BCMG (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) is a leading performance group which commissions new work and performs new and 20th century music. BCMG’s concerts are performed at all kinds of venues, from the Symphony Hall in Birmingham and other European concert halls, to rural village halls.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group percussionist Adrian Spillett shows off his new gong stand! Created entirely from recycled materials (old stage rises), the stand was created specifically to neatly store our many gongs.
On Saturday 24 September 2011, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group rehearsed Silvina Milstein's Sound Investment commission de oro y sombra ahead of its premiere in BCMG's 2011/12 concert season.
For the first time ever, we recorded this process to give an insight into our world of composition, commissioning, rehearsal and performance. This is the result...
For more information about our Sound Investment commissioning scheme please visit www.bcmg.org.uk/soundinvestment
On Saturday 24 September 2011, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group rehearsed Silvina Milstein's Sound Investment commission de oro y sombra ahead of its premiere in BCMG's 2011/12 concert season.
For the first time ever, we recorded this process to give an insight into our world of composition, commissioning, rehearsal and performance. This is the result...
For more information about our Sound Investment commissioning scheme please visit www.bcmg.org.uk/soundinvestment
On Saturday 14 Nov 2009 - BCMG staged the world premiere performances of a new Rumpelstiltskin adaptation with new music by composer David Sawer, commissioned through BCMG's Sound Investment scheme and movement directed by Richard Jones.
Here we see and hear from some of the audience exactly what they thought of this exciting new production...
Following the fantastic success of BCMG's Families@4 concert on Sunday 26 April 2009 we asked our audience to give us their thoughts on the event, which was specifically tailored to young children and their families. As you will see from the video, children and parents a like thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
For more information on future BCMG concerts visit: www.bcmg.org.uk/diary
In preparation of BCMG's performance in Ninestiles School on Monday 30 March we ran a Marketing workshop with some year 9 BTEC Dance and Drama students.
The students were highly creative and enthusiastic and one of the outcomes of the day was this fantastic Cheerleading chant, which the schools cheerleading club performed around the school to help promote the concert.
Matthew Sergeant is the current Apprentice Composer in Residence with BCMG. Six months in to his post, Nancy Johnston catches up with Matthew to find out how things have been going and what plans he has for the next six months and his future beyond that...
On Thursday 5 March 2009 Oliver Knussen - BCMG's Artist-in-Association conducted the ensemble in a fantastic programme of music, which included Knussen's own pieces Songs Without Voices and Coursing, alongside Julian Anderson's Khorovod and Alhambra Fantasy and Roberto Gerhard's Leo.
During the evening's procedings we asked the audience to give us their feedback on how they had found the concert... this video is a summary of that feedback and is BCMG's first ever video broadcast/vodcast.
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BCMG rehearse Silvina Milstein's de oro y sombra - part 2
BCMG rehearse Silvina Milstein's de oro y sombra - part 1
BCMG Rumpelstiltskin World Premiere 14 Nov 2009 Audience Feedback
Families@4 concert - BCMG - Sunday 26 April 2009
Ninestiles School cheerleading chant for BCMG in Yardley
BCMG Matthew Sergeant interview March 2009 with Nancy Johnston
BCMG concert - conducted by Oliver Knussen - Thursday 5 March 2009 - Audience responses
