Fourteen Welsh and Wales-based composers have been selected to participate in Ty Cerdd's CoDI Composer Pathways initiative.

As part of the organisation's remit to promote and celebrate the music of Wales, it attracted 65 applications, with a specialist panel selecting the composers paid creative development opportunities in the fields of Chamber, Electronic and Theatre music.

The multi-faceted programme, aims to create a community of Welsh composers, promote shared learning and collaboration, and provide creative opportunities.

Opportunities

Nathan Dearden, Daniel-Wyn Jones, Sarah Lianne Lewis, Lucy McPhee, Mark McNamee and Carlijn Metselaar will work with leading Wales-based composer Lynne Plowman and the Berkeley Ensemble over a series of workshops to create new works for performance at Cardiff University School of Music chamber music series in April 2019.

Alan Chamberlain, Poumpak Charuprakorn, Tanya Dower, Kirsten Evans, Richard McReynolds and Daniel Soley will link up with the Swansea Laptop Orchestra and its composers Jenn Kirby and Simon Kilshaw, culminating in a public performance at the Bangor Music Festival in February 2019.

David Roche will become composer in residence, with Eloise Gynn, shadow composer with the Hijinx's community company Odyssey throughout autumn 2018 to develop and realise the music for the Christmas production, which will run at the Wales Millennium Centre in December 2018.

Quality

Ty Cerdd Director Deborah Keyser told 4BR: "The response to CoDI from composers has been extremely enthusiastic — and the panels have been blown away by the number and quality of applications.

The 14 composers selected for Chamber, Electronic and Theatre represent a range of styles and backgrounds, and we're excited to get going with the three projects in September.

Watch this space for the next strand of activity — INTERACT — which will offer an online hub, plus workshops, networking, mentoring and the creation of Buddy relationships with music-making societies around Wales."

CoDI Composer Pathways is funded by support from Arts Council of Wales, and from the PRS Foundation, with whom TÅ· Cerdd is one of 40 Talent Development Partners across the UK.

Watch this space for the next strand of activity — INTERACT — which will offer an online hub, plus workshops, networking, mentoring and the creation of Buddy relationships with music-making societies around WalesDeborah Keyser

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In addition, PRS for Music is supporting the CHAMBER strand, in line with their work to develop the careers of composers around the UK. The Presteigne Festival — a Welsh organisation celebrated for its support of new music — is also a partner in CHAMBER, which is supported by the Hinrichsen Foundation.

For more information visit: www.tycerdd.org