What is Sally Beamish's profession?
Q: What is Sally Beamish's profession?
A: Sally Beamish is an English composer.
Q: Where did Sally study music?
A: Sally studied the viola at the Royal Northern College of Music and later also studied in Germany and Italy.
Q: What kind of music has Sally written?
A: Sally has written music for orchestra, chamber music, vocal and choral music.
Q: How did playing in small groups help her development as a composer?
A: The experience of playing in small groups was important for her development as a composer because it allowed her to explore the sounds that solo instruments can make when combined and contrasted with each other.
Q: What concerto did she write for Håkan Hardenberger?
A: She wrote a trumpet concerto for Håkan Hardenberger and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland which was performed at the BBC Proms in 2003 with Martyn Brabbins conducting.
Q: What other concertos has she written?
A: She has also written concertos for the flute, viola, saxophone, percussion and accordion and is planning to write concertos for viola (her third), saxophone quartet and cello.
Q: What stage musical has she written about?
A: She has written a stage musical about the Scottish Highlands.
