Today's featured score is by David John Roche! David John Roche's TWENTY FIVE EIGHT WOW, for Marimba and Electric Guitar, was written for East Chamber Music Canada as part of their Emerging Composers in 2021. Check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Uw...

What happens when a commissioner doesn't like the piece? @_yshani shares the psychological and financial ramifications of a collaboration gone wrong! musicpatron.com/composer_upd...

@robertlaidlow.bsky.social shares fascinating reflections on AI and the process of recording his TECHNO-UTOPIA with the BBC Philharmonic (plus Zubin Kanga, with Jack Sheen conducting) musicpatron.com/composer_upd...

Nice to be asked to contribute to British Council's timely new publication "Why Technology Needs Artists". In the company of some amazing people ☺️ www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

I recognise that streaming helps many people discover new music. Though I far prefer connecting with you at concerts, workshops, or in my @musicpatronuk.bsky.social meet-ups, in the spirit of global connectedness, I offer 'Rex' to you on the platforms at this link: linktr.ee/JoQuail With love, Jo

🚨 Coming up this weekend!🚨 Marcus Joseph Late Late Show, Ronnie Scott’s, London 15 – 16 August Marcus leads 2 late-night sessions at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s, bringing his high-energy fusion of jazz, reggae and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

@alicekatebeckwith Charles Wood Composers’ Competition 2025 Final, Armagh 14 August Alice’s choral setting of Psalm 46 is one of three shortlisted works to be performed by members of the Charles Wood Singers in front of an expert panel. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

Coming up! @yourbestfrienddave - The Lyric Path, Nantwen Summer Concert, Pembrokeshire - 9 August. Premiere of a commission by Nantwen Ensemble following an award from the Dementia Trust. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

Composers: how did it feel when you decided to start calling yourself 'a composer'?

Composers: who produces your favourite sample libraries?

Composers: is there another art form that you practice that informs your work? Are you a painter, a sculptor? Maybe a poet?

Composers: what household appliances have you sampled for your music and how did you use them?

Composers: what instruments do you tend to do your composing at? The piano? The guitar? Something else altogether?

Tom Coult Monologues for the Curious, Royal Albert Hall, London / Live on BBC Radio 3 Monday 21 July Tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Phil perform the premiere of Tom’s Monologues for the Curious, with John Storgårds conducting. Part of BBC Proms 2025.

Yshani Perinpanayagam A Night With Josephine, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Sunday 20 July A Night with Josephine tells the story of the American-French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker. Part of Buxton International Festival.

Composers: what's the weirdest thing you've bought online for a piece?

Stick in the Wheel Théâtre Antique, Les Suds a Arles Festival, France Tuesday 15 July A chance to see Stick in the Wheel perform at Les Suds à Arles International Festival. www.suds-arles.com/billetterie/...

Colin Riley ‘Ocean Songs’, National Maritime Museum, London Friday 11 July Colin and his band Blue Machine perform their new album Ocean Songs live. Blue Machine comprises Colin, Nic Pendlebury, Steve Pretty and Lottie P. aka Goat Girl.

Composers: what is the role that literature plays in your music? Do you ever borrow structures from the books you read? Are you inspired by certain authors in writing your music?

This Saturday! ‘Tomorrow, at dawn’, by Alice Beckwith at the Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge; a commission for the Choir and Organ New Music Series 2025 at 3pm in the chapel. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

Yshani Perinpanayagam STUCK, Bold Tendancies, London Thursday 3 – Friday 4 July @_yshani STUCK narrates the relationship between an ambitious young man and his barber uncle, whose shop – and way of life – are threatened by a looming local redevelopment project. multi-story.org.uk/upcomingevents

Robert Laidlow TECHNO-UTOPIA: AI and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Salford Friday 11 July Hear the world premiere of Robert’s new work TECHNO-UTOPIA, performed by soloist Zubin Kanga. Register for free tickets in the ballot by Wednesday 2 July. buff.ly/deWaywJ

Composers: when did you start composing? Did any of you come to composition later? How did you get started?

Tomorrow in London! Experience an intimate performance and demonstration by @joquailcello . Part of Lewisham Libraries and Chaos Theory’s Echoes Off the Pages, a series of free music events bringing inspiring sounds to new audiences. dice.fm/partner/jo-s...

Tomorrow in London! Join singer-composer @helgi.r.ingvarsson_composer on a sonic road trip from Reykjavik to the north of Iceland and beyond, blending memories, breathtaking views, and evocative, intimate music. www.ticketsource.co.uk/helgi/helgi-...

