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Composition &
HeadofComposition
Philip Cashian DMus, BMus
‘Arewardingandhighlyindividual
composer’(TheObserver),hismusichas
Contemporary Music
beenperformedandbroadcastworldwide
—recentlyincludingOjaiFestival(California),
Musikmonat(Basle),StPaulChamber
Orchestra,EspritOrchestra(Toronto),
Aldeburgh,SpitalfieldsandHuddersfield
ContemporaryMusicFestivalsandBBC
Chris Brown: undergraduate Promsamongstmanyothers.Recordings
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composerofcommercialmusic.The andBGSlabels.Hehasalsodevisedand
newcombinedcoursehasallowedme lednumerousprojectswithchildrenand
towritemedia-basedcompositionswhile amateurmusicians.
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distinguishedcomposersvisitregularly. CreativeSparksFestivalinToronto,aswell
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workshopswithinstrumentalandvocal ChristopherAustinBA presentedtogetherwithSouthbankCentre
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students.Manyopportunitiesariseforstudent ProfessorSimonBainbridgeFRCM,HonRAM
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numberofeventsbothwithinandoutside DianaBurrellBA,FTCL(AHRCCreativeResearchFellow) andHansAbrahamsen
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studentworksarepresentedincollaboration PhilipCashianDMus,BMus(HeadofComposition)
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Undergraduate BMus PaulPatterson(MansonChairofComposition)
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compositioncurriculumisdesignedto DavidSawerBA,DPhil
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reflectthebroadvistasandchallenges ofLondon’sbestamateurchoirs
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formoredetails.Ituniquelyintegratesthe CraigArmstrongFRAM
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Aseminarseriesunderpinsallstudies, NewtonHoward
featuringguestcomposerssuchasHans Recording Engineer
Abrahamsen,JohannesMariaStaud,Gerald KirstenCowieBMus,HonARAM ‘There were no vacant thoughts from
BarryandSimonHolt.Thecurriculum the RoyalAcademy of Music student
includesindividualtutorials,workshops, Illustrious Past Students composers…All received gutsy
weeklycompositionandanalysisseminars, CraigArmstrong;SirRichardRodney performances from theAcademy
orchestrationclasses,MediaMusic Bennett;SirHarrisonBirtwistle;Ruth students; this was a concert full of hope’
Ensemble,electronictechniques,Writing Byrchmore;CorneliusCardew;Brian TheTimes,June2006
toPictureandeducationworkshops. Ferneyhough;NicholasMaw;Michael
Nyman;PaulPatterson;SirJohnTavener;
Postgraduate MMus AugustaReadThomas;andmanyrecent SeniorAdministrator:
TheMMusincompositionisoneofthe graduates,includingLukeBedford,Nimrod HelenWillsBA,HonARAM
Academy’smostdemandingprogrammes. Borenstein,JamesBrett,JoeDuddell, MusicSupportAdministrator:
Seep.54fordetails. AdamGorb,AlwynnePritchard,James TabbyCheyneBA
Radford,LuisTinocoandPhilipVenables Telephone02078737479
Emailcomposition@ram.ac.uk
Open Day: 25th September 2008
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