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Award Scheme 2025
for young composers age 14 - 17

We are very excited to have as our Ensemble-in-Residence 

Commotio: Oxford-based choir and leading performer of contemporary choral music. 

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Each awarded young composer will be commissioned to write a short piece, of up to 3 minutes, for SATB choir, on climate change to be premiered in our Annual Festival,

Sunday April 27th '25, Alton, Hampshire. ​​

The deadline for applications to the scheme has now passed. 

Awards '25 will be announced in January. 

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Commotio at MRF Festival ‘23 

Tomorrow's Composers

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​​We are delighted to have received funding from Hampshire Music Education Hub '24 - '25 to take our composition project into schools in Summer Term '25. 

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We'll again be working with young musicians and their teachers, developing their skills and passion for composition. 

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Read about our projects so far.

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School-based partnership project with

Hampshire Music Education Hub.

MRF's support for young composers

is FREE.

 Please consider donating or fundraising to ensure this support continues. 

Thank you

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Martin Read, composer & teacher

with links to recordings and film footage.

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