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Award-winning Tom Harrold Writes his First Piece for the SCO
The internationally celebrated Scottish Chamber Orchestra is made up of a unique collection of talented musicians who inspire and connect with people of all ages. The SCO takes great pride in its commitment to both commissioning and performing the music of living composers and enjoys a reputation as one of Scotland’s most prolific supporters of new work.
The SCO is very excited to be commissioning award-winning Tom Harrold for the first time and giving audiences in Scotland the opportunity to hear his music. “The SCO has been an orchestra that has been a large part of my musical upbringing. As a Glasgow-based composer until the age of 18, I regularly attended the Orchestra’s concerts in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the opportunity to write for an orchestra which has had such an impact on my musical output is one that I would find challenging, rewarding and stimulating.”
Tom Harrold is a recent graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music. His piece RAZE opened the Last Night of the BBC Proms in 2016. Described as “brazen… bold… confident” [The Guardian], “thumpingly rhythmical” [The Financial Times], and “packed with incessant energy” [The Scotsman], Tom’s music has been performed across five continents and has been recorded by Linn Records and Bayerischer Rundfunk, and broadcast internationally across many networks. Tom also broke a Guinness World Record for his work Ticcatoccatina, for the greatest number of musicians performing on one piano at one time.