A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the Music Patron composers.
Events/Performances
Anna Anise Ashburton Arts Centre, Exeter
Tuesday 1 October 2024
See Anna perform at “one of the best small live music venues in the UK” (The Guardian) supporting folk trio Hands of the Heron.
Colin Riley EP Release, Songs of Coiled Light
Tuesday 1 October 2024
1st October sees the release of Colin’s new EP Songs of Coiled Light, the twentieth release on his label, Squeaky Kate Music. Colin performs alongside improvising bass clarinettist Gareth Davies and sound-artist Rutger Zuydervelt. Blending scored music, improvisation and electronic manipulation, the EP takes its original inspiration from a poem by Michael Rattee.
Colin Riley Pegasus Choir, London
Sunday 6 October 2024
World premiere of Colin’s new work for choir and harp It Speaks Without Answer. Colin’s second specially-written piece for Pegasus, the six songs chart the course of the river from source to estuary exploring moods and emotional connections. Each song makes reference to small noticings along the way. The conductor is Matthew Altman, and the harpist is Gloria Rappo.
Angela Elizabeth Slater Illuminate Women’s Music, Egham
Thursday 10 October 2024
World premiere of Angela’s piece Dreams for violin and piano (20 minutes) and UK premiere of Dispersions in watercolour for solo violin. Part of a programme of works for violin and piano by women composers.
Joanna Ward Slide Action: RE-BUILD album release
Friday 11 October 2024
Joanna’s Playing Frisbee May 2022 features on the debut album from the multi-award-winning trombone quartet Slide Action.
Stick in the Wheel A Thousand Pokes album release
Friday 11 October 2024
The release of Stick in the Wheel’s fourth studio album is a satirical celebration of mistakes. A joyous lambasting of everyone and everything that’s wrong in the world, against the real-time backdrop of global uncertainty, corruption and political unrest.
Marcus Joseph Black History Month with John Lewis, Leicester
Saturday 12 October 2024
Catch Marcus performing live as part of a series of special events celebrating Black History Month, programmed by John Lewis.
Colin Riley Songs of Coiled Light Listening Party
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Join Colin for an exclusive listening party to celebrate the launch of the EP ‘Songs of Coiled Light’, the 15th release on his label ‘Squeaky Kate’.
Marcus Joseph Jazz re-freshed, London
Thursday 17 October 2024
See Marcus perform live at Ninety One Living Room, part of Jazz re-freshed
Ayanna Witter-Johnson The Sound of Classically Black: Ayanna Witter-Johnson & Friends, Kings Place, London
Saturday 19 October 2024
An evening of two parts, singer-songwriter, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson displays her multi-genre approach to music. Produced by Black Lives in Music as part of Classically Black, a day of celebration in recognition of the contribution by Black and global majority musicians and composers in classical music.
Laura Bowler sound festival: Laura Bowler (voice) and electronics, Aberdeen
Monday 21 October 2024
Experience 3 world premieres as Laura performs works she commissioned from three fellow female composers. All have at their heart an exploration of the female identity in contemporary society.
Lisa Robertson sound festival: Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders, Aberdeen
Thursday 24 October 2024
A new commission by Lisa Robertson features in this programme of music for harpsichord, drawing primarily on historical and contemporary music by female composers from Scotland, Ireland and England.
Anna Anise The Musician Pub, Leicester
Thursday 24 October 2024
See Anna perform live, supporting folk trio Hands of the Heron.
Stick in the Wheel Autumn Tour, UK-wide
Friday 25 October – Tuesday 10 December 2024
Stick in the Wheel’s UK tour begins in Nottingham on Friday 25 October. Other dates this month are in Manchester (Sat 26/10), York (Mon 28/10) and London (30/10).
Full list of tour dates and venues for October, November and December
Elliot Galvin single release From Beneath
Friday 25 October
Release of Elliot’s single From Beneath ahead of a new album out next year.
Angela Elizabeth Slater London New Wind Festival, London
Friday 25 October 2024
UK premiere of Angela’s piece Echoed for solo flute with glissando headjoint. Part of the 27th London New Wind Festival.
Laura Bowler sound festival: Deconstructing Pierrot, Aberdeen
Friday 25 October 2024
World premiere of Laura Bowler’s Deconstructing Pierrot. Co-commissioned by Red Note Ensemble, Music on Main and Ensemble Offspring, Laura takes Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and looks at the work through a contemporary queer lens.
Supriya Nagarajan Sonic Threads, Accrington Library
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October 2024
Supriya’s evocative Indian vocals are merged with Lucy Nolan’s harp, performing as duo Sonic Threads. They are joined by sound artist Duncan Chapman. Part of Enlighten Festival.
Lisa Robertson sound festival: Northern Connection, Aberdeen
Saturday 26 October 2024
UK premiere of Scottish composer Lisa Robertson’s am fàsach performed alongside work from by composers from Norway and Finland, as part of an innovative project connecting composers, ensembles and festivals across the three countries.
Angela Elizabeth Slater Oberlin College & Conservatory, USA
Wednesday 30 October 2024
US premiere of Sky Burst for solo harp by Rosanna Moore.
Stuart MacRae Nordic Music Days / Drake Music Scotland, Glasgow
Thursday 31 October 2024
‘New Words, New Instruments, New Duos’ features Placenames of Skye by Stuart MacRae, Stuart is one of seven composers from Scotland and the Nordics to compose new works for voice and digital instruments, commissioned by Drake Music Scotland and the Disabled Artist Network.
Audio/Radio
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Scala Radio
Saturdays 12-3pm
Listen to Ayanna’s weekly Scala Radio show
Stick in the Wheel Noods Radio
Second Tuesday of the month, 3-4pm
Listen to Stick in the Wheel’s monthly radio From Here w/ Stick in the Wheel.
Emily Peasgood Listening Desk, venues across the UK
Listening Desk is an interactive sound sculpture that invites people to access and create soundscapes with sound archives. The Listening Desk democratises access to sound archives in a fun and playful way. Installed at 10 locations around the UK.
Colin Riley Cutty Sark soundscape, London
An immersive ambient set of soundtracks for each of the decks of the Cutty Sark (in all weathers) created by composer Colin Riley and violist Nic Pendlebury (Sonic Collaborations). The music uses an orchestra of electric violas alongside treated piano and samples mixed with sounds from the boat.
The music is available exclusively as a download EP on the Sonic Collaborations Bandcamp.
