Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
John Casken
Born: July 15th, 1949
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
Nearly Distant
March 5th, 2012 | RNCM Concert Hall - Manchester - United Kingdom
Inevitable Rifts
May 11th, 2012 | Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester - Manchester - United Kingdom
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News
10/19/2011
Anthony Gilbert’s Nine or Ten Osannas
Encore, a joint Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC Radio 3 project which aims to highlight unjustly overlooked works from the chamber music repertoire will be bringing Anthony Gilbert’s 1967 work Nine or Ten Osannas back to the concert stage on Friday 21st October 2011. Psappha will be giving ...
08/25/2011
John Casken Awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree
One of the UK’s leading composers, John Casken, was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Birmingham University. Casken was invited to accept this award in honour of his contribution to the music world as well as his strong connection with the University itself. Casken attended ...
08/24/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 5/2011 online
Stage Animals Scientists estimate that there are 1,367,555 animal species currently known on earth. Insects and spiders constitute the largest group by far with a total exceeding a million different species. The figure is somewhat more modest in the world of theatre, or to be more precise, ...
07/06/2011
Hosokawa’s Blossoming II Premieres in Edinburgh; Music in Bloom from Schott Aktuell
The summer issue of Schott Aktuell is hot off the press, with a repertoire focus entitled Music in Bloom on the occasion of the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Blossoming II at the Edinburgh International Festival on August 21. This issue offers a specially curated repertoire listing of ...
03/21/2011
John Casken Awarded Honary Degree
The Universiy of Birmingham have invited Schott composer John Casken to accept an honary degree of Doctor of Music this July in recognition of his long and esteemed connection with the university. Casken completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Birmingham, became ...
04/09/2010
Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble Performs Music of Kenneth Hesketh and John Casken
On April 30th, the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Kenneth Hesketh's Threats and Declamations and John Casken's Infanta Marina at the Kresge Recital Hall in Pittsburgh, PA. Written during his residency as the Contemporary Music Fellow at Kettle's Yard at Cambridge, Threats ...
03/26/2010
John Casken - Deadly Pleasures
John Casken's vividly theatrical setting of D M Thomas' retelling of Pushkin's poem depicting the sultry self-indulgence of Cleopatra's court finally comes to London as part of a national tour by Counterpoise and actress Johanna Lonsky. Deadly Pleasures will be performed at Kings Place in London ...
02/19/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 2/2010 online
Cityscapes in Music Contents: p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premieres: Fazil Say: Istanbul Symphony in Dortmund (D) · Victor Kissine: Post-Scriptum in San Francisco, CA · Alvin Singleton: Almost a Boogie in Brookline, MA · Peteris Vasks: Credo in Bremen (D) ...
12/02/2009
Double success at British Composer Awards
Schott Music is today celebrating the success of John Casken and Alexander Goehr who both won British Composer Awards yesterday evening. The awards, run by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composer and Authors (BASCA) sets out to recognise the very best new music in the UK with wide ranging ...
10/28/2009
BASCA, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors recently announced the shortlist for the British Composer Awards which included nominations for Schott composers, Alexander Goehr, John Casken and Kenneth Hesketh. Goehr's masterful fantasy for string quartet and percussion, Since ...
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