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    • Scottish Awards for New Music 2017

    The first Scottish Awards for New Music happened on the 8th March 2017 in Drygate Brewery, Glasgow.

    There were over a hundred and eighty nominations submitted by artists, audience members and the general public, reinforcing the depth and breadth of new music activity in Scotland.  Nominations ranged from amateur musicians and emerging artists, to major organisations and household names and covered a wide-range of new music.

    The winners and shortlisted nominations for the Scottish Awards for New Music 2017 are:

     

     

     

     

     

    Dorico Award for Small/medium Scale Work sponsored by Steinberg

    Winner - Panopticon – David Fennessy

    Flicker – Claire McCue
    The Iris Murders – Alasdair Nicolson (with libretto by John Gallas)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Large Scale Work sponsored by PRS for Music

    Winner - Two Eardley Pictures: Catterline in Winter and Snow – Helen Grime

    Piano Concerto – Martin Suckling
    The Devil Inside – Stuart MacRae (with libretto by Louise Welsh)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Holiday Inn Award for Sound Art / Electroacoustic Work

    Winner - SOURCEMOUTH : LIQUIDBODY – Hanna Tuulikki

    Mechanical – Timothy Cooper
    Pipeline – Pete Stollery

     

     


     

     

     

    EVM Recorded New Work

    Winner - Songs and Lullabies – Robert Irvine (Delphian)

    Since it was the Day of Preparation… – Sir James MacMillan / Hebrides Ensemble / Synergy Vocals (Delphian)
    Ūhte – Henry MacPherson / RCS (RCS / BBC Scotland)


     

     

     

     

     

     

    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Award for Community / Education Project

    Winner - Wagner’s School of Cool – Drake Music Scotland and Lewis Forbes

    Go compose! – sound (in partnership with Red Note Ensemble)
    Songs from Above and Below – John McLeod, Emily Mitchell and Geoffrey Tanti - Live Music Now

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Award for Achievement in New Music

    Winner - Ailie Robertson

    Ilan Volkov and Alasdair Campbell
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    Help Musicians UK Award for New Music Performers of the Year

    Winner - Red Note Ensemble

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    MacGillivray
    Robert Irvine

     

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