Martin Emslie Awarded FLCM for Omega & Alpha
The letters stand for the 'Fellowship of the London College
of Music'.
Every major professional institution has three grades of membership.
Associate, Member and Fellow. Associate Membership can be gained if you are
occupied in the profession, Membership can be awarded if you are professionally
trained in the profession and Fellowship is awarded to those who have reached
the highest level of the profession.
In the musical academic fraternity it is a
similar structure. Fellowship is reserved for a very small number of musicians
and is highly prized and very rarely awarded. In the field of composition, it
is only awarded for work that is considered to be of the highest quality and of
national or international importance. Omega & Alpha was deemed to be of this
quality and as a consequence Martin was awarded the FLCM.
No, not the song by Queen but a recent trip that Martin and
his wife Lynn took courtesy of 'OneStage', a company which specialises in
organising tours for choirs and orchestras. They flew to Prague and then
travelled to the area around the town of Plzner in Western Bohemia to look at
the opportunities and locations for concert tours in this lovely part of
Eastern Europe. Apart from the grandeur of the buildings that can be used,
ranging from a riding school to a derelict monastery, the autumnal colours were
absolutely spectacular. The trip has created a number of good potential ideas.
