Thank you for a wonderful evening and for enriching the cultural 'offer' of East Anglia
Anne Seex, Chief Executive Officer, Norwich City Council
Our guiding ambition is to bring classical music to a
broad audience that is ready to be challenged and to
embrace new musical experiences. In doing this we
will complement and enrich the existing musical
excellence in the region.
We aim to make inspiring
music, to create new links and relationships with
other art forms and scientific disciplines and, as befits
an orchestra associated with the University of East
Anglia, to explore new ideas in music and beyond.
We intend, as the University’s motto says, to
‘do different’.
Our founding in 2001 marked the first time in
the UK that a professional orchestra has been created
through the initiative of a university. Since then,
Chamber Orchestra Anglia has built an enthusiastic
following, taken newly commissioned and established
works to audiences in London and the East of
England, and won a deserved reputation for bold,
imaginative programming.
As it comes of age, the Orchestra is ready to move to
the next stage of its development. We intend to take
our programmes to audiences across the whole
region, giving people greater access to live orchestral
music of the highest quality. We are building on our
international connections, and will be developing
relationships with festivals, composers and promoters
in order to expand our programme significantly in the
years ahead. The Orchestra and the COA Ensemble
will gain a higher profile as they perform their music
for new audiences, in new places, in new ways.
We also want to expand and develop new strands for
our education activities, nurturing the musicians of the
future by creating world-class opportunities for the
children of the region. In 2005, for example, we
collaborated with our patron, Sir Colin Davis, to hold
an enormously successful orchestral workshop for
talented young musicians. In early 2006 we held a
similar event with distinguished Czech conductor Jiri
Belohlavek. Sir Colin returns next year to lead another
workshop as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
For Chamber Orchestra Anglia, and for our clients,
audiences and young musicians, these are exciting
times.
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