Young film composer Mitchell Tanner has been announced as the first recipient of the John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition.
Presented by the Royal College of Music (RCM), the scholarship was created by Laurie Barry, the widow of John Barry, in honour of her husband, the five-time Oscar winning composer.
Scholarship funds were raised by John Barry’s Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The award will pay for a new composer to study at the RCM for two years on its Composition for Screen course.
Mitchell graduated with a first class honours degree from the University of East Anglia.
He said: ‘I am absolutely overwhelmed to even be considered for this opportunity. I grew up listening to the masterful scores of John Barry, and he has been a hero of mine ever since I was a child.
‘It is a real honour to receive this scholarship in the name of such an immense figure, and I’d like to thank Laurie Barry for the chance to prove myself worthy of representing John Barry’s reputation and legacy.’
Mitchell received the scholarship in a presentation from the John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition committee. The team includes James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, composer David Arnold, conductor, orchestrator, arranger and RCM alumnus Nicholas Dodd and international lawyer Charles Lubar.
Presented by the Royal College of Music (RCM), the scholarship was created by Laurie Barry, the widow of John Barry, in honour of her husband, the five-time Oscar winning composer.
Scholarship funds were raised by John Barry’s Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The award will pay for a new composer to study at the RCM for two years on its Composition for Screen course.
Mitchell graduated with a first class honours degree from the University of East Anglia.
He said: ‘I am absolutely overwhelmed to even be considered for this opportunity. I grew up listening to the masterful scores of John Barry, and he has been a hero of mine ever since I was a child.
‘It is a real honour to receive this scholarship in the name of such an immense figure, and I’d like to thank Laurie Barry for the chance to prove myself worthy of representing John Barry’s reputation and legacy.’
Mitchell received the scholarship in a presentation from the John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition committee. The team includes James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, composer David Arnold, conductor, orchestrator, arranger and RCM alumnus Nicholas Dodd and international lawyer Charles Lubar.
