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	== Music and performances ==		== Music and performances ==
	From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.		From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices.<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>' This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''.<ref name=":1" />

	In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> Here he stayed in Trumansburg and based himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>~~''.''~~ He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.		In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> Here he stayed in Trumansburg and based himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>

	George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>		George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75) where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref> The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine]),<ref name=":2"/> ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]'.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref> ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>

	=== Collaborations with poets ===		=== Collaborations with poets ===
	Particular acclaim has focused on Newson's work for voice; 'There is much to admire in Newson’s gift for writing lyrically, even romantically, and yet simply for the voice' (Manning, 1986) <ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=New Vocal Repertory: An Introduction\|last=Manning\|first=Jane\|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan\|year=1986\|isbn=978-0333405383\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>. With his residency in Belfast and collaborations with Irish poets, his work has been noted as deserving recognition in celebrations of Irish music<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/celebration-of-irish-composers-neglects-women-and-living-composers-under-30-1.2702726\|title=Celebration of Irish composers neglects women and living composers under 30\|last=Dervan\|first=Michael\|date=29 July 2016\|website=The Irish Times\|publisher=The Irish Times\|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>.		Particular acclaim has focused on Newson's work for voice; 'There is much to admire in Newson’s gift for writing lyrically, even romantically, and yet simply for the voice' (Manning, 1986) <ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=New Vocal Repertory: An Introduction\|last=Manning\|first=Jane\|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan\|year=1986\|isbn=978-0333405383\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>. With his residency in Belfast and collaborations with Irish poets, his work has been noted as deserving recognition in celebrations of Irish music.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/celebration-of-irish-composers-neglects-women-and-living-composers-under-30-1.2702726\|title=Celebration of Irish composers neglects women and living composers under 30\|last=Dervan\|first=Michael\|date=29 July 2016\|website=The Irish Times\|publisher=The Irish Times\|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>

	=== Further commissions ===		=== Further commissions ===
	Other commissions include: his one act opera ''Mrs Fraser’s Frenzy'' (1994) for the Canterbury and Cheltenham festivals; ''Sonograms 1 & 11'' (1995) for the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestre_national_de_Lille Orchestre National de Lille]'''; and ''Songs'' and ''More Songs in Exchange'' (1994/9), which comprised an exhibition and recital of works exchanged by participating artists for a song (42 pieces in all)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/george-newson\|title=George Newson\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>. In 1998 ''Concerto for Percussion (Both Arms)'' was commissioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Glennie Evelyn Glennie] for the 2002 '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Festival Canterbury Festival]'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.evelyn.co.uk/archive/commissions/\|title=Commissions\|last=Glennie\|first=Evelyn\|date=21 December 2016\|website=Evelyn.co.uk\|publisher=Evelyn Glennie\|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> and George completed his second full opera - ''The Winter’s Tale''.		Other commissions include: his one act opera ''Mrs Fraser’s Frenzy'' (1994) for the Canterbury and Cheltenham festivals; ''Sonograms 1 & 11'' (1995) for the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestre_national_de_Lille Orchestre National de Lille]'''; and ''Songs'' and ''More Songs in Exchange'' (1994/9), which comprised an exhibition and recital of works exchanged by participating artists for a song (42 pieces in all).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/george-newson\|title=George Newson\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref> In 1998 ''Concerto for Percussion (Both Arms)'' was commissioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Glennie Evelyn Glennie] for the 2002 '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Festival Canterbury Festival]'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.evelyn.co.uk/archive/commissions/\|title=Commissions\|last=Glennie\|first=Evelyn\|date=21 December 2016\|website=Evelyn.co.uk\|publisher=Evelyn Glennie\|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> and George completed his second full opera - ''The Winter’s Tale''.

	=== Recent works (2000 - present) ===		=== Recent works (2000 - present) ===

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	From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.		From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.

	In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and based himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.		In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> Here he stayed in Trumansburg and based himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.

	George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>		George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>

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	From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.		From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.

	In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and ~~abased~~ himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.		In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and based himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.

	George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>		George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>

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	== Music and performances ==		== Music and performances ==
	From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire], in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.		From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire] in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.

	In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and abased himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.		In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and abased himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.

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	== Music and performances ==		== Music and performances ==
	From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, Leonard Smith, for the BBC entitled ''The Man Who Collected Sounds'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire], in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.		From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, [[Leonard Smith]], for the BBC entitled ''[[The Man Who Collected Sounds]]'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire], in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.

	In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and abased himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.		In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and abased himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.

