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In 2000 he was awarded the George Butterworth Award for Composition by the Society for the Promotion of New Music for his children's music theatre piece, In Comes I, and Panic attaca - a new interlude for Gamelan orchestra written for a concert of John Cage's prepared piano pieces performed by Joanna MacGregor. His emergence as a composer was put on hold between 2001 and 2003 due to being diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Following extensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment he received a bone marrow transplant from an anonymous donor in 2002 and thankfully remains in remission.
On his return he was awarded a full-time Arts and Humanities Research Board grant to complete his PhD studies in composition at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In 2005 he came second in the first PRSF New Music Award,
billed as "The Turner Prize for music" for his proposal for
a large-scale installation piece using recordings of all the bells from
the cathedrals of the UK. Despite just missing the Award, the piece was
commissioned by four festivals in 2007 and successfully toured. His music has been described as "highly distinctive", "compelling and elegantly written", “haunting” and “beautiful”. |
©2007 terry mann |