ACHROME Ensemble will give the world premiere of Oliver Searle’s ‘Snake Kings’ in Bergamo on Saturday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/oliver-searl...

The wonderful @martocon.bsky.social is speaking about his fantastic show this afternoon @ntsonline.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social www.nationalgalleries.org/event/seachd...

To celebrate Burns Night, Composers Edition’s Isa Gibbs introduces arrangements of Robert Burns’ songs, new works setting Burns’ words & purely instrumental responses to them @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/robert-burns...

The Merchant Sinfonia will perform Oliver Searle’s ‘Skating with Mr Gow’ at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/searles-skat...

The Stockbridge and New Town Community Orchestra will perform Oliver Searle’s ‘Skating with Mr. Gow’ at Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh on Sunday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/searle-orche...

Including some new music for wind orchestra by me!!

New music for wind ensemble! Whether you go by ‘wind band’, ‘concert band’, ‘wind orchestra’, or something else, Composers Edition’s Isa Gibbs introduces a selection of great pieces for you whatsnew.composersedition.com/contemporary...

Really pleased that this fabulous show (with music by me!) will be on tour again next year @composersed.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social @ntsonline.bsky.social @martocon.bsky.social www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/throu...

Oliver Searle’s ‘Sequenza for Clarinet’ will be performed at Sound in Aberdeen on Saturday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social @soundscotland.bsky.social sound-scotland.co.uk/event/late-n...

Oliver Searle’s orchestral piece – ‘Sauchiehall’ – has been shortlisted for the Scottish Section of the ISCM World New Music Days, taking place in Bucharest in 2026 @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social @rsno.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/oliver-searl...

🗣️ NEW MUSIC FOR A NEW MONTH 👂 October brings a range of works by Barker, Boyle, Caddick, Copley, Davismoon, Doolittle, Erber, Zev Gordon, Inglis, Ko, Lynch, Malone, Nelson, Reeves, Searle, Slater, Stölzel, Trapani & Venturi whatsnew.composersedition.com/october-2025...

Nice to be one of the composers in the shortlist for the #ISCM Scottish Section this year, for my piece 'Sauchiehall' @scottishmusic.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social #Scotland www.scottishmusiccentre.com/iscm-2026

New Music for youth orchestra? Exciting, contemporary pieces for musicians of all ages? Yes please! Composers Edition’s Isa Gibbs introduces a selection of works in the catalogue composed for youth orchestras whatsnew.composersedition.com/contemporary... @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social

Back in one of the most beautiful places in the world for the week #NorthBerwick #Scotland

Nordic Resonance – a sonic journey shaped by Shetland’s wild beauty. Renzo Spiteri & Richard Craig explore land, sea & sky through immersive, improvised sound. 📆 Sun 22 June | 7.30pm 📍The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/nordic-res...

Stockbridge and New Town Community Orchestra will premiere Oliver Searle’s ‘Skating with Mr Gow’ at Stockbridge Parish Church on Saturday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social www.snco.org.uk

My 'Postcards from the Barras' will be performed in Edinburgh on Friday this week, alongside other new works @composersed.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trio-for-p...

The National Theatre of Scotland’s ‘Through The Shortbread Tin’ – with music by Oliver Searle – ends its tour of Scotland this month! Tomorrow and Friday in Inverness @ntsonline.bsky.social @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social [photo © Eoin Carey] whatsnew.composersedition.com/oliver-searl...

🗣️ NEW MUSIC FOR A NEW MONTH May brings a range of works by Bingham, Boyle, Doolittle, Fokkens, Gorb, Johnson, Ko, Malone, Searle, Self, Singer, Slater & newly signed Paul Max Edlin whatsnew.composersedition.com/may-new-rele...

Through the #ShortbreadTin continues its travels through Scottish history and the Highlands! The show is in Cove tonight for a sell-out show before heading onto its final stops in Shetland & Inverness! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

With the rest of the tour selling fast, we recommend you be quick to avoid disappointment BOOK NOW www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/throu... Through The #ShortbreadTin is written and performed by @martocon.bsky.social and directed by Lu Kemp

Thank you to the press who have joined us for a daunder Through the #ShortbreadTin for their lovely reviews 🌟 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This exploration of Scots & Gaelic culture and highland history comes to Stornoway’s An Lanntair tonight before continuing its journey across Scotland...

👏 👏 With music by Oliver Searle! @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social

The run of performances in Edinburgh starts this evening @ntsonline.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:58...

My Herald review of Through the Shortbread Tin, Martin O’Connor’s epic poetic rumination on truth and myth in Scottish culture. Lu Kemp’s National Theatre of Scotland production tours throughout April. www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/throu... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

A lovely review of the show @martocon.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social @ntsonline.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

Some lovely photos of the show @composersed.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

‘Through The Shortbread Tin’, with music by Oliver Searle, premieres tonight at Melrose Corn Exchange! Further performances throughout Scotland over the rest of April: whatsnew.composersedition.com/oliver-searl... [Photo © Eoin Carey] @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social @ntsonline.bsky.social

The Composers Edition catalogue contains a diverse range of music for baritone and piano or with ensemble, of a variety of duration, subject matter, and style. Check it out! whatsnew.composersedition.com/works-for-ba...

Madainn mhath! Dress rehearsal before shows start next week. It's going to be fantastic so please come and see it! @ntsonline.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social

Great to see that we made it onto Front Row on Radio 4 with Kirsty Wark! #throughtheshortbreadtin @ntsonline.bsky.social @martocon.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The show is really coming together and tickets selling out in the central belt! @ntsonline.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social #Gàidhlig www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/throu...

A fantastic performance of my piece 'Cold Atom', at the #RCS piano festival this week @composersed.bsky.social youtu.be/vypexOu4Y6k?...

🐦 🦃 🦉 🦆 🦢 🦅 🦜 🕊️ 🐔 🐤 Whether through transcription of their songs, evocation of their flight, or reflections on their place in our lives (and ours in theirs), birds inspire Composers Edition composers working across a range of instrumentation and style: whatsnew.composersedition.com/birds-in-con...

My piece 'Cold Atom', for Viola and Accordion will be performed again next month @composersed.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social @rcscomposition.bsky.social www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/pia...

Amazing to see you again live after 31 years...

A great few development days working on #throughtheshortbreadtin with @martocon.bsky.social #Glasgow #Scotland @composersed.bsky.social

Oliver Searle is at work on a new orchestral piece, ‘Skating with Mr Gow’, for the Stockbridge and New Town Community Orchestra which they will premiere at Stockbridge Parish Church in Edinburgh in May! @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social Find out more: whatsnew.composersedition.com/new-searle-t...

A pleasure working with such a fantastic creative team! @martocon.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

@olisearlecomposer.bsky.social is writing the music for ‘Through The Shortbread Tin’: a National Theatre of Scotland show in Scots with Gaelic songs, written & performed by Martin O’Connor, directed by Lu Kemp. @ntsonline.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/new-searle-t...

A fresh morning walk to work. #scotland

Great to see Through the Shortbread Tin featured in the upcoming theatre 2025 article in the @theguardian.com @martocon.bsky.social #Scotland www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

Bliadhna mhath ùr #Alba #Scotland

A limited colour scheme on the Firth of Forth today #Scotland

Great to be back here for work today! #NationalTheatreOfScotland #Glasgow #Scotland

Looking forward to working on this show in the coming months: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/throu...

And here’s the link to the live Bluesky user counter 👉 bsky-users.theo.io

At the National Theatre of Scotland headquarters today, starting work on a fantastic new project! #Glasgow #Scotland