Gregson to join jury for the European Composers Competition

March 1, 2024

Edward Gregson will be travelling to Palanga, Lithuania, at the beginning of May to participate in the European Brass Band Festival. He will be a member of the jury for the European Composer’s Competition to be held on the evening of 2 May 2024 in the Concert Hall, Palanga. He will also be presiding over a seminar for Lithuanian composers on the topic of ‘Composing for Brass Bands’. For this he will be joined by two other well known composers for the medium: fellow English composer Philip Sparke and Swiss composer Oliver Waespi. Each will present a 45 minute talk …

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Edward Gregson’s ‘Of Men and Mountains’ at 2023 National Brass Band Championship

October 18, 2023

Internationally renowned for his contributions to wind and brass repertoire, Edward Gregson has long waited for the moment his work Of Men and Mountains would make its way to its originally-intended destination, the Royal Albert Hall in London. Gregson composed the work with the 1991 National Brass Band Championship Final in mind, but it was abandoned by the contest’s organiser due to its 17-18 minutes duration.

Having been chosen as the test piece for the 2023 Championship Final, on October 21 the work will be performed by 20 of Great Britain’s finest brass bands in the generous acoustic of the …

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World premiere of Gregson’s Viola Concerto ‘Three Goddesses’

August 25, 2023

The first performance of Edward Gregson’s  Viola Concerto ‘Three Goddesses’ will be given on Saturday 26 August at the Presteigne Festival.  Rachel Roberts (viola) will be accompanied by the Presteigne Festival Orchestra, conducted. by George Vass.

The Presteigne Festival brings together a richly diverse programme, created and curated in partnership with an eclectic community of composers, musicians and artists, and located in the unspoilt beauty of the Welsh Marches.

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Gregson at the RCM

July 14, 2023

Edward Gregson has just returned from three days at the Royal College of Music in London, where he conducted a concert in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall of his music with the RCM Brass Ensemble. The two major works were his Symphony in two movements and Music of the Angels, both scored for a large brass and percussion ensemble. The concert was well received by a large and appreciative audience. Here is an extract from a review on the 4barsrest website:

Britten famously said that he never wrote a piece for trumpet player Philip Jones because ‘…he couldn’t hear the

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