PhD composition student selected for Composition:Wales
A final year PhD composition student with the Department of Music at 51福利社 is one of eight composers to be selected to work with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) as part of their Composition:Wales scheme.
Cameron Biles-Liddell鈥檚 piece Caer Drewyn (The Hill Fort) takes inspiration from an iron age hill fort based in Corwen, North Wales. The piece will be premiered on 7 March 2023 at Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, and
Biles-Liddell is spending the run-up to the concert rehearsing with BBC NOW and principal conductor Ryan Bancroft, while also being mentored by composers Gavin Higgins and Sarah Lianne-Lewis to bring the piece to life.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a wonderful opportunity to have the chance to explore my orchestral music with BBC NOW,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his piece is quite personal to me as it explores my Welsh heritage, being brought up in North Wales. Really can鈥檛 wait for this fab orchestra to bring it to life.鈥�
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