Contemporary opportunities
The Academy is particularly active in new music. The Academy Manson Ensemble regularly takes part in side-by-side projects with London Sinfonietta and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, as well as performing in major festivals around the UK.
‘Mainly New’ projects feature the music of leading composers such as Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Abrahamsen and Johannes Maria Staud and offers student instrumentalists and composers the opportunity to work with the composer.
Composer-performer collaborations take many shapes and sizes, ranging from regular projects, led by Visiting Professor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, to collaborations with choreographers and animators.
