A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the Music Patron composers.
Live events/performances
Yshani Perinpanayagam Comedy Store Players, London
Sunday 5 January 2025
Yshani’s back on the piano at the legendary comedy improv show, the first for 2025 .
Stuart MacRae 5 Stevenson Songs, Wigmore Hall, London
Saturday 18 January 2025
Premiere of Stuart’s 5 Stevenson Songs commissioned and performed by tenor Glen Cunningham, with pianist Anna Tilbrook.
Amelia Clarkson I float between, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tuesday 21 January 2025
World premiere performance of new work by Amelia Clarkson, alongside 3 other up-and-coming composers by the National Symphony Orchestra. Part of Composers Lab.
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Amethyst Sings, Ben Michaels: for cello, by cellists, London
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Concert exploring the versatile identity of the cello, through composers that play it. Cellist Ben Michaels premieres a set of solo cello works written for him by 6 different cellist-composers including Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
Angela Elizabeth Slater My Skin, Illuminate Aberdeen
Thursday 30 January 2025
Lunchtime concert performance of Angela’s piece My Skin at King’s College Chapel, Universty of Aberdeen. The piece is set to text by librettist Kendra Preston Leonard and is performed by soprano Stephanie Lamprea and cellist Jessica Kerr. Part of Illuminate Women’s Music 2024-2025 season.
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.
