Gillian Walker Commissioned by Live Music Now
State: new announcement
Description
Submitted by Live Music Now Scotland
External link None
Created 28 Apr 2021
Young composer Gillian Walker is the recipient of the 2019/20 Kimie Composition Prize and Live Music Now Scotland commissioned her to write new music for children with additional support needs
Gillian chose to write music for children with additional support needs and took the idea of play as her inspiration.
She named her series of nine short pieces, ‘The Music Box’, with each piece having a different theme.
Submitted by Live Music Now Scotland
External link None
Created 28 Apr 2021
Upcoming events
- 20 May 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 25 May 2026, 12:30
[Composers' Coffee Club: online coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 27 May 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 28 May 2026, 17:00
[Peer to Peer session: Collaborating to increase commissioning for Scottish composers and performances of new music throughout Scotland] *NMS event - 29 May 2026, 19:00
[Ipsa Collective: McEwen Bequest Concert at University of Glasgow]
Recent updates
Works
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
- Perihelion, by Neil Tòmas Smith
Events
- Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026
- Ipsa Collective: McEwen Bequest Concert at University of Glasgow
- Peer to Peer session: Collaborating to increase commissioning for Scottish composers and performances of new music throughout Scotland
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Development Opportunities for Scottish composers / composers based in Scotland
- soundcurators: Call for early-career Scottish-based composers/performers
- Classical EDI Development Programme - Chamber Music Scotland
