Sketch Collective
The Stage Door 78 W Marlands Rd, SouthamptonI'm playing keys with a new jazz nonet - Sketch Collective - at Southampton Jazz Club.
I'm playing keys with a new jazz nonet - Sketch Collective - at Southampton Jazz Club.
A new version of music I co-created with Hollie Harding back in 2019 for a collaboration with director Josh Ben-Tovim will feature as part of an Impermanence quadruple bill of dance works. The new version of 'Enemy of the Stars' features a new recording for contemporary classical chamber ensemble in counterpoint with intricate drone soundscapes. […]
A new version of music I co-created with Hollie Harding back in 2019 for a collaboration with director Josh Ben-Tovim will feature as part of an Impermanence quadruple bill of dance works. The new version of 'Enemy of the Stars' features a new recording for contemporary classical chamber ensemble in counterpoint with intricate drone soundscapes. […]
I'm happy to be conducting the University of Southampton Sinfonietta in a performance of Dvorak's Eight Symphony, it really is a banger!
Composer Benjamin Oliver and Riot Ensemble present contemporary works that explore creative applications of artificial intelligence (AI). ‘British soul sensation’ Hannah Williams joins forces with a new music superstar Riot Ensemble quartet to premiere Benjamin Oliver’s song cycle LOVE LETTERS. The work includes melancholic, absurd and dramatic expressions of love made with LovelaceGPT, a new AI text generation model developed […]
Composer Benjamin Oliver and Riot Ensemble present contemporary works that explore creative applications of artificial intelligence (AI). ‘British soul sensation’ Hannah Williams joins forces with a new music superstar Riot Ensemble quartet to premiere Benjamin Oliver’s song cycle LOVE LETTERS. The work includes melancholic, absurd and dramatic expressions of love made with LovelaceGPT, a new AI text generation model developed […]
I'm delighted that Cardiff University Contemporary Music Group, under the direction of Rob Fokkens, will perform 'Wise Old Owl' from my Songs for Stanley.
The Driver narrates his life from behind the wheel, taking in the ring roads, flyovers, service stations, leisure parks, motels and lay-bys of England. As he drives, he keeps an eye on the past through the rear-view mirror. Luke Wright‘s words are set to music by composer Benjamin Oliver and their work is performed by […]
I'm playing piano alongside the amazing Adam Betts and Vicky Wright and some brilliant student performers in this project featuring the music of Southampton PhD student Jamie Howell.
'Pythagoras' Toolkit' returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023. Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the […]
'Pythagoras' Toolkit' returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023. Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the […]
'Pythagoras' Toolkit' returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023. Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the […]
'Pythagoras' Toolkit' returns to Montreal for a second group of performances, following the successful premiere run in March 2023. Legend has it that one day Pythagoras was astonished by the sounds that blacksmiths made when they struck their pieces of metal: the sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. When he returned home, the […]
Laefer Quartet will play the world premiere of my sax quartet Avalanche as part of their performance at Turner Sims.
Laefer Quartet will perform Avalanche as part of their album launch for STRATA.