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Masterprize
Tel: +44 (0)20 7233 0111 Masterprize site designed by Room101 Ltd |
The aim of the Masterprize education programme is to get more young people playing and enjoying contemporary music.
Masterprize presented its first programme in 2001 around the process of the second Masterprize competition. It involved seven youth orchestras from the London area who were transformed within a few months from wary sceptics to literally screaming enthusiasts when they attended the Masterprize gala final at the end of the programme which was in October 2001. The key elements of the 2001 programme were:
- A workshop performance of a Masterprize finalist piece with assistance from members of the LSO
- A seminar on life in the music business presented by representatives of our partner organisations: the LSO and EMI at the Barbican, prior to the gala concert in the evening.
- A prize for the best workshop performance, adjudicated by Vladimir Ashkenazy
The directors of all seven orchestras were very enthusiastic about how the programme went and all programmed for concert performance the pieces they played in the workshops.
Building on the success of the programme in 2001, Masterprize decided to expand its scale dramatically for the 2003 competition. We were delighted that all the orchestras which were involved in the programme in 2001 agreed enthusiastically to participate again, and, working with the National Association of Youth Orchestras, we extended the opportunity countrywide.
In total 13 youth orchestras took part in a programme which again had at its core performance and recording of our finalists' works, but which was augmented by workshops in Latin American rhythm, gospel singing, gamelan playing and rapping. In preparation for their performances, the orchestras received specialist coaching from members of our three partner orchestras, the LSO, the CBSO and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Most of these performances took place in major professional venues - Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; and LSO St Luke's, London.
On the evening of the 2003 Masterprize gala final on 30th October around 500 members of these youth orchestras came to London and the Barbican Hall. They first sat in on the final rehearsal with Daniel Harding and the LSO before the concert in the evening and they took part in a wider range of activities at St Luke's. As in the 2001 education programme, Vladimir Ashkenazy agreed to review the recordings of the thirteen performances and select his three favourite interpretations. Three youth orchestras received prizes of £1,500, £1,000, and £500.
The Masterprize 2003 programme was kindly supported by Corinthian Asset Management, Foundation for Sport and the Arts, Foyle Foundation, PRS Foundation and the Trusthouse Charitable Trust.