🗣️ 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

The River Tay in #Perth looking lovely #Scotland

Looking forward to talking as part of #NordEx Music Exchange Programme in #Glasgow next Wednesday: nordicmusicdays.org/conference-n...

Beautiful Autumn day at #SconePalace #Scotland

Walking around Milngavie #Scotland

Stirling Castle and Autumn colours #Scotland

Beautiful Culross #Fife #Scotland

St Andrews Castle this afternoon #Scotland

First day back to school vibes today #RCS #Glasgow #Scotland

A fantastic new spot in #Glasgow #Govan #Scotland

Sturgeon predicts independence and united Ireland in UK 'shake-up'

Composing and fishing today. Both went well. #Scotland

#Culross in the Autumn sun #Scotland