What's On

Programme

Kuba Williams Coney Island at Night (1905)
Joe Bloom Saxophone Quartet No 2 ‘Rhapsodie burlesque’
Helena Zyskowska Bridge

Performers

Sam Nuttall, Nick Rushworth, Fred Donlon-Mansbridge, Matthew Haworth saxophones

About

The RNCM Gold Medal celebrates new music at its best from the next generation of composers. Join us for a day of outstanding live music, rounded off with the Winner’s Announcement awarding the College’s most prestigious prize to one of our composition students. This year’s students will be writing a piece for saxophone quartet.

Previous winners include Danny Ryan, Michael Brailey, and Flowers Tannenbaum.

Kuba Williams

Kuba Williams is a British-Polish composer and performer currently based in Manchester. His musical output is diverse and embraces a range of styles, aesthetics, and compositional methods, including experimenting with the extraction and development of material from various recorded sources. In addition to writing concert music, he has also composed for media, released multiple albums for streaming, and has made arrangements for the RNCM Session Orchestra.

Joe Bloom

Originally from Southport, Joe is an award-winning pianist, composer, musical director and teacher with an affinity for intimate, small-scale chamber settings. He specialises in both concert music and musical theatre, drawing from influences as wide-ranging as Scriabin and Ravel to Sondheim and Flaherty.

Helena Zyskowska

Helena Zyskowska is a Polish composer and instrumentalist based in Manchester, exploring connections between acoustic and electronic soundscapes. She is particularly inspired by fragile sonorities and nuanced musical expressions, creating works that blend instrumental writing with experimental techniques.

Main photo credit: Chris Payne

Tickets:
Free admission, ticket required

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will end at approximately 3pm