Orchestra of the Swan
David Curtis and Orchestra of the Swan perform with passion, giving outstanding performances with innovative programming and accessible presentation. ‘OOTS’ brings all this and more to Town Hall, Birmingham as Associate Artists, presenting great masterpieces and outstanding young soloists in their new Town Hall series of matinees concerts Town Hall Classics… Wednesday Matinees. Their virtuosic but informal music-making establishes an immediate rapport, and they will bring new audiences to the Hall through a range of programming and education initiatives.
For 2011/12, OOTS is delighted to appoint Benjamin Grosvenor as Associate Artist. Benjamin, who was just 11 when he appeared in the BBC Young Musician of the Year, performed at the First Night of the BBC Proms as its youngest ever soloist on July 15 and has also recently joined Decca as its youngest ever British musician.
Orchestra of the Swan is a champion of exciting new work and has commissioned Joe Cutler, Tansy Davies, Joe Duddell, Alexander Goehr, John Joubert, Joanna Lee, Roxanna Panufnik, Paul Patterson, Joseph Phibbs, Julian Philips, Dobrinka Tabakova, Param Vir, Errollyn Wallen, Shu Wang, John Woolrich and many others.
The Orchestra’s home is at the Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon with residencies in London, Loughborough and Bedworth, performing at major concert venues and festivals including joining the Indie band James for a UK wide sell-out tour performing in St David’s Hall Cardiff, Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, Bridgewater Hall, The Sage, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The Royal Albert Hall and Symphony Hall.