Commonwealth Resounds and Music Director Visits Antigua

Alison Cox OBE, Founder and Chair of Trustees of the Commonwealth accredited organisation, the Commonwealth Resounds and Head of Composition at the Purcell School for Young Musicians, visited Antigua to launch the Commonwealth International Composition Prize. 

The Commonwealth Resounds is partnering with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra (ABYSO) to pilot the programme in four countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. These four (4) countries will be asked to create a first-rate composition training programme for young people of school/college age, which will be promoted and celebrated on an international website and in Commonwealth cultural circles. 

Alison also met with music teachers, students and visited various media houses.