Drake Music Scotland is one of only twenty organisations in the UK to be chosen to commission a piece of music for New Music 20×12 which will feature centre stage at the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Included in the list announced on Friday by PRS for Music Foundation (see below), Drake Music Scotland has commissioned composer Oliver Searle to write ‘Technophonia’ which will be scored for a new kind of ensemble that brings together cutting edge music interfaces.  Oliver Searle’s music will inspire the young musicians to combine their individual talents to achieve a unique team performance, which will challenge how the audience defines musical instruments and performing musicians.

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