New Voices (Celtic Connections musical commission)

New Voices is an award for emerging composers made by the Celtic Connections festival annually since 1998. It is a musical commission which enables recipients to compose and perform a significant new suite of music of about forty-five minutes, based on traditional themes. Usually there are three commissions each year, with each composer performing their work at a lunchtime concert on one of the three Sundays of the festival. The funding provides for the musician both to develop the work, and to direct its performance, typically by five to ten musicians, at its première. In the earlier years, the composer was invited to further develop the work and revisit it at the festival the next year, but this is no longer practised.[1][2]

For other uses, see New Voices (disambiguation).

The selection process for the commissions is informal. Sometimes a musician may approach the festival with an idea for a new work, other times festival director Donald Shaw proposes participation to a musician he thinks would benefit and create something worthwhile.[3]

Various sponsors have supported New Voices over the years. In 2020 the awards were sponsored by the Scottish edition of The Times and Sunday Times, and the composers were Marit Fält, Pàdruig Morrison and Catriona Price.[4]

New Voices commissions

All of the concerts were premières unless otherwise noted.

year composer title of composition notes and references
2021 Charlie Stewart
Josie Duncan
Steven Blake
2020 Marit FältIrrationalities [5]
Pàdruig Morrison [6][5]
Catriona Price [5]
2019 Gráinne BradyBeyond: The Story of an Irish Immigrant [7][8]
Mischa Macpherson Moon | Land | Life | Sea) First commissioned for the 2018 Blas Festival.[8]
Megan Henderson [8]
2018 Sarah-Jane SummersOwerset Reprised at the 2020 festival.[5][9]
Innes White [9]
Ailie RobertsonSeven Sorrows [9]
2017 Seán GreyThe Hammering Tongue [10]
Hannah FisherAround this View [10]
Freya ThomsenCommunity and Stardust [10]
2016 Hamish NapierThe River Released as a CD in 2016.[11][12][13]
Ewan RobertsonTransitions [13]
Kate YoungUmbelliferae [13][14][15]
2015 Graham MackenzieCrossing Borders Later released as a CD.[16][17][18]
Ross AinslieRemembering [19][17]
Siobhan WilsonThe Great Eye Wilson performed as "Ella the Bird".[17][20]
2014 Sarah HayesWoven [21]
Lorne MacDougallCollisions [22][23]
Rachel NewtonChangeling Released as a CD later in 2014.[24][25]
2013[lower-alpha 1] Rona WilkieCeangailte (Connected) [26][27]
Sorren MacleanWinter Stay Autumn [3][28][27]
2012 Duncan LyallInfinite Reflections Reprised at the 2013 festival.[29][30][31][32][27]
Fiona RutherfordSleep Sound [31][33]
Laura-Beth SalterBreathe [34][31]
2011 Angus Lyon3G Reprised at the 2013 festival.[35][36][32][27]
Rachel SermanniTramping [37][38][39][40][36]
Innes WatsonThe Glasgow Guitar Colloquium [36]
2010 Iain MorrisonCeol Mor/Little Music [41][42][43]
Mike VassString Theory [42][43]
Lori WatsonSanctuary [42][43]
2009 Rick TaylorThe Call of the Wild [44]
Griogair LabhruidhFear-ealaidh [45]
Mairearad GreenPassing Places Released as live CD, and also a DVD of a journey through Wester Ross in music and film.[46][47]
2008 Gavin MarwickJourneyman [48][49]
Catriona McKayFlöe [50][51]
Patsy ReidBridging the Gap [52]
2007 Nuala KennedyAstar: Journey [53]
Kris Drever [54]
Calum MacCrimmonOutside the Circle [55]
2006 Martin GreenFirst Sighting [56][57]
Anna-Wendy StevensonMy Edinburgh [58]
Fraser Stone & Paul JenningsJSP Voyager [59][60]
2005 Anna Massie [61][62]:80
Christine HansonThe Cremation of Sam McGee [63][64][62]:81
James RossAn Cuan (The Ocean) [65]
2004 Maggie MacInnesÒran na Mnà (A Woman's Song) [66][67]
Adam Sutherland [67]
Jennifer PortSilver Lining [67]
2003 Gillian FrameKinship Theory Reprised at the 2004 festival.[68][69]:58[67]
Aidan O'RourkeSirius Reprised at the 2004 festival, and released as an album.[70][68][67][71]:53
Tom Richardson [68][72]:53
2002 Finlay MacDonald [73][74][1][75]:49
Alyth McCormack [76][77][78][1][75]:47
Mary MacmasterThree Days [79][1][80]:52
2001 Fraser FifieldTraditions (for saxophone quintet) Reprised at the 2002 festival.[81][82][75]:47
Chris Stout [83][84][85]:33
Wendy WeatherbyDaybreak on the World's Edge Reprised at the 2002 festival.[86][87][80]:52
2000 Rory CampbellPurely Whistles [88][89]:19
Phamie GowLammermuir A live recording of this concert was released as a CD in 2002. The work was reprised at the 2020 festival.[90][91][92][93][94]
Colin Reid Reprised at the 2001 festival.[95]
1999 Andy ThorburnTuath gu Deas (North and South) Reprised at the millennial (2000) festival, together with a new work by Thorburn called Heartful of Friendship. Reprised again at the 2013 festival.[96][97][98][89]:19 [27]
Karen MarshalsayJourneying Reprised at the millennial (2000) festival, together with a new work by Marshalsay, called Promise to Keep.[99][100][101]:18[102]:21
Karen WimhurstThe Stones and the Sea Performed by the Cauld Blast Orchestra. Commissioned by An Tobar and the Highlands Festival, and premiered in May 1998 at the An Tobar Arts Centre, Isle of Mull.[103][102]:22
1998 Corinna HewatMaking the Connection Reprised at the millennial (2000) festival.[104][105][101]:20[106]:33
David MilliganLifting the Lid Reprised at the millennial (2000) festival.[107][105][101]:20[108]:34
Simon ThoumireCeltic Connections Suite First presented at Celtic Connections 1997 as a stand-alone commission. Also reprised at the millennial (2000) festival, together with a new work by Thoumire called Scottish Requiem.[109][110][89]:20[111][106]:32

Notes
  1. The third New Voices slot in 2013 was used for a double bill of the commissions by Angus Lyon and Duncan Lyall from the previous two years.

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