Meet the composers
Connect with some of today’s most exciting composers, showcasing the artistic merit and diversity of new music enriching UK culture.
Explore the composers below or take our quiz and discover which Music Patron composer is the best match for you.
- Electronic
- Sound Art
Ben Gaunt is a Yorkshire-based composer, sonic artist, and improviser. He has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award and a British Composer Award. He has worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, the London Sinfonietta, Psappha and many others.
- Opera
- Orchestral
- Vocal and choral
A versatile composer of concert music, Alice Beckwith’s music is lyrical and contemporary – her melodic sound firmly rooted in the British Isles – with an emphasis above all upon story-telling. Collaborations and commissions include Endelienta Baroque, The Carice Singers, AndPiano Festival (‘Five Armitage Songs’), and St Endellion Easter Festival.
- Electronic
- Orchestral
Marc is a composer and abstract landscape painter based across Dorset and Somerset, whose music has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Hallé Orchestra among others.
Video diaries and digital postcards with rural and coastal backdrops enable patrons to get a close-up of his unique dual creative worlds.
- Orchestral
- Vocal and choral
Lisa Robertson is a composer and violinist from the West Highlands of Scotland, particularly interested in combining sounds from nature and traditional music, examining relationships between people and the land, and highlighting environmental concerns. She is passionate about Gaelic culture, especially that local to her home area, and speaks Gaelic.