A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the Music Patron composers.
Live events/performances
Elliot Galvin new album tour dates UK / Sweden
Dates throughout February 2025
See Elliot perform work from his new album, (released in early 2025). Confirmed tour dates include Faversham (7/02), Cambridge (8/02), Sheffield (12/02), Leeds (13/02), Brighton )14/02), London (15/02), Birmingham (16/02) and Stockholm 19/02).
David John Roche Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
Saturday 1 February
World premiere of a brand-new commission for guitar quartet, The Hammer of Acceptance/The Outrage of Repetition, written especially for the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.
David John Roche Music of the Heart – with Hyeyoon Park, Sinfonia Cymru
Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 February
David’s newly commissioned arrangement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto features in Sinfonia Cymru’s concert directed by internationally award-winning violinist Hyeyoon Park with performances in Wrexham, Bristol, Aberystwyth and Pontyberem.
Joanna Ward FIGURE led by Frederick Waxman, London
Saturday 15 February
A specially commissioned world premiere from Joanna, performed alongside baroque masterpieces by Corelli, Handel, and van Wassenaer, and contemporary compositions by Caroline Shaw and Edmund Finnis.
David John Roche LeicesterMusicFest, Leicester
Saturday 15 February
Performance of David’s brand-new commission for guitar quartet, The Hammer of Acceptance/The Outrage of Repetition, written especially for the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.
Amelia Clarkson The View From Mars, Six Dance Collective, Belfast
Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 February
World premiere immersive dance performance with music by Amelia Clarkson. Dominic Harrison performs new choreography by Ruaidhrí Maguire with visuals by artist Conan McIvor.
Yshani Perinpanayagam Maya: The Musical (Industry Showcase) London
Friday 21 February
Yshani is the Musical Director of this new musical fusing Indian classical music with Western pop.
Angela Elizabeth Slater My Skin, Illuminate Scotland
Dates throughout February 2025
See Angela’s piece My Skin performed as part of Illuminate Women’s Music Scotland 2024-2025. Performances in Dundee (1/02), Edinburgh (8/02) and Kinlochard (16/02). The piece is set to text by librettist Kendra Preston Leonard and performed by soprano Stephanie Lamprea and cellist Jessica Kerr.
On-demand audio/soundscapes + installations
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Magic Classical
Saturdays 12-3pm
Listen to Ayanna’s weekly 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.
