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Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom in 1973, Andrew March studied composition at the Royal College of Music with the late, Jeremy Dale Roberts. Whilst studying at RCM, he was awarded a number of prizes, among the most notable, the United Music Publishers Prize and a Constant & Kit Lambert Award. Shortly after graduating, Andrew was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize (1996) for his orchestral work, Easdale.
His orchestral piece Marine - à travers les arbres won first prize in the 1998 Masterprize International Composing Competition, and has been recorded by the BBC for the European Broadcasting Union and by the London Symphony Orchestra in Abbey Road Studios for EMI Classics Debut Series.
Marine has been played and recorded by British orchestras such as the LSO and the BBC Philharmonic and the work has received numerous international live performances including the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra under conductor Mischa Damev and the European Union Youth Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. The piece continues to be broadcast around the globe.
During Andrew's final year at the RCM, his first symphonic work, Easdale, received its first performance with Edwin Roxburgh conducting the RCM Symphony Orchestra, and was subsequently awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize 1996.
In the year 2000, Andrew was commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians to write a symphonic work to celebrate the livery company's quincentenary. The resulting orchestral work, A Stirring in the Heavenlies, was premiered (in an abridged form) by the London Symphony Orchestra in December that year, and recorded in full in by the Kiev Philharmonic in 2005.
In 2009, Andrew wrote an Elegy for strings in memory of all who have lost their lives as a result of being given contaminated blood products (and blood transfusions). The resulting piece, Sanguis Venenatus (which translates roughly as 'Tainted Blood'), was recorded in the Czech Republic in November 2012 for Parma Recordings, and has been subsequently broadcast in more than six countries, including regular broadcasts on Sweden's P2 Klassiskt, South Africa's Classic FM, and Canada's Radio-Classique Québec. There have also been broadcasts of Sanguis Venenatus in the USA, on AZPM and WPRB; on Hungary's Rádió Bartók; Barcelona's Catalunya Ràdio, and also in the UK on BBC Radio 3. In 2011, the Elegy was given a second performed in Westminster Abbey. (Learn more about Sanguis Venenatus at Wikipedia)
Andrew has been involved in several collaborative projects where bespoke compositions have been written for choirs such as the chapel choir of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, leading to the release of a CD with Lammas Records. In 2001, Nymphéas for Two Pianos was written for pianist brothers duo Peter and Patrik Jablonski, who gave the World première in the Royal Palace Stockholm in the Autumn of 2002, and then followed with a tour that programmed the piece in and around Scandinavia.
A setting of De Profundis was published by Paraclete Press, USA, in June 2013 and later that year, Andrew visited New York City to attend rehearsals and introduce his Three Pieces for Solo Cello which were performed at Weill Hall, Carnegie, by Romanian-born cellist, Ovidiu Marinescu.
In May 2016, Andrew's music received its début on Classic FM, on the Bill Turnbull programme. His piece, Amoration for piano and strings, has since received repeat broadcasts around the world, in countries such as The Netherlands, Finland, and South Korea.
In the first half of 2016 Alea Publishing and Recording (USA) published Equipoise for Bass Clarinet and Piano, Nymphéas for Clarinet Choir and Dragonfly for Flute, Viola and Harp. Alea Publishing and Recording later published Spring Tide Arabesque for Bass Clarinet duo and a volume of works for bass clarinet and piano, entitled "Seven Pieces".
In April 2017, Alliance Publishing, Inc. continued their gradual release of 6 of Andrew's sacred choral pieces with Your Mercy, O Lord for SSAA choir and piano accompaniment.
In 2019, Da Vinci Editions, Osaka, published a group of pieces: Nymphèas for Two Pianos (2001); Three Pieces for Solo Cello (2011); and Ephemeral Nymphs (2015) for cello and piano.
In February 2022, Andrew's Elegy on Sudden Loss (2021) was recorded by OrchestraScoring.com with the strings of the OpenSound Orchestra under Stanislav Malyshev. A video of the recording session was made and can be viewed on YouTube. The audio recording has been released digitally on most of the main platforms, see CD Baby Hear Now page.