As a composer, have you worked with people from different musical backgrounds? How has this impacted your work? Did it help you grow? Was it challenging (in both good or bad ways?)?

Tomorrow! An intimate performance of @stu_artmacrae's work Earth, thy cold is keen in Fife. Playing the harmonium, Stuart joins strings duo Sequoia and mezzo-soprano @dottelettsbean on stage. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earth-thy-...

Composer-performers, how did it feel growing up trying to create this diverse path for yourself? Did you feel pressure (from yourself or your teachers) to focus on one thing?

Composers: do you spend time thinking about who your audience is? Who do you write your music for?

Composers: what is your favourite real-world sound to sample for use in tape parts or other electronics?

On Friday in Bath and Saturday in Leicester! See @yshani.bsky.social‬ perform in this award-winning comedy show in which the cast improvises a new Jane Austen novel, inspired entirely by a title from the audience. www.austentatiousimpro.com/tour

Tonight! Watch the live streamed performance (7pm BST) by XelmYa featuring the premiere of @marc-yeats.bsky.social' 2023 piece but rather it stems from a complex interplay for Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola and Double Bass. Live from Unerhörte Musik in Berlin! www.youtube.com/live/Go_aLN3...

Tomorrow! Carnatic vocalist and composer @manasamitrauk.bsky.social and harpist Lucy Nolan form Sonic Threads for a performance at Woven Festival, celebrating innovation in textiles across Kirklees. woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/sonic-...

Composers: what role does rhythm play in your music and what are your rhythmic influences? (We posted a video to Instagram today where Ayanna Witter-Johnson talks about how her childhood spent in a Ghanaian dance troup massively influenced her sense of groove)

Tomorrow! Reflecting on how he translates science into music, Robert Laidlow discusses his upcoming work Exoplanets at Fantasy Basel (the Swiss Comic-Con). fantasybasel.ch/en/robert-la...

Composers: what role do your pets play in your music writing? Do they keep you company while you're working? Are they even, perhaps, an early audience for new work?

Explore the impact of visible and invisible air pollution on our health through talks and a special meditative musical performance by Sonic Threads feat ‪@manasamitrauk.bsky.social‬ at York Festival of Ideas on May 30 (friday!): yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

Composers: who are your favourite poets for text setting?

230 of my poems about the landscape, being a composer, a painter and an ordinary guy. Enigmatic and often aphoristic, they bring a different perspective to my work. Wonderfully insightful preface by friend and composer Sadie Harrison. Available from Vision Edition. www.marc-yeats.com/product/coll...

Tomorrow! Catch Stick in the Wheel performing at this year’s Bearded Theory Festival in Derbyshire. beardedtheory.co.uk/lineup/

Tonight! As part of Manchester Jazz Festival, experience a special performance of Elliot Galvin’s new album The Ruin in the intimate surroundings of Low Four Studios. @elliotgalvin manchesterjazz.com/events/ellio...

Composers: which DAW are you using, and are you happy with your choice?

A lot of exciting events coming up for Music Patron composers in the second half of May: catch Lisa Robertson in Glasgow, Marcus Joseph in London, Angela Slater in Berlin or Elliot Galvin in Manchester. Check out our upcoming events list! musicpatron.com/coming-up-ma...

Robert Laidlow's manifesto for music and AI provides some useful guidance for composers interested in it. It's well worth a read: buff.ly/IZNZqBb

@angelascomposer.bsky.social @divineshark.bsky.social

Last year I wrote a 20 min violin & piano piece especially for Maja Horvat & Joseph Havlat called Dreams inspired by Mary Oliver's poem of the same name. It was performed this year at The Stoller Hall on 8th March, & today I am delighted to share the recording with you! youtu.be/GmJ4gdn3ZQs?...

June 3rd. 2025 World premiere in Berlin of ‘but rather it stems from a complex interplay’ (2023) for Treble Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola, and Double Bass with @sylviahinz and XelmYa at ‘Breakdown’, Unerhörte. Here’s something with XelmYa to listen to in the meantime soundcloud.com/marc-yeats/o...

Music Patron composer Anna Anise is currently on a Churchill Fellowship, visiting the US and researching into how inclusive communities are formed at residential songwriting retreats and camps. Incredible project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldk...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Check out this gorgeous recording of my tremolo study, For Alex. 🎉 Performed by the fabulous Gerard Cousins - sounds amazing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquM...

Absolutely love a themed list of works, and this one features two Music Patron composers, @marc-yeats.bsky.social and Colin Riley (alongside some other truly wonderful composers). Fantastic work, Rishin :)