New Composer-in-Residence at Handel House

Handel House has chosen Mark Bowden to be its first ever Composer-in-Residence, a scheme which will continue to keep the House alive with musical creativity and performance, as it was in Handel's day over 300 years ago.

Bowden, a young up-and-coming composer will be in residence at the House over the coming year. During this time he will compose new works commissioned for the House, and run music-making events for visitors of all ages, using the House's history for inspiration such as the juxtaposition of Handel and Hendrix.

Please see our website for more information about the Composer-in-Residence scheme.

Forthcoming Composer-in-Residence Events

Tuning In: Making Connections Past, Present and Future
Sunday 7 May
2pm-4pm

To launch the Composer-In-Residence series and to celebrate the theme of this year's Museum and Galleries Month of connecting the past, present and future, Mark Bowden will be in residence in the house to meet visitors and explore continuity and change in composition from Handel to Hendrix and beyond.
Free for children aged 16 and under/ free with adult admission

Sound Ideas: Music of the future
Sunday 14 May
2.00-3.30pm

Drawing on the Museum and Galleries theme of connecting past, present and future, Mark Bowden will show visitors how musical techniques from the past might be used to create music of the future.
£6/ free for children aged 16 and under

Tuning In: Mozart and Handel
Sunday 4 June
2pm-4pm

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth and the influence Handel had on his compositions, this event will offer visitors the opportunity to explore, Mozart's arrangement of a fugue by Handel, which is on display in the Museum. With Mark Bowden.
Free for children aged 16 and under/ free with adult admission

Tuning In: House Music
Sunday 9 July
2.00-4.00pm

In this session, Mark Bowden will be in residence to meet with visitors and explore a range of musical ideas relating to Handel's life in the House.
Free for children aged 16 and under/ free with adult admission

Tuning in: Headfirst into Handel
Sunday 13 August
12pm - 6pm

Drop-in, meet Mark Bowden and explore ways in which Handel's compositional techniques can be applied to music today.
Free for children aged 16 and under/ free with adult admission

Posted: 24 April 2006