2005 news archive

	British Composer Awards 2005, 12 December BBC Radio 3
	The BBC Singers, conducted by Bob Chilcott, celebrated the event with a concert of music by past and present British Composer Award winners and nominees on Monday 12 December at 9.00pm on BBC Radio 3. This included a performance of Regina Caeli by Cecilia McDowall who was nominated in two categories for the 2005 British Composer Awards, presented by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in association with BBC Radio 3 and sponsored by the Performing Right Society. The motet Regina Caeli was shortlisted in the Liturgical section, and the large-scale setting of Stabat Mater for the 'Making Music' Award. Making Music is the body which represents hundreds of amateur choirs, orchestras and music clubs throughout the United Kingdom.
	New CD from Dutton
	A new CD of music by Cecilia McDowall was released by Dutton Laboratories (CDLX 7159) on 24 October 2005. The CD features Seraphim, Dance the dark streets, Dancing fish, Not Just a Place, Dream City and The case of the unanswered wire. The performers are Paul Archibald, Nicola Eimer, Freya Ritts-Kirby, Benjamin Griffiths, Amy Dickson, the Tippett Quartet and Orchestra Nova, conducted by George Vass. SERAPHIM   Blow your trumpets DANCE THE DARK STREETS   Haar   Whirlwind DANCING FISH   NOT JUST A PLACE   DREAM CITY   Walking the line   Before the snow   I had to dance THE CASE OF THE UNANSWERED WIRE
	Homage a Lorca - In search of Duende
	A new release from Meridian Records in 2005 (CDE 84513) features violinist Siân Philipps and pianist Sophia Rahman. They play Cecilia McDowall's Not Just a Place, plus music by Revueltas, Hawkins, Poulenc, Sotelo, Franck and Crumb. NOT JUST A PLACE
	Bells in the air
	Another new publication in 2005 is Cecilia McDowall's Bells in the air for Bb trumpet and F horn duet. This is available from Brass Wind Publications, catalogue number EB015.
	Unbeaten Tracks
	Published by Faber Music in 2005, Unbeaten Tracks, eight contemporary pieces for oboe and piano, edited by Sarah Francis, includes Prairie Song by Cecilia McDowall, plus music by Carl Davis, Christopher Fox, Matthew Hindson, Eddie McGuire, Joseph Phibbs, Peter Sculthorpe and Julia Usher.