Showing posts with label Seren Winds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seren Winds. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Launchpad Prize Winner's Profile No.2: Seren Winds

THE PLAYERS

Katie Lower - flute

Eric Wolfe-Gordon - oboe

Laura Potter - clarinet

Bartosz Kwasecki - bassoon

Michael Gibbs - horn



BIOGRAPHY

Seren Winds is a Cardiff-based wind quintet comprised of postgraduate students and graduates from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. They regularly perform in and around Cardiff, including engagements in the Wales Millennium Centre and St David’s Hall as pre- and post-concert recitals.
In 2015 so far they have taken part in the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition and the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize.
The Quintet enjoyed a tour to Quiberon, France, this summer, to introduce a new music festival, 'Les Musicales de Quiberon', by invitation from Pascal Gallois.
Seren Winds are also available to play at public and private events, weddings and corporate events. They perform a variety of works from the classical period through to the twentieth century and are able to arrange lighter pieces upon request.

www.serenwinds.co.uk

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Kevin Price for organising 
the awarding of the Launchpad Prize at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.


LINKS

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Saturday, August 1, 2015

June Emerson Wind Music - Launchpad Prize 2015

About the Prize

The Launchpad Prize was an idea that began as a desire to help young musicians in some significant way. With our limited financial resources it was difficult to come up with something that would make enough of a difference to make it worthwhile. The idea of sponsoring a prize at one of the UK music colleges was something we just couldn’t afford, and we also felt that we’d like to be able to offer something to more than just one college and be a little more ‘hands on’. We eventually decided that we would assist one predominantly final year wind ensemble from each of the major UK music colleges to launch themselves onto the professional circuit.

First awarded in 2009, the Launchpad Prize consists of practical help, including:
a substantial JEWM music voucher; dedicated space on the JEWM website; publicity at any time through our online media channels (JEWM blog, Twitter, Facebook etc); editorial coverage wherever possible; unlimited free advertising flyers in JEWM music orders in order to publicise themselves; exclusive access to the JEWM shop with use of all music and facilities; complimentary copies of any existing and future Emerson Edition publications which fit their instrumental line-up, and anything else we can think of.

The Winners!

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Seren Winds

Trinity College of Music
The Risatina Quintet

Royal College of Music
Hestia Saxophone Quartet

Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Elysium Brass

Profiles of each of this year's winners will appear on this blog over the coming weeks...