So thrilled to have won the Critics Circle Award this year - what a lovely thing! Congratulations to all the other winners

Thanks to Naga Munchetty for introducing my piece Cortège for a Coal mine on the 25 for 25 round up - rather nice hearing all the pieces next to each other. You can listen again on BBC Sounds.

Still reeling from that very special performance of Speak of the North at Aldeburgh Festival. Claire Booth, Chris Glynn & Tamsin Waley-Cohen absolutely knocking out of the park. I will not forget this anytime soon. Very happy composer!

My new song cycle Speak of the North premieres on Tuesday at Aldeburgh Festival and I wrote about it in the Guardian: you can read it here and then, even better, come and hear the piece in real life! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Lovely to be back with the #addtoplaylist team tonight on Radio 4. With Jeffrey, Anna, and the inimitable Claire Booth!

The brassy climax from my new piece Cortège for a Coal Mine, performed by BBC SO and Lee Reynolds. You can hear it every day this week on BBC Radio 3

Tune into radio 3 this morning 11:15 where I’ll be chatting with Tom Service about my new piece Cortège for a Coal Mine, recorded by BBCSO and Lee Reynolds - it gets quite brassy in the middle 😉

Lovely to be back with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Lee Reynolds today for the premiere of my Cortège for a Coal Mine. If you are at a loss in London the concert is @2:30 Maida Vale Studios, and it will be broadcast on Radio 3 on the 10th May - progray inclds Barber, John Adams, Gershwin and me!

Very happy to be featured in the Proms this year!

Nice to have book dedicated to you isn’t it? Huge congratulations to @francescasimon.bsky.social on the release of her new book Salka (inspired by our cantata, The Faerie Bride) - it’s a beautiful thing! @faberbooks.bsky.social

Thanks for the birthday message!

Dealing with my birthday hangover by hanging out with this complete babe!

Thought my ears were burning! @francescasimon.bsky.social talking about her new book Salka which is based on our cantata The Faerie Bride - it’s our now and it’s beautiful!

A Monstrous Little Suite premieres tonight in Cardiff and it’s sounding glorious! It’s been so long since the opera premiered back in 2019 and it’s delicious to be back in the world of Norse Gods! It’ll be on Radio 3 in Concert if you want to catch it!

It’s so nice to be back with BBC National Orchestra of Wales after all this time (nearly a year!) with Ryan Bancroft at the helm for the premiere of my A Monstrous Little Suite. Hope to see you there on Friday (Cardiff) or Saturday (Swansea) - it’s sounding very classy!

Album release day! The doggo thinks you should go take a listen! It’s on all streaming platforms (in 2 parts) and you can download or purchase from wherever you do that from! I’m very proud of this one, hope you enjoy listening!

Lovely news to wake up to this morning: our new album is Music Web International’s Album Of The Month!! You can pre-save/pre-order now - officially released next week! Very happy composer! musicwebinternational.com/2025/01/higg...

First review is in for our new album and it’s lovely and thoughtful stuff from Arnold Whitall at Gramophone. It will be released 7th February but you can pre-order/pre-save now - a super star line up and it’s sounding very classy: lnk.fuga.com/bengoldschei...

Norwegian folk! My horn concerto is getting its Norwegian premiere this week in Oslo with the fabulous Ben Goldscheider and Norwegian Radio Orchestra. He’s very good - you should go! www.eventim-light.com/no/a/65fc4b1...

Spare a thought for Suella Braverman who just turned up, uninvited, with Laurence Fox to the inauguration… 😢

My Nan’s living room is a thing of wonder 😮

Poor little cone head … feeling very sorry for herself 😢

I would love anyone in politics (and everyone terminally online) to understand this point.

Merry Christmas from my dog who has insisted on hiding behind the tree all day

So thrilled to see the National Youth Orchestra and Brass Band of Great Britain’s performances of my Concerto Grosso are in the Observers top 10 performances of the year. We have some *very talented young musicians in the country! www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...

My new (and first!) song cycle for Claire Booth, Chris Gylnn, and Tamsin Whaley-Cohen - Speak of the North - will premire at Aldeburgh Festival next year. Still a work in progress but it’s getting there! Anyone fancy a trip to the Maltings? www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/the-i...

Just remembering how, when I was young, I thought that Varèse was pronounced Vo-ru-say (the same way you’d pronounce Morrissey) 🫠

A little teaser/taster of my Horn Concerto before the official release next year! @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/7mQfH1...

Hint taken - write better music 😬

This creature 😍😍😍

🎻Open to composers aged 18+ of any style or background, this 5-day residential course offers the chance to develop your writing for mixed-ability string orchestras and/or smaller ensembles. 💡Learn with composer @gavhiggins.bsky.social, work with a string trio and be inspired! 🧵2/3

My *FIRST album of orchestral music is out next year! There’s a few tasty tunes on this one. You can Pre-save Pre-order now for our February release! Horn Concerto: lnk.fuga.com/bengoldscheide… The Faerie Bride: lnk.fuga.com/variousartists  Click the links to pre-save now!

I want all young composers to know that rejection is the norm. I reckon 85% of my ideas never come to fruition because I can’t engage an orchestra, soloist, festival, commissioner, funding body etc. It’s exhausting, but keep going. Don’t give up! It’s their loss, not yours!

‘Glowing and miraculously inventive’ bravo Bone-afide - trombone playing is alive and well in the UK www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

Every day we go to the park Arty and this crow play together. The crow swoops down and chases arty, then arty chases the crow. It’s very cute - I feel a Disney film in the making!

The fact that so many filthy rich people are moaning these days is probably a sign that things are moving in the right direction ….

This app is full of mushroom pictures…. Like, I love mushrooms, but….

So proud to be a patron for @youngsoundsuk - unbelievable talent on display from some of our award winners last night, all of whom from low income families. Very humbled by these young musicians

Glad you enjoyed! What a fund (and varied!) concert that was!

She loves Autumn *almost as much as me!

Folks! My new trombone quartet Black Sun is being premiered tomorrow by Bone-afide at Regent’s Hall - and it’s FREE! Would love to see you there (details below)

Totally over the moon to have won an Ivor Novello award yesterday for my Horn Concerto! Massive thanks to BBBC NOW, Radio 3, Zuidphil, Duncan Ward, Jaime Martin, and of course the utterly brilliant Ben Goldscheider - you’re all bloody marvellous!

Very, very happy indeed to have been shortlisted for an @IvorsAcademy Award for my Horn Concerto (and in very fine company too!) @BBCNOW @bengoldscheider @DuncanWardMusic

Thanks to everyone who reached out and messaged me! So glad you enjoyed the show! If you missed it ‘Everything Stops’ @BBCRadio3 Sunday Feature is up on @BBCSounds now! @TicTasticLife @tourettesaction @classicjacko @BBCNOW @adamlewismusic @touretteshero @lizzlipscombe www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Guys, I’m over the bloody moon my Concerto Grosso won a Sky Arts Award yesterday. And even better the award was designed by @graysonperey ! It’s completely bonkers and I love it. Huge thanks to the team @SaxophoneLil @TredegarBand @BBCNOW @bbcproms @BBCRadio3 #skyartsawards