Composition
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Professor Richard Ayres
Visiting Professor in Composition
"Ayres score is a fizzy cocktail of hyperactivity, Baroque poise, Straussian pastiche, tantalising tango and much more. Zany and anarchic, it nevertheless has a human core." (Barry Millington on The Cricket Recovers, Evening Standard) Richard Ayres was born in Cornwall in 1965. In 1986 he followed Morton Feldman's classes at...
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Kirsty Devaney
Young Composers Project Leader
Kirsty Devaney is a British composer based in Birmingham where she completed her studies at Birmingham Conservatoire with Joe Cutler, Ed Bennett and Howard Skempton. Kirsty received the ‘Principal's Award’ and a Junior Fellowship from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2013. In 2011 Kirsty was shortlisted for a British Composer Award...
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Dr Andrew Hamilton
Composition Tutor
Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, England and The Netherlands. His composition teachers included Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and Louis Andriessen. Awards include first prize in the 2001 Opera Prima Europa competition in Rome and the 2002 prize at the 8th International Young Composers Forum in...
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Dr Liz Johnson
Composition Tutor
Liz studied with Philip Cashian completing her PhD at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2007. Liz’s music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and received performances all over the world: ‘refreshing…evocative in subtle tonal and textural colours’ (Independent), ‘captivating …sometimes naturalistic, sometimes ethereal…’ (Birmingham...
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Richard Leigh Harris
Composition Tutor
Richard Leigh Harris (b.1956, Bristol) studied at the Birmingham School of Music(Conservatoire) and at Reading University, where he was awarded the degree of M.Mus. He has been a visiting tutor in Composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire since 1990 and is also a part-time tutor for the Oxford University Department of...
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Dr Fumiko Miyachi
Composition Tutor
Fumiko is a composer and pianist. Her music is a colourful melting pot of driving rhythms, vibrant harmonies and multicultural influences of her European/Japanese background. Fumiko's pieces have been performed by artists from across the world including Opera North, the BBC Singers and many more. As a pianist, she specializes...
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Edwin Roxburgh
Visiting Tutor, Guest Conductor
The diverse activities of performing, conducting and teaching have been constant motivations to Edwin Roxburgh’s principal profession, composing. Having won several prizes as a student, his professional work has been acknowledged in many awards such as the Cobbett Medal for Services to Chamber Music, a British Composers’ Award...
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Neil Stemp
Composition Tutor
COMPOSER of Feature Films such as 'F', 'London Thing' and 'Going Crazy'. MUSIC EDITOR, including the Multiple Oscar-Winning 'Les Miserables'. His work on the movie won him a 2013 Golden Reel Award for Best Music Editing in a Musical Feature Film SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMER, including 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen',...
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Andrew Toovey
Composition Tutor
Andrew Toovey was born in London in 1962, and studied composition with Jonathan Harvey, Michael Finnissy and briefly with Morton Feldman. He took an MPhil from the University of Sussex. He has won a series of prestigious composition prizes including the Tippett Prize, Terra Nova Prize, the Bernard Shore Viola Composition Award...
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Errollyn Wallen
Composition Tutor
Errollyn Wallen is an award-winning composer and lyricist. Her works include symphonies, ballets, operas and chamber music. Recent large-scale commissions include two works featuring the London Symphony Orchestra for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games – PRINCIPIA, for massed choirs and orchestra, and...
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