Biography © 2023 Andrew March
His orchestral piece Marine - à travers les arbres won first prize in the 1998 Masterprize International Composing Competition, and has been recorded by the BBC for the European Broadcasting Union and by the London Symphony Orchestra in Abbey Road Studios for EMI Classics Debut Series.
Marine has been played and recorded by British orchestras such as the LSO and the BBC Philharmonic and the work has received numerous international live performances including the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra under conductor Mischa Damev and the European Union Youth Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. The piece continues to be broadcast around the globe.
During Andrew's final year at the RCM, his first symphonic work, Easdale, received its first performance with Edwin Roxburgh conducting the RCM Symphony Orchestra, and was subsequently awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize 1996.
In the year 2000, Andrew was commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians to write a symphonic work to celebrate the livery company's quincentenary. The resulting orchestral work, A Stirring in the Heavenlies, was premiered (in an abridged form) by the London Symphony Orchestra in December that year, and recorded in full in by the Kiev Philharmonic in 2005.
In 2009, Andrew wrote an Elegy for strings in memory of all who have lost their lives as a result of being given contaminated blood products (and blood transfusions). The resulting piece, Sanguis Venenatus (which translates roughly as 'Tainted Blood'), was recorded in the Czech Republic in November 2012 for Parma Recordings, and has been subsequently broadcast in more than six countries, including regular broadcasts on Sweden's P2 Klassiskt, South Africa's Classic FM, and Canada's Radio-Classique Québec. There have also been broadcasts of Sanguis Venenatus in the USA, on AZPM and WPRB; on Hungary's Rádió Bartók; Barcelona's Catalunya Ràdio, and also in the UK on BBC Radio 3. In 2011, the Elegy was given a second performed in Westminster Abbey. (Learn more about Sanguis Venenatus at Wikipedia)
Andrew has been involved in several collaborative projects where bespoke compositions have been written for choirs such as the chapel choir of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, leading to the release of a CD with Lammas Records. In 2001, Nymphéas for Two Pianos was written for pianist brothers duo Peter and Patrik Jablonski, who gave the World première in the Royal Palace Stockholm in the Autumn of 2002, and then followed with a tour that programmed the piece in and around Scandinavia.
A setting of De Profundis was published by Paraclete Press, USA, in June 2013 and later that year, Andrew visited New York City to attend rehearsals and introduce his Three Pieces for Solo Cello which were performed at Weill Hall, Carnegie, by Romanian-born cellist, Ovidiu Marinescu.
In May 2016, Andrew's music received its début on Classic FM, on the Bill Turnbull programme. His piece, Amoration for piano and strings, has since received repeat broadcasts around the world, in countries such as The Netherlands, Finland, and South Korea.
In the first half of 2016 Alea Publishing and Recording (USA) published Equipoise for Bass Clarinet and Piano, Nymphéas for Clarinet Choir and Dragonfly for Flute, Viola and Harp. Alea Publishing and Recording later published Spring Tide Arabesque for Bass Clarinet duo and a volume of works for bass clarinet and piano, entitled "Seven Pieces".
In April 2017, Alliance Publishing, Inc. continued their gradual release of 6 of Andrew's sacred choral pieces with Your Mercy, O Lord for SSAA choir and piano accompaniment.
In 2019, Da Vinci Editions, Osaka, published a group of pieces: Nymphèas for Two Pianos (2001); Three Pieces for Solo Cello (2011); and Ephemeral Nymphs (2015) for cello and piano.
In February 2022, Andrew's Elegy on Sudden Loss (2021) was recorded by OrchestraScoring.com with the strings of the OpenSound Orchestra under Stanislav Malyshev. A video of the recording session was made and can be viewed on YouTube. The audio recording has been released digitally on most of the main platforms, see CD Baby Hear Now page.
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