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Rylan Gleave

Rylan is a classically trained composer and vocalist working now in experimental and divergent fields. Under moniker All Men Unto Me, he explores Anglican aesthetics and doom metal influences, drawing on the timbres of his late-breaking voice.  His work has been praised as ‘haunting’ by The Herald, ‘dripping with spectral dread’ by SNACK Magazine, and ‘rapturous’ by The Scotsman, who named him ‘One Read More

Emma Lloyd & Justyna Jablonska

Emma LLoyd  Justyna Jablonska is a Polish-born cellist based in Edinburgh. During the past decade, she has carved out an exciting career at the forefront of both Western contemporary classical and fusion music. A virtuoso cellist and an improviser, Jablonska is passionate about cross-disciplinarity, and experimental performance. An avid performer, Jablonska is recognised for her Read More

Hebrides Ensemble

With programmes that are diverse, imaginative and inspiring, Hebrides Ensemble has established itself as one of the foremost chamber music collectives in the UK. Co-founded and led by its Artistic Director, the cellist and conductor William Conway, the Ensemble is renowned for its fresh and intelligent approach to programming, which places contemporary music at the Read More

SHERMAN PETCU DUO

This programme for viola and percussion celebrates the duo’s debut album TOTEMIC (2020) recently released to critical acclaim on the Ergodos label. Ian Wilson’s TOTEMIC  was co-commissioned by Belfast Music Society, New Music Dublin and sound, and will form part of this dynamic programme, including new works by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Kate Moore. Individually, Nathan Read More

Rookh Horn Quartet

The Rookh Quartet began life in 2017 when four of Scotland's horn players decided to get together regularly to explore - and expand - the horn quartet repertoire. The original plan did not involve doing any concerts - the idea was to get together regularly, to enjoy playing chamber music. This changed when the University Read More

Xenia Pestova Bennett

Described as “a powerhouse of contemporary keyboard repertoire” (Tempo), pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett has earned an international reputation as a leading proponent of uncompromising music. Her work spans a wide range of sound worlds, styles and genres from classical to contemporary art music, free improvisation, experimental electronica and avant-pop. Since receiving the unanimous First Prize Read More

David Fennessy

David Fennessy (b. 1976 Maynooth) began his musical life as guitarist in a school rock band but had no formal musical training until the age of fifteen when he decided to study classical guitar. He became interested in composition whilst studying for his undergraduate degree at the Dublin College of Music. In 1998 Fennessy moved to Read More
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Joanna Nicholson

Joanna Nicholson studied clarinet and piano at the junior department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and went on to complete her degree at the Royal College of Music, London, where she was awarded an Exhibition Scholarship and several prizes. Since graduating in 1992 she has pursued a lively and varied freelance career based in Read More

Sheena Philips

Sheena Phillips (b. 1958) is a composer and choral director now based in Columbus, Ohio. Sheena grew up in London and studied mathematics at Cambridge University. She worked for 10 years doing research and information work for organizations including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Friends of the Earth (Scotland), but gradually developed a new Read More

Peter Gregson

Peter Gregson (born Edinburgh, Scotland 1987) is an award winning cellist and composer "working at the forefront of the new music scene" (The New Yorker) He has premiered works by composers including Tod Machover, Daníel Bjarnason, Joby Talbot, Gabriel Prokofiev, Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Steve Reich, Martin Suckling, Howard Goodall, John Metcalfe, Scott Walker, and Read More