Alexander Campkin
Commissioning Music
Commissioning a new piece of music is not a complicated process, nor need it be prohibitively expensive. Commissioning a piece is an exciting process from start to finish.
Perhaps you want a text to be set to music, or a new work for a special occasion. Your new piece will be tailored to the specific requirements and capabilities of your choir or ensemble. Some ensembles find it very rewarding to see sketches in progress, getting to see the piece develop. Others prefer to receive the finished work. Either way, it will be a unique and creative process.
If you are interested in discussing some ideas, contact Alexander.
2010 commissions:
The Teller's Eye
- Commissioned with funds from the BBC Performing Arts Fund
- Choral Cycle on poems by Emily Dickinson
- Mixed choir and organ; duration 12'
Mass setting
- Commissioned by St John’s Churhc of England Primary School
- Childrens choir, Mixed choir (SATB), piano and percussion; duration 15'
2009 commissions:
Missa Brevis
- Commissioned by Pusey House, Oxford
- Mixed choir and organ; duration 15'
O how glorious is this place
- Commissioned by Pusey House, Oxford
- Mixed choir and organ; duration 4'
From the Cave
- Commissioned by the Fulham Camerata
- SATB Choir and Orchestra; 2009; duration c. 10'
- Text by Donald Atkinson
O sacrum convivium
- Commissioned by Dignatus Chamber Choir
- Men's Choir a cappella (ATTBarB); duration 6'
String Quartet
- Commissioned by the Kaxan String Quartet
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2008
O nata lux
- Commissioned by Neresheim Abbey, Germany/Royal Academy of Music
- Written as Composer-in-Residence, Neresheim Abbey, Germany
- Choir a cappella (SATB with SSATB soli); duration 6'
90 Measures
- Commissioned by the Fulham Camerata
- SATB Choir a cappella; 2008; duration c. 7'
- Based on text by William Shakespeare from Measure for Measure
Veni, redemptor
- Commissioned by the Fulham Camerata
- SATB Choir and Soprano soloist a cappella; 2008; duration c. 6'
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2007
Soft Snow
- Commissioned by Royal School of Chuch Music, publication: Voice for Life Songbook 2
- Choir a cappella (SATB); 2007; duration c. 2'
- Competition: selected for performance in the BBC GoSing event, 2007
Noontides
- Commissioned by the Manson Ensemble in Association with the Southbank Centre
- Fl, cl, pno, vib, vn, vc; 2007; duration 8'
- Royal Academy of Music Alan Bush Prize for Composition: Very Highly Commended
Musica Dei
- Commissioned by the Fulham Camerata
- SATB Choir and SSATB soloists a cappella; 2007; duration c. 4'
Walk in a Whisper
- Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music String Orchestra
- String Orchestra (12.10.8.6.4); 2007; duration 8'
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2006
Clash by Night
- Commissioned by Canterbury Sounds New Festival
- String quartet and two clarinets (B flat & A); 2006; duration c. 6'
- Performances:
Big Bang: The Birth of the Universe
- Commissioned by the Oxford Minimalist Ensemble
- Orchestra: 2(picc).2(cor).2.2/2.2.1.1/strings 6.5.4.3.2; 2006; duration 10'
The Child
- Commissioned by the Oxford Brookes University Choir and Orchestra
- Orchestra (or organ reduction), SATB choir, SATB soloists; 2005; duration 10'
- Orchestra scored for 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/timp.org/10.8.6.4.2
- Text from The Child by T. T. Lynch and from Psalm 89
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