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	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Born in London's docklands (1932) Newson taught himself to read music and play the piano<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/george-newson/\|title=George Newson\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>. He was overheard playing boogie-woogie piano in a youth centre and was awarded a piano scholarship to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackheath_Conservatoire_of_Music Blackheath Conservatoire of Music]], London, aged 14, just a few years after having been evacuated during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_Blitz the Blitz]]. Nine years later, he attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music Royal Academy of Music] on a scholarship.		Born in London's docklands (1932) Newson taught himself to read music and play the piano<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/george-newson/\|title=George Newson\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>. He was overheard playing boogie-woogie piano in a youth centre and was awarded a piano scholarship to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackheath_Conservatoire_of_Music Blackheath Conservatoire of Music]], London, aged 14, just a few years after having been evacuated during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_Blitz the Blitz]. Nine years later, he attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Music Royal Academy of Music] on a scholarship.

	== Music and performances ==		== Music and performances ==

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	On her [[Attic Tape]] [[DD148]] is a stereo version of his 4-track piece ''[[One Under ~~the~~ Eight]]''.		On her [[Attic Tape]] [[DD148]] is a stereo version of his 4-track piece ''[[One Under The Eight]]''.

	George is alive and well and happy to be contacted.<ref>Personal communication, June 2019.</ref>		George is alive and well and happy to be contacted.<ref>Personal communication, June 2019.</ref>

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	My grandparents say that Delia became a good friend and she came to visit many times. They fondly remember Delia lifting their daughter Julia up on to her shoulders to play, and every Christmas she'd send them a hamper from Selfridges. After the performance of George's piece, ''Arena'', they all went back for a small party at Delia's place in London.		My grandparents say that Delia became a good friend and she came to visit many times. They fondly remember Delia lifting their daughter Julia up on to her shoulders to play, and every Christmas she'd send them a hamper from Selfridges. After the performance of George's piece, ''Arena'', they all went back for a small party at Delia's place in London.
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			On her [[Attic Tape]] [[DD148]] is a stereo version of his 4-track piece ''[[One Under the Eight]]''.

	George is alive and well and happy to be contacted.<ref>Personal communication, June 2019.</ref>		George is alive and well and happy to be contacted.<ref>Personal communication, June 2019.</ref>

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	== Music and performances ==		== Music and performances ==
	From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, Leonard Smith, for the BBC entitled ''The Man Who Collected Sounds'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the ~~BBC [~~[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] and the technical facilitation given by [[Delia Derbyshire]], in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]]'''<ref name=":1" />.		From 1966, Newson set song cycles to poems by friend, Leonard Smith, for the BBC entitled ''The Man Who Collected Sounds'', heralded as 'equally ambitious in its radiophonic exploitation of sounds and voices<ref>File clipping from the Radio Times File DD110532 by Douglas Cleverdon https://wiki.delia-derbyshire.net/wiki/DD110532</ref>'. This was facilitated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop] and the technical facilitation given by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire], in the realisation of tape parts. No further access to the Radiophonic Workshop was allowed without further BBC commission, thus providing impetus for George to pursue a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship]'''<ref name=":1" />.

	In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and abased himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [~~[Southern Illinois University Carbondale\|~~Southern Illinosis University]] in Carbondale and the '''[~~[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign\|~~University of Illinosis]], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.		In 1967 he was granted a fellowship to the USA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/techniques-and-composition-electronic-music\|title=Techniques and composition of electronic music\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=www.wcmt.org.uk\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>. Here he stayed in Trumansburg and abased himself at the Moog factory with [[Robert Moog]] for several weeks, but his five month stay included visits to a number of other major electronic studios, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale Southern Illinosis University] in Carbondale and the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign University of Illinosis], Urbana'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/ianhelliwell/tone-generation-programme-26/\|title=Tone Generation programme 26\|last=Halliwell\|first=Ian\|date=\|website=Mixcloud.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>. There he composed ''Silent Spring'', in which birdsong rather than instruments played a prominent role making a statement about humanity's impact upon nature that was decades ahead of its time<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-31\|title=Wildlife Review\|last=\|first=\|date=31 December 1967\|website=bbc.co.uk/radio4\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>''.'' He then worked at the '''RAI studio''', Milan, producing ''Canto II'' for clarinet and tape (1968), which was performed at the Venice Biennale in 1969. In the same year he worked at the '''University of Utrecht''', making his third tape composition, ''Genus II''. Here, his electronic works sponsored by the British Society for Electronic Music were well received<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-october-1969/27/music\|title=Music\|last=Nyman\|first=Michael\|date=11th October 1969\|work=The Spectator\|access-date=17th May 2019}}</ref>.

