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Meanwhile Hilary Campbell and the Bristol Choral Society used online resources in the
best possible way to launch a new CD and a Christmas carol competition for new
composers. They won the Inspiration award, showing in the process how amateur music
making is so important to the mental and physical health of all the country’s musicians.
Good CDs can enlighten and inspire us, but first-hand musical experiences can rarely be
bettered.
This can be felt throughout the Bold Tendencies initiative in Peckham, Hannah Barry’s
transformation of a disused multistorey car park claiming the Gamechanger Award. Dani
Howard’s Trombone Concerto, written for Peter Moore and the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, confirmed its status as a powerful new vehicle for the
instrument, while Jennifer Johnston won the Singer Award for her artistry and services to
the same city. Back online, meanwhile, Vopera claimed the Opera and Music Theatre Award
for their vibrant and imaginative digital production of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges,
brilliantly backed by musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra:
