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Michael Betteridge (born 1988, Oxford) is a composer and conductor particularly known for his work with communities and his work for the operatic stage.
Betteridge studied music at The University of Manchester (MusB) from 2006-2009 and was later awarded a scholarship to study composition at the Royal Northern College of Music (MMus) from 2011-2013.[1]
Early work includes a site-specific musical entitled Indigestion (2011) that was performed at various venues across Greater Manchester before transferring to The Lowry and Riverside Studios as part of the Tete a Tete Festival in 2013.[2]
2015 saw the premiere of his actor-musician opera Thousand Furs, also at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival which received five star reviews from the Financial Times and Bachtrack.[3] [4] His Market Songs opened the Salisbury International Arts Festival the same year.[5]
In 2016 Betteridge formed The Sunday Boys, an open access LGBTQ+ low voiced choir in Manchester's Canal Street.[6] The choir have commissioned work by Betteridge, as well as work from composers such as Finn Anderson, Kerry Andrew, Lucy Armstrong, Anna Appleby, Fraz Ireland, Eamonn O'Dwyer, and Philip Venables. They have also worked with writers such as Andrew McMillan and Rachel Mann. Betteridge has composed several works for the choir including, hymn (2016), We Two Boys (2018), Stay as long as you like (2021), and the body is a choir room (2018). The final movement of the latter, entitled 'the sunday boys' was shortlisted for World Music Days by the ISCM British Section in 2019.[7] The choir was nominated for an Inspiration Award by the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2024.[8]
2018 saw the premiere of #echochamber (#bergmalsklefinn) in Reykjavik, Iceland - an Anglo-Icelandic interactive Twitter opera that was later nominated for an Icelandic Music Award.[9]
Betteridge has been nominated twice for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in the Impact category.[10] Firstly for his commmunity opera Across the Sky (2019) co-created with communities in Cheltenham for the Cheltenham Music Festival, and then for Opera-tic (2021), a digital opera co-created with people living with Tourettes Syndrome commissioned by Second Movement in partnership with Tourettes Action.
Betteridge's output includes work with a wide range of communities, as well as with young people, with co-creation being a significant part of his practice. He has co-created three works with Opera North Youth Chorus including New Beginnings (2017) in collaboration with Den Jyske Opera for Aarhus European City of Culture 2017[11], Standing Together (2020) for Holocaust Memorial Day[12], and Songs of Alchemy (2024) in collaboration with Yorkshire Sculpture Park.[13] He has co-created song cycles with young people (Do you see, do you hear? for BCMG in 2018)[14], and created an opera based on a young man's experience of living with HIV (Positive in 2016).[15]
He was selected as part of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Composers Programme in 2022.[16] He was made an associate of the Royal Northern College of Music in 2023.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Composition Alumni - Royal Northern College of Music". RNCM. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Indigestion". Tête à Tête. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Fearful fantasies: Thousand Furs". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ Nepilová, Hannah (2015-08-09). "Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Kings Place, London — review". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ Morgan, Meril (2015-06-26). "Guest blog: Reflections on Market Songs – composer Michael Betteridge". The Arts in Wiltshire. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "About us | The Sunday Boys | Manchester's LGBTQ+ low voice choir". The Sunday Boys. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "International Society for Contemporary Music". Sound and Music. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "The Sunday Boys". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Icelandic Music Awards this evening - RÚV.is". RÚV. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "OPERA-TIC". Second Movement. 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "GrowOp! Festival: Just the Beginning". RESEO. 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Exploring the Holocaust with the Opera North Youth Company". Opera North. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Songs of Alchemy". Opera North. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Do You See? Do You Hear?". Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Manchester Premier of a HIV themed Opera". ght.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Introducing the 2023 RPS Composers". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ "Fellows, Honorary Members and Associate Artists - Royal Northern College of Music". RNCM. Retrieved 2024-12-12.