a concert where we play some, hopefully all of the short-listed entries. As we want to ensure that we play them as best we can, we expect this to be in the Spring of next year. We are looking forward to it.

Who are they?

Edwin at desk
Edwin Sun
Winner of the Emerging Composers Competition 2016
A Wee bit of Irish Scottish Jig

Runners-up

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Feyi Adebiyi
Sinfonia No 1
Jack McKenzie
A Tale of Old
Caroline Penn
The Witches
Ryan Yard
River Travels Onwards

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Our Emerging Composers

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Edwin Sun Winner of the Emerging Composers Competition 2016 A Wee bit of Irish Scottish Jig
 FeyiNew
 Feyi Adebiyi Sinfonia No 1
 Jack
 Jack McKenzie A Tale of Old
 CarolinePennCropped
 Caroline Penn The Witches
 Ryan
 Ryan Yard River Travels Onwards

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Emerging Composer Announced!

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The £1,000 winner was Edwin Sung, with the Celtic A Wee Big Irish Scottish Jig. Choosing a runner-up from some fantastic compositions was impossible, so we had 4. See here for details.
We have 5 terrific pieces of music to rehearse and play in a special concert next Spring. Watch the website for details.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015

The Really Terrible Orchestra will be returning to play at the Fringe Festival on Saturday 15th August 2015. Tickets will be available from an orchestra member or edinburgh fringe box office shortly.

Programme will include newly commissioned music, Challenging pieces by Greig, Beethoven, and Rossini.

OUR GLASGOW DEBUT

Alexander McCall Smith in conversation during our debut concert at Glasgow's City Hall on 13 October 2012.

You can find more images about this unique event here
Photography: ©Alex Hewitt.

Five Star RTO

Five-star the RTO continues to lead the revolution for the musically disadvantaged with its unique musical interpretations. A triumph that proves bad is good. With its blend of humour, musicality and lack of technical prowess, the players surge through a lively programme taking the audience with them, creating a wave of excitement and hope that nothing will go wrong. The RTO never disappoints. 'These musicians who are dreadful are always a hot ticket. How can that be?' (ABC News) MORE

Fanfare for Glasgow

13 October 2012 at CIty Hall, Glasgow.

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Photographs: © Alex Hewitt.