Residency at Brunel University
School of Arts - Uxbridge Campus
pianocircus has been Associate Ensemble at Brunel University, School of Arts since 2004. This has enabled the group to rehearse and prepare for performances from a studio base, as well as giving them the opportunity to work with postgraduate composition students through workshops. They have also been able to develop and expand their relationships working with resident composers such as Colin Riley and Peter Wiegold and invited guest composers such as Graham Fitkin, Philip Mead and Philippe Kocher.
pianocircus will be hosting workshops in the 07-08 academic year which will be open to the public. Please see Brunel School of Arts page for diary details.
Educational perspective/development at Brunel
The Contemporary Music MMus MA programme has a strong focus on contemporary practice and emphasises the connections between the various areas of study while offering a degree of choice.
Brunel's proximity to a world music capital brings a wide range of associated benefits in terms of direct contact with the professional world at the highest possible level and Brunel has an unequalled concentration of contemporary music practitioners of national and international reputation.
The presence of associate artists and ensembles - the well-known contemporary ensemble pianocircus, the esteemed cellist Matthew Barley, and the renowned South Bank Sinfonia provide an incomparable resource - few institutions can offer postgraduate composition students such a range of professional performers to work with.
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