Alvarez Chamber Orchestra

The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra is a London-based organisation dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary classical music. Its Honorary President is Sir Colin Davis. It holds an annual composition competition, "Plucked from Nowhere", for new music for harp and chamber orchestra. American composer Molly Kien is the author of The Song of Britomartis, the winning entry of the 2009 competition. Artists who have worked with the orchestra include Nicholas Daniel, its Honorary Vice President Zygmunt Krauze, and guitarist Timothy Walker.

Alvarez Chamber Orchestra

The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra is a London-based organisation dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary classical music. Its Honorary President is Sir Colin Davis. It holds an annual composition competition, "Plucked from Nowhere", for new music for harp and chamber orchestra. American composer Molly Kien is the author of The Song of Britomartis, the winning entry of the 2009 competition. Artists who have worked with the orchestra include Nicholas Daniel, its Honorary Vice President Zygmunt Krauze, and guitarist Timothy Walker.