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Dominic Veall<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

www.dominicveallmusic.co.uk <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angel\u2019s Ambush (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia Cooke<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

www.georgiacookemusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black and White (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Layton<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

www.james-layton.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Needed Colour (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alto Flute and Violin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Paul Wingfield<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Moon and the Stars (2025)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fira are advocates for promoting new music. They regularly work with up and coming composers. Several of their composers have written music which has been heard on BBC Radio 3 and have worked with orchestras, ensembles and choirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are a composer and want to work with us do get in touch!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Announcement<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
We are delighted to be working with composer George Shrapnell this year on a new composition. Read below to find out more about him and his previous work.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

George graduated with distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2021 on the Guildhall Advanced Instrumental Studies postgraduate programme (saxophone), as well as being awarded the Concert Recital Diploma for excellence in his Final Recital. Tutors whilst at The Guildhall included John Harle<\/a>, Mick Foster<\/a>, and Nick Moss<\/a>. Prior to Guildhall, he studied Music at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he was awarded first class honours, under the tutelage of Paul Bartholomew<\/a>, Mick Foster<\/a>, Ian Gardiner<\/a>, and the late Jeremy Peyton-Jones<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his studies, he returned to Guildhall as a Junior Fellow, assisting John Harle as arranger\/orchestrator for the interdepartmental Bauhaus Band, where he contributed several arrangements and orchestrations for the Bauhaus Festival 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a portfolio musician, George has a varied career as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and tutor. He plays all variants of saxophones, clarinets, and flutes, and works regularly in the fields of musical theatre, big band, jazz, classical, and contemporary music – and enjoys collaborating and playing in a wide variety of musical environments, having played in London’s West End, Barbican Concert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, and many of the UK’s regional theatres. An active session musician, he has performed on BBC Radio 3, and also records woodwinds remotely for clients when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a composer and arranger, George has been commissioned by groups such as the Delta Saxophone Quartet<\/a> (now in their celebratory 40th year). Some of George’s compositions and arrangements are published by Samek Music<\/em><\/a>, Alea Publishing<\/em><\/a>, Saxtet Publications<\/em><\/a>, and self-published on Sheet music plus<\/em><\/a>. He is as passionate about original music composition as he is about arranging existing music, he particularly enjoys using vocal music as a tool for enabling vocal and lyrical woodwind playing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A passionate tutor, George teaches all ages and all abilities, favouring a more individual and holistic approach to each and every ‘student’ in which the overall development in confidence, curiosity, and creativity are paramount – rather than simply \u2018learning the dots\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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