Britten-Pears Orchestra composers are held from March until October. There are also opportunities for emerging young professional musicians to work with leading conductors, soloists and orchestral principals in both the Britten–Pears Orchestra and the Britten–Pears Baroque Orchestra. Many of the masterclasses are open to the public, and each course culminates in a public performance, including at the Aldeburgh Festival and Snape Proms. Auditions are held across the world, now using modern technology to access countries on the other side of the globe. In 2012, the Britten–Pears Orchestra was conducted by Antonello Manacorda, performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Snape Maltings Concert Hall at
Matthew Kaner time as composer-in-association with the Workers' Union, he wrote the piece "Organum Sextuplum" as part of the Performing Rights Society (PRS) Music Foundation's Constructing a Repertoire project. Matthew Kaner Matthew Kaner (born 1986) is a British composer. His work has been performed by various orchestras and ensembles including the BBC Singers, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Sinfonetta at music venues such as the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, the Purcell Room, LSO St. Luke’s, the Seiji Ozawa Hall, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square and Snape Maltings. In 2016, he was