Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
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Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian is a British composer and performer (voice, harp, dance).
Born in Suffolk, UK, to British-Armenian parents, she trained in composition at Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama
, before gaining a first in Music from Girton College, Cambridge University. She attended the advanced New Music, New Media course at the School in Aldeburgh in 2005 and held a scholarship at Trinity College of Music
in London in 2006-7. At Cambridge, she was awarded the Rima Alamuddin Composition Prize in 2004, the Turle Scholarship for Music in 2006, the Gamble Prize for Research in 2006. Sound and Music (formerly spnm) awarded her their Artistic Director's project: Bhangra Latina, in 2007,. She was part of the 2006 'Orchestra in a Village' project, led by the London Mozart Players with Fraser Trainer, that reached the final of the Philharmonic Society Education Awards . She was nominated by Sound and Music (spnm), for the British Composer Awards 2009, and in 2010 became one of the LSO's Panufnik composers.
Born in Suffolk, UK, to British-Armenian parents, she trained in composition at Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
, before gaining a first in Music from Girton College, Cambridge University. She attended the advanced New Music, New Media course at the School in Aldeburgh in 2005 and held a scholarship at Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
in London in 2006-7. At Cambridge, she was awarded the Rima Alamuddin Composition Prize in 2004, the Turle Scholarship for Music in 2006, the Gamble Prize for Research in 2006. Sound and Music (formerly spnm) awarded her their Artistic Director's project: Bhangra Latina, in 2007,. She was part of the 2006 'Orchestra in a Village' project, led by the London Mozart Players with Fraser Trainer, that reached the final of the Philharmonic Society Education Awards . She was nominated by Sound and Music (spnm), for the British Composer Awards 2009, and in 2010 became one of the LSO's Panufnik composers.