composer

Choir's weather-themed world premiere

Exeter Philharmonic Choir is preparing to begin its 2025/26 season with a very special musical first at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 8 November - performing an ambitious new choral work called The Weather Book , written for the choir by one of the UK’s leading contemporary composers and highlighting Exeter’s unique status as the home of the UK’s Met Office.

The new work for soprano...

Student Composers’ Concert

Music composed and performed by Plymouth University undergraduate music students

The focus of this year's concert will be neo-classical, film and modern music. It is a reflection on modernity and music styles. The programme will feature new music from Plymouth University BA (Hons) Music students including final year composers.

Date/time: Friday 18 March 2016, 19:30 – 21:00

Venue: Upper Lecture Theatre, Sherwell Centre

Free admission

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/student-composers-concert-2

Plymouth composer's pieces go head-to-head in 2013 Media Innovation Awards

An innovative composer whose works have wowed audiences across the world has seen two of his pieces nominated for a major arts accolade.

Dr Alexis Kirke’s Sound Wave and Open Outcry make up half the shortlisted nominations in the Installation category of the 2013 Media Innovation Awards.

The Research Fellow in Computer Music at Plymouth University will compete against other...

Innovative composer takes particle physics duet to San Francisco

A renowned composer has been invited to perform one of his innovative pieces at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Dr Alexis Kirke, a member of Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research, will perform his acclaimed Cloud Chamber at the 26th Lepton-Photon Conference, the world’s premiere conference for the field of elementary particle...