	George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [~~[University of Glasgow\|~~Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [[Scottish National Orchestra]]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([[William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [~~[Pierre Boulez\|~~Boulez]]; singer, [[Cleo ~~Laine\|Celo~~ Laine]])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [~~[Kent State shootings in popular culture\|~~shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors]] at [[Kent State University]]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>		George went on to hold the '''Cramb Research Fellowship in Composition''' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow Glasgow University]] (1972-75), where he received critical acclaim for pieces he composed for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whyte\|first=Hamish\|year=2012\|title=Sustenance provided: the Bibliographical Morgan\|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA313796338&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=17565634&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true\|journal=Scottish Literary Review\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=\|via=Gale: Academic OneFile}}</ref>. The '''BBC''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Glock William Glock]]) commissioned ''Arena'' for the '''1971 Proms''' (conductor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez Boulez]]; singer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine Cleo Laine])<ref name=":2" />, ''Songs for the Turning Year'' for the 1993 season, and various other chamber and ensemble works over three decades. One of his most studied pieces is ''Arena'' - 'a kind of staged oratorio addressing different sociopolitical "games", climaxing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings_in_popular_culture shooting of anti-Vietnam student protestors] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University Kent State University]' <ref name=":2">{{Cite journal\|last=Adlington\|first=Robert\|date=2018\|title=Politics and the popular in British music theatre of the Vietnam era\|url=\|journal=Journal of the Royal Musical Association\|volume=143(2)\|pages=433-471\|via=}}</ref>. ''Arena'' attracted attention as a particularly important political piece of its time <ref>{{Cite book\|title=Music Theatre in Britain, 1960-1975\|last=Hall\|first=Michael\|publisher=Boydell Press\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1783270125\|location=\|pages=\|quote=\|via=}}</ref>

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	=== Collaborations with poets ===		=== Collaborations with poets ===
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	=== Further commissions ===		=== Further commissions ===
	Other commissions include: his one act opera ''Mrs Fraser’s Frenzy'' (1994) for the Canterbury and Cheltenham festivals; ''Sonograms 1 & 11'' (1995) for the '''[~~[Orchestre national de Lille\|~~Orchestre National de Lille]]'''; and ''Songs'' and ''More Songs in Exchange'' (1994/9), which comprised an exhibition and recital of works exchanged by participating artists for a song (42 pieces in all)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/george-newson\|title=George Newson\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>. In 1998 ''Concerto for Percussion (Both Arms)'' was commissioned by [[Evelyn Glennie]] for the 2002 '''[[Canterbury Festival]]'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.evelyn.co.uk/archive/commissions/\|title=Commissions\|last=Glennie\|first=Evelyn\|date=21 December 2016\|website=Evelyn.co.uk\|publisher=Evelyn Glennie\|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> and George completed his second full opera - ''The Winter’s Tale''.		Other commissions include: his one act opera ''Mrs Fraser’s Frenzy'' (1994) for the Canterbury and Cheltenham festivals; ''Sonograms 1 & 11'' (1995) for the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestre_national_de_Lille Orchestre National de Lille]'''; and ''Songs'' and ''More Songs in Exchange'' (1994/9), which comprised an exhibition and recital of works exchanged by participating artists for a song (42 pieces in all)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/george-newson\|title=George Newson\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>. In 1998 ''Concerto for Percussion (Both Arms)'' was commissioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Glennie Evelyn Glennie] for the 2002 '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Festival Canterbury Festival]'''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.evelyn.co.uk/archive/commissions/\|title=Commissions\|last=Glennie\|first=Evelyn\|date=21 December 2016\|website=Evelyn.co.uk\|publisher=Evelyn Glennie\|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> and George completed his second full opera - ''The Winter’s Tale''.

	=== Recent works (2000 - present) ===		=== Recent works (2000 - present) ===
	His most recent large work is ''Cantiga'' ''for'' ''Piano Trio,'' which received its premiere at the '''Rye Festival of Music and Arts''' (2004). His double violin concerto was given its UK Premier as part of the '''BBC Encore''' series in 2006 and ''[https://soundcloud.com/george-newson-1/ayas-lullaby-2016 A Lullaby for Aya],'' which he wrote for his first great-grandchild, was included in a set of new songs performed at the Rye Festival in 2016. Newson's ''Ezra Pound'' from ''More Songs in Exchange'' opened one of the '''Ludlow Music Festival''' recitals (UK composers setting US texts) in 2017, performed by Robin Tritschler and [[Iain Burnside]].		His most recent large work is ''Cantiga'' ''for'' ''Piano Trio,'' which received its premiere at the '''Rye Festival of Music and Arts''' (2004). His double violin concerto was given its UK Premier as part of the '''BBC Encore''' series in 2006 and ''[https://soundcloud.com/george-newson-1/ayas-lullaby-2016 A Lullaby for Aya],'' which he wrote for his first great-grandchild, was included in a set of new songs performed at the Rye Festival in 2016. Newson's ''Ezra Pound'' from ''More Songs in Exchange'' opened one of the '''Ludlow Music Festival''' recitals (UK composers setting US texts) in 2017, performed by Robin Tritschler and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Burnside Iain Burnside].

	== Photographic career ==		== Photographic career ==