2006 British Composer Awards

Posted by Sarah Canice Funke Oct 18, 2006

The 2006 British Composer Awards are coming up, and the BBC invites listeners to stream each submission and vote for their favorites online. Among the nine contestants are the following:

1) Michael Berkeley, a composer who highlights English literature through such works as Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (commemorating the childhood of Rudyard Kipling), Jane Eyre, and Secret Garden.

2) Mark-Anthony Turnage, summer composer-in-residence at the Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival in Boston.

3) Jonny Greenwood, the experimental rock guitarist turned composer-in-residence for the BBC's Concert Orchestra.

Other contestants are Fraser Trainer, Andrew Toovey, Simon Holt, Morgan Hayes, Jonathan Harvey, and Gary Carpenter.

Following the lead of American Idol, voter participation influences final outcome (in fact, the contest is decided entirely by voter choice). So hurry up and cast your vote today!