1 Jun 2023
A special thanks too to all of our participating composers, @RobFokkens @FloriMaunders @AlexHoComposer @JasminRodgman #PhilipHerbert, and our #VQCreate schools: @StMaryleboneMus @GraveneySchool @FEHS_MusicDept @TTCSNottingham
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1 Jun 2023
My @OxMusicFaculty project Diversity and the British String Quartet with @VilliersQuartet and @TORCHOxford has been selected by @UniofOxford as a case study of participatory research. Find out more here. ox.ac.uk/research/using-rese…
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14 Nov 2022
Here we are after our concert in #Sheffield last night, post-Beethoven Op. 132. We also played music by Haydn, #VQCreate composer Emma Copp, Ray Kohn @Tecchler, & Elizabeth Maconchy. Thank you St Andrew's Music Festival for having us!
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16 Aug 2022
With the help of the @RoyalPhilSoc #RPSEnterpriseFund which we were awarded last year, we worked on #VQCreate, our interactive online resource for students to learn about string quartet composition: villiersquartet.com/2022/08/…
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The @VilliersQuartet play new compositions by secondary students from Nottingham Academy, Trinity Catholic School, Alderman White School and Sheffield Music Academy at the culmination of their #VQCreate project in St Peter's Church. @stpchoirnotts @nottmchurches
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The @VilliersQuartet perform new music by student composers from the region at @nottmchurches.
In this new community collaboration, the Villiers Quartet performs quartets composed by students from Nottingham and Sheffield schools as part of the #VQCreate initiative.
ALT Come hear and support new music written by teenagers from Nottingham Academy, Trinity Catholic School, Alderman White School, and Sheffield Music Academy, and join us to celebrate the talents of our young composers. *In partnership with Nottingham Music Hub, Nottingham University, and Dr. Elizabeth Kelly, Associate Professor of Composition at Nottingham University Free admission, donations accepted. This concert will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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LOOK: "Yr 10 students at the @TTCSNottingham have made a wonderful display board for their #VQCreate concert. They have written new works that the @Villiers will perform on Sat, July 16th at @stpchoirnotts.
#Nottingham #LoveNotts #NewMusic #YoungComposers
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25 Jun 2022
We're playing new music here written by students from @TTCSNottingham @AWPerforming @NottinghamAcad @sheffmusicacad! Check it out 16th July! #VQCreate #NCMF2022
In the heart of Nottingham stands St. Peter’s Church. Join us on July 16th for a special programme here, featuring premieres of new music written by Nottingham teenagers, and performed by the @VilliersQuartet.
#NCMF2022 #ClassicalMusic #Nottingham #LiveConcert
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17 Jun 2022
Scores galore today for our #VQCreate reading sessions with students from @NottinghamAcad @TTCSNottingham @sheffmusicacad @AWPerforming. Lots of great compositions from our incredibly creative participants!
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16th JULY: In this new collaboration, the @VilliersQuartet performs quartets composed by students from Nottingham schools as part of their #VQCreate initiative.
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30 Nov 2020
Here we are being interviewed by @eakellymusic for the @UoNottFAR @LakesideArts
#NottNOISE Marathon about our #VQCreate initiative for young composers in lockdown. Watch the full interview and a selection of works online at bit.ly/2VhPnvJ
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29 Nov 2020
#NewMusic alert!
Join us at first online NottNOISE New Music Marathon hosted by @LakesideArts & @UoNMusic
with selections from our #VQCreate initiative for young composers in the East Midlands. Check it out and get your new music fix TODAY!
lakesidearts.org.uk/music/ev…
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27 Nov 2020
Cannot wait to feature some exciting compositions written by #VQCreate young composers from #EastMidland
20 Nov 2020
#MeetTheArtist at #NottNOISE: The New Music Marathon opens with a concert unique to our time by a quartet hailed as “Champions of British Music” (The Observer) – @VilliersQuartet perform music by East Mids students in response to the pandemic. @UoNottFAR
📷 | Saba Walton
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21 Nov 2020
A clip of a piece that CJ composed for @VilliersQuartet as part of their lockdown #VQcreate project. Great project and fantastic musicians. @redmond_tom @alunPCadence
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21 Nov 2020
My first ever composition! A two-minute commission😀 for the VQCreate project run by the @VilliersQuartet. Many thanks to them for a great opportunity, especially during this difficult year. Here they are performing it!
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20 Nov 2020
David is having his first composition for string quartet performed by the @VilliersQuartet as part of the #vqcreate course that he took part in. Really looking forward to it. The recital starts at 7:30pm on Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup… @NottsHigh @nottinghamyo @MusicNottm
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7 Oct 2020
Last week we gave an online composition workshop for our #VQCreate secondary students, with the help of @eakellymusic from @UoNMusic. More on this soon, we look forward to what these kids have composed for us! 🎵🎻
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15 Jun 2020
Calling all budding composers in the East Midlands, join us for #VQCreate! Sign up here:
bit.ly/2MWWHsj
#compose #newmusic #quartet #EastMidlands
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