Ivo Neame, nominated in the Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble category Photo from BASCA website

Peter Bacon reports:

The nominees for this year’s British Composers Awards have been announced. The jazz categories look like this:

Jazz Composition For Large Ensemble

Afronaut by Cassie Kinoshi

Time by Finlay Panter

Rituals by Matt London

Jazz Composition For Small Ensemble

Close To Ecstasy by Simon Lasky

Vegetarians by Ivo Neame

You’ve Got To Play The Game by Johnny Richards

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the British Museum on Tuesday 4 December. For a full list of this year’s nominees, stretching from classical works to stage and brass band compositions, go to the British Composers Award website (link below). The British Composers Awards are organised by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors (BASCA).

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LINK: British Composers Awards website