Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Simpson (clarinetist)


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The result was Keep Non Admin Closure. Tiddly -  Tom  07:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Mark Simpson (clarinetist)

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I put in a PROD for this last week, but after a little more thought I'm on the fence. The only part of the article that possibly qualifies him under WP:MUSIC is the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award; the other competitions fail #4 for composers because they're specifically young composer competitions (and as far as I can tell the commission is a consequence of one such competition), and the radio broadcast is too short for musicians and ensembles #12. The BBC award needs to be major to satisfy Musicians and ensembles #9, but researching the website and the article didn't really give me a definitive sense of its reputation as a major, reputable classical competition. Really what it comes down to is whether this BBC competition is major or not, and truth be told, I'm stumped. Procedural nom to get some more input. SingCal (talk) 18:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep I agree that the criteria are questionable, however to clarify, the BBC Young Musician of the Year is a major award and bi-annually attracts much media attention. In most cases it is the start of very fruitful careers for winners (or even runners up) eg. Emma Johnson (clarinettist), Nicola Benedetti, Freddy Kempf et al. It is not an entry level competition, and as far I am aware it is the most advanced competition in the UK for its age range. The final is televised where the finalists perform a concerto with a top orchestra. Thus I must disagree with the deletion on the following three grounds:
 * -Musicians and ensembles #9 is satisfied
 * -There has been considerable media attention placed on the winning of the BBC award - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/25/bmmus25.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/05/25/ixartright.html and http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/05_may/20/musician.shtml and http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1822308,00.html for starters.
 * -The page will only have to recreated in the next year or so. B. S. 05 18:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. The BBC Young Musician of the Year contest is a major event. Bondegezou (talk) 19:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Any winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year is going to be notable. This is a well regarded and long standing event which is famous in classical music in Britain.  Nick mallory (talk) 11:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   -- --  pb30 < talk > 18:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. As others have noted, BBC Young Musician of the Year is a long-running well-respected biennial competition, which must be one of the better-known music competitions in the UK. The finals are televised on BBC2, earlier rounds also appear on BBC4, and the whole shebang generates considerable media interest. Part of the package the winner receives is a major UK concert tour. Many of the winners/finalists go on to establish solo careers; eg Barry Douglas & Stephen Hough, in addition to those mentioned above. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


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