Alexander Campkin Introduction
Alexander Campkin is an award-winning young British composer and conductor. His work is regularly performed and broadcast throughout the UK, Europe, the US and South America. He studied Music at the University of Oxford, where he was Choral Scholar, Assistant Organ Scholar, and conductor of the Oxford Chamber Choir and Arcadian Singers of Oxford University. He continued studies at the Royal Academy of Music and at the University for Music in Vienna.
News
May 2012: Arts Council commission
Alexander was commissioned by Ampersandance (Nottingham-based contemporary dance company) with funding from the Arts Council, to create a 30-minute piece. 'Cycles of Time' is scored for electroacoustics, three sopranos, cellos and six dancers. The company will be touring the piece throughout the UK in 2012.
Mar 2012: Choir & Organ Magazine commission
Alexander was commissioned by Choir and Organ magazine to write a new work for solo organ, 'Solar Flare'. This piece has already been performed five times in Poland, and in the Ukraine, Belarus, Germany and the US.
Feb 2012: Festival of Contemporary Church Music
Alexander was commissioned by the Festival of Contemporary Church Music to write a new Mass setting
Jan 2012: True Light video
"True Light" was premiered by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia and the Birmingham Cathedral Choir. Composed by Alexander, this piece commissioned by Hamish Pringle for Birmingham Cathedral is the first ever full orchestral setting of John 1, verses 1-14, the 'Great Reading' using the King James version of the Bible in its 400th year.
Dec 2011: Sweden commission
Alexander visits Sweden to sign a commissioning contract for a new piece to be performed by Serikon Ensemble, supported by the Swedish Arts Council
Dec 2011: Galan Commission & CD
Alexander finishes a commission for the Galan Ensemble. This will be premiered by the Ensemble in January 2012 and recorded on their next CD in February alongside one of Alexander's other works
Nov 2011: Finalist in British Composer Awards
Alexander's choral work 'O magnum mysterium', performed or broadcast by the Tallis Scholars in over ten countries, has been nominated in the finals of the British Composer Awards 2011. The winners of the 2011 British Composer Awards will be unveiled at StationersÕ Hall, London on Wednesday 30 November, and a special programme devoted to the awards will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday December 4
Oct 2011: Vienna Tour and Festival concert
The Oxbridge Singers conducted by Alexander will be performing a major concert in Austria's Wien Modern Festival for new music in November. The Oxbridge Singers will premiere 8 new works which have composed for them by composers from the UK, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic
Sep 2011: Naxos CD Launch concert
The Blossom Street Singers, conducted by Hilary Campbell, will be performing a launch concert for their new CD, to be released on the Naxos label in October 2011
Jul 2011: International broadcasts, Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips have recently broadcast Alexander's 'O magnum mysterium' on national radio stations in Australia, Germany, Denmark, Spain and Poland
Jun 2011: Musica Sacra a Roma International Festival, Italy
Alexander's composition 'O magnum mysterium' will be performed in the Musica Sacra a Roma International Festival in Italy by the Lund Chamber Choir of Sweden
Jun 2011: International Choir Biennale, Aachen, Germany
Performances in the International Choir Biennale, Aachen, Germany will include Alexander's composition 'O magnum mysterium' by the oldest choir in Scandinavia, the Allmanna Sangen
May 2011: Spitalfields Music Summer Festival
'O nata lux' is to be performed in Spitalfields Music Summer Festival by the Joyful Company of Singers (JCoS)
May 2011: Joyful Company of Singers tour to Italy
'O nata lux' is to be performed five times in Italy by the Joyful Company of Singers
Apr 2011: Commission
Alexander has been commissioned to compose 'Heaven-Haven' in loving memory of Ben Ruck Keene, by his daughter Hermione, on a text by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Apr 2011: Major Birmingham Commission
Alexander has been commissioned to compose the first ever full choral and orchestral setting of 'The Word' (John 1, verses 1 to 14) by Hamish Pringle. This commission will be scored for choir and full orchestra, and is to be premiered in November 2011 by Birmingham Cathedral Choir
Mar 2011: Special Prize of the Archbishop of Rouen
Alexander is winner of the Special Prize of the Archbishop of Rouen in the international composing competition Musica Sacra. His work 'Sancte Deus' will receive a performance in the Courant d'Art Festival in Rouen (France) and a 1000 Euro prize
Feb 2011: Esterhazy Singers Commission
The Esterhazy Singers, London, have commissioned Alexander to write a piece for their 40th Anniversary Gala Celebrations
Jan 2011: Galan Ensemble Commission
The Galan Ensemble have commissioned Alexander to write a piece for a concert as part of the Winchester Music fesival
Dec 2010: BBC Singers Broadcast
The BBC Singers directed by Bob Chilcott are to perform one of Alexander's Christmas Carols in a Studio Recording to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Christmas 2010
Dec 2010: BBC 1 Broadcast from St Martin in the Fields, London
Alexander was broadcast singing with St Martin in the Fields on BBC 1 television on Christmas day
Dec 2010: BBC Radio 3 Broadcast on Aled Jones
Pegasus Choir directed by Matthew Altham broadcast one of Alexander's Christmas Carols from a Studio Recording on BBC Radio 3, December 2010, on Aled Jones The Choir
Oct 2010: Danish National Radio Broadcast
Alexander's composition 'O magnum mysterium' will be broadcast on Danish National Radio. The recording was made at a concert in Copenhagen
Sept 2010: Choral Scholarship to St Martin in the Fields
Alexander was awarded a Choral Scholarship to St Martin in the Fields for 2010-2011
Aug 2010: Magdalen School, Oxford: Commission
Magdalen School, Oxford have commissioned Alexander to compose a new composition to be performed in December 2010 in Oxford and Summer 2011 in Italy
Aug 2010: Chamber Opera/Peter Brook Award Nomination
Alexander's second Chamber Opera, 'Stone Heart', was performed in the Arcola Theatre, London in the Grimeborn Contemporary Opera Festival. The Grimeborn Festival has been nominated for an 'Empty Space ... Peter Brook' Award
Jul 2010: Tallis Scholars Tour to Sweden and Denmark
The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips are to perform Alexander's 'O magnum mysterium' on tour to top venues across Sweden and Denmark in October 2010
Jul 2010: Cathedral de Dol de Bretagne, France
Alexander's new choral work 'I saw Eternity' was premeriered in the Cathedral de Dol de Bretagne, as part of the Langlais International Festival, France, in July 2010
Jun 2010: BBC Radio 3 Composer Portrait
A composer profile of Alexander will be broadcast at 1pm on 11 July 2010 featuring interviews with the composer, and the broadcast of 'O magnum mysterium', 'O nata lux' and 'Counting my Numberless Fingers' for orchestra
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