Q.1
From which corner of the British Isles does she hail?
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Cornwall
Q.2
Her first major broadcast work went out over BBC television in 2008 ... and instantly reached an estimated audience of how many people?
  • 15 million
  • 25 million
  • 30 million
  • 40 million
Q.3
The BBC holds the world's largest music festival in London every summer, broadcasting each of several dozen concerts over a number of weeks. The final night is known as ... ?
  • Friday Night is Music Night
  • The Last Night of the Proms
  • The Concert of the Year
  • Music for the Millions
Q.4
More than one of her works has broken fresh creative ground, including a concerto for orchestra with what form of soloist?
  • Player of the 'musical saw'
  • Bagpiper
  • Beat-boxer
  • Steel band (on oil-drum 'pans')
Q.5
In 2012 the National Youth Orchestra premiered Meredith's . What was intentionally surprising about this performance?
  • None of the players were holding an instrument
  • Everyone was playing down their mobile phone and the overall 'mix' was relayed to the auditorium
  • None of the players were in the actual room where the audience sat
  • The music was made without any of the performers using their hands (e.g. to clap, click, finger or bow their instruments)
Q.6
From Mozart's hunting-horns onwards (and probably before, too) musicians have enjoyed weaving natural and not-intentionally-musical man-made sounds into their pieces. Which of the following is genuine?
  • The Cuckoo, in pieces from Dacquin's harpsichord work of that name ... to Strauss' charming (if, to us, a little unfortunately-titled) polka Im Krapfenwald'l
  • Steam trains, e.g. Honegger's Pacific 321, Vivian Ellis' Coronation Scot and Sidney Torch's Wagon-Lit
  • Sandpaper and a traditional mechanical typewriter in novelty pieces by Leroy Anderson
  • All of the above
Q.7
Which of the following CANNOT be done by a human without special equipment?
  • Clapping
  • Humming
  • Tap-dancing
  • Whistling
Q.8
What was Meredith's first non-traditional composition?
  • Axeman for electrified bassoon
  • Wolves for sirens and synthesiser
  • Tides for recorded sound (waves, whale-song etc.) with nose-flutes
  • Cliff Face featuring live sounds of metal ladders and a concrete-mixer
Q.9
How does Meredith set about collecting her ideas for a new piece?
  • Sitting in front of her computer
  • With a blank sheet of music manuscript paper
  • With a blank sheet of graph paper
  • Sketching her ideas in graphic form onto completely blank paper
Q.10
What was Meredith's progression of cities during her education and early career?
  • Glasgow ~ Birmingham ~ London
  • Edinburgh ~ York ~ London
  • Aberdeen ~ Manchester ~ London
  • Dundee ~ Liverpool ~ New York
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