NMC success in Arts Council National Portfolio funding
We are pleased to report that NMC Recordings will receive increased regular funding from the Arts Council in recognition of the unique and valuable contribution it makes to British music.
"We are delighted that future support from ACE will enable us to continue our crucial work in championing the very best of existing and emerging composing talent in this country"
Colin Matthews (NMC Executive Producer)
ARTS COUNCIL ASSESSMENT
"NMC is a unique resource which has successfully reinvented itself as much more than a record label. It has a committed board and an exemplary fundraising strategy ... [it] has a unique national and international role as a record label dedicated to contemporary British classical music. No other organisation in the Arts Council music portfolio performs such a role"
NMC APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN
We are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chairman, with immediate effect.
RICHARD SHOYLEKOV has a life-long interest in the arts and feels particularly strongly about the importance of fostering contemporary art and pushing boundaries in order to enhance culture. He is a Trustee of the Friends of the Courtauld Institute and has supported them on a range of operational and strategic issues, including planning and fundraising.
A lawyer by training, Richard is Company Secretary and General Counsel for Wolseley Plc and a trustee of the Wolseley Charitable Trust. Richard is incredibly enthusiastic about NMC, its history and aims for the future and will have a hands-on role, being particularly involved in expanding the charity’s fundraising capacity and in developing the organisation to meet the challenges ahead. “I am delighted to be working with NMC. It has a culture of excellence and people who are passionate about what they do.”
COLIN MATTHEWS (NMC’s Executive Producer) adds “NMC’s special position in the music world needs dedicated advocacy, and we couldn’t be happier to have found in Richard Shoylekov someone who combines professional expertise with a firm commitment to the new and challenging. His appointment means that we have an outstanding figure to lead us securely into the future”.
NMC Trustees are:
Richard Shoylekov, NMC Chairman (Company Secretary and General Counsel for Wolseley Plc)
Graham Elliott (Partner, haysmacintyre)
Richard Fries (retired charity commissioner)
Cathy Graham (Director of Music, British Council)
Gill Graham (European Promotion Director, Music Sales Group)
Chris Potts (Head of Operations, Whitechapel Art Gallery)
Peter Wakefield (formerly COO, Record plc)
NMC Annual Digital Subscription
Pay an annual subscription fee of £80 and we will send you the digital (mp3/FLAC) version of each NMC release on the Friday ahead of its official release.
This subscription will entitle you to every digital release from NMC in 2011. The download link for each recording will be delivered to your inbox on the Friday before release.
Recordings released in 2011 prior to you purchasing the subscription with be available to download immediately.
There are usually 12 releases per year, which means with this offer you get 3 recordings absolutely free! (*based on flac pricing)
The NMC Annual Digital Subscription also comes with an exclusive NMC Screen Saver.
Releases this year include:
Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird, Shadow of Night
Thea Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek, Wild Winter I
David Lumsdaine: Big Meeting
Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew
Plus Ed Bennett, Brian Elias, Morgan Hayes, Jonathan Harvey and others
THIS OFFER IS ON DOWNLOADS ONLY, NOT CDS.
