Shortlisted for ISCM World New Music Days 2021

Grace is very happy that her string quartet 'Midnight Spires' (2019), which was originally commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Cheltenham Music Festival premiered by the Castalian Quartet, has been shortlisted to represent Britain at the 2021 ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Shanghai and Nanning in September represented by Sound and Music UK. This follows on from her previous shortlisting for her orchestral work ‘Kintsukuroi: (Golden Repair)’ for the 2018 WMD, which took place in Beijing.

You can learn more about the 2021 British Selection from Sound and Music here and more information on Grace’s selection here.

You can also learn more about the 2021 shortlisted work ‘Midnight Spires’ here and listen below:

for string quartet Approx. Duration: 7’ Originally performed at the Cheltenham Music Festival, commissioned by the festival and the Royal Philharmonic Society. 'Midnight Spires' (2019) is a short work for string quartet inspired by life in the city of Oxford, particularly in the midnight hours under the shadows of its spires and stars, and the warm, yellow glow of its streetlamps. The work seeks to emulate these atmospheric surroundings by utilising delicate melodic fragments to create an ethereal soundworld. ©G.E.M.2019 ©Cover Image: 'midnight spires' Painting by Grace-Evangeline Mason 2019

Finally, both of Grace’s shortlisted works are detailed on the ISCM website here.