Association of British Orchestras

Resonate

Resonate has re-opened for applications from UK Orchestras to programme and perform the best UK orchestral works of the last 25 years. Grant support of up to £10,000 available to orchestras.

Resonate are now able to accept submissions from UK-based composers who would like their orchestral pieces to be considered for inclusion in the database.

Deadline to submit an application is: Tuesday 1st October 2023. More information can be found on PRS Foundation's website.

Resonate aims to inspire more performances, recordings and broadcast of outstanding contemporary repertoire, as chosen by UK orchestras, whilst strengthening approaches to programming this music for the benefit of audiences, composers and players in the UK and overseas.

A contribution of up to £10,000 is available to orchestras who want to programme and promote a piece of music from the Resonate database, which includes the huge number of works commissioned by UK orchestras. The Resonate database has been created to demonstrate the scope and quality of new music already commissioned by UK orchestras and to enable them to revisit pieces which would strengthen their programming of contemporary British music for orchestras. It can be accessed here.

Support is available for orchestras who can demonstrate a commitment to presenting high quality contemporary UK repertoire, which they will promote with the Resonate brand as part of a season, tour and longer-term audience development programme.

Resonate is a partnership between PRS Foundation, the ABO and broadcast partner BBC Radio 3. It aims to inspire more performances, recordings and broadcasts of outstanding UK repertoire, as chosen by UK orchestras, whilst strengthening approaches to programming for the benefit of audiences, composers and players in the UK and overseas. Resonate has received additional financial support from The Foyle Foundation and The Boltini Trust.

In partnership with the ABO, PRS Foundation has updated the database with more outstanding pieces from the last 25 years.

More information can be found on PRS Foundation's website.

PREVIOUS PROGRAMMES

2019/2020

  • Aurora Orchestra: Thomas Adès, Violin Concerto 'Concentric Paths'
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra: Ryan Wigglesworth, Augenlieder
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Oliver Knussen, The Way to Castle Yonder - Pot-pourri after the Opera Higglety, Pigglety Pop
  • London Symphony Orchestra: Colin Matthews, Violin Concerto
  • Dunedin Consort & Scottish Ensemble: James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross
  • Southbank Sinfonia: Anna Meredith, Four Tributes to 4am
  • City of London Sinfonia (CLS): Dobrinka Tabakova, Centuries of Meditations
  • Ulster Orchestra: Howard Skempton, Lento
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Ensemble 10/10): Steve Martland, Tiger Dancing and Tansy Davies, Iris
  • Birmingham Contemporary Music Group: Shiori Usui, Deep

Annual Conference

The next ABO conference will take place in Gateshead,
hosted by The Glasshouse ICM, from 5-7 February 2025.