Alfred J. Clements (1858-1938) was the organiser and secretary of the South Place Sunday Live shows (predecessor of Conway Corridor Sunday Live shows) from their inception in 1887 till his loss of life. Within the first half of the 20th century the competitors bearing his identify inspired the composition of recent chamber works, establishing a convention which set Conway Corridor proper on the centre of British modern music.
Re-inaugurated in 2021, the current competitors goals to proceed this work, encouraging the composition of modern, thrilling chamber music and presenting it to a large viewers. By workshops, social media exercise and thru enabling interplay with skilled performers, the competitors moreover seeks to ascertain and nurture a group of numerous, younger composers and to boost the chamber repertoire.
Earlier than the ultimate spherical efficiency, scores submitted for earlier competitions from the Conway Corridor Archive will likely be accessible by way of the Conway Corridor web site and a variety exhibited earlier than the ultimate spherical efficiency.
Full particulars from the Conway Corridor web site.
