​2026

Young Classical Artist Trust - Composer Fellow 2026/27

Announcement here: www.ycat.co.uk/News/2026-27-ycat-composer-fellow
For 2026/27 I'm delighted to say I'm YCAT's Composer Fellow. This will involve me writing new chamber works for two of their artists, guitarist Samrat Majumder and violinist Matteo Cimatti.

St. Magnus Festival - Performance of Coalesce: Quartet for the Start of Life

June - Orkney, St. Magnus International Festival
Hebrides Ensemble will perform my work: Coalesce 'Quartet for the Start of Life' alongside Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Music for Time Review of Coalesce

8th Feb - Ken Walton for Vox Carnyx
Ken Walton's lovely review of Hebrides Ensembles Music for Time performance in Glasgow.
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Music for Time Tour - Performance of Coalesce

7th February, 7.30pm - Glasgow, Adelaide Place
Hebrides Ensemble will perform my new work: Coalesce 'Quartet for the Start of Life' alongside Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Music for Time Tour - Performance of Coalesce

6th February, 7.30pm - Isle of Skye, Bun Sgoil Ghaiding Phort Righ
Hebrides Ensemble will perform my new work: Coalesce 'Quartet for the Start of Life' alongside Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Music for Time Tour - Performance of Coalesce

2nd February, 7pm - Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery
Hebrides Ensemble will perform my new work: Coalesce 'Quartet for the Start of Life' alongside Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Music for Time Tour - Premiere Performance of Coalesce

1st February, 6pm - Cumnock, Dumfries House
Hebrides Ensemble will perform my new work: Coalesce 'Quartet for the Start of Life' alongside Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

​2025

Shortening Days Broadcast on This Classical Life

15th March
Lotte Betts-Dean chose my arrangement of Finzi's Shortening Days ​for quartet and mezzo (written for Lotte) as part of her selections on Jess Gillam's Radio 3 show 'This Classical Life'.

Royal Philharmonic Society Composer 2025

I have been selected as an RPS composer for 2025. This involves a year long programme of support and training working with the RPS and a commission to write for Hebrides Ensemble.

Skipton Music Society - Concert Secretary

I'm delighted to be taking on the role of Concert Secretary for Skipton Music. This music society puts on six concerts a year at Skipton Town Hall and has been running since 1947. I will primarily take on planning of the series and booking the artists.

​2024

Album Review in BBC Music Magazine

October Edition
Ashutosh Khandekar gave our album a lovely 4-star review in the October edition of BBC Music Magazine.
"A haunting exploration of of loss and regret" "performance resonates with commitment and eloquence"

Album Review in Gramophone Magazine

September Edition
Jeremy Dibble gave us a positive review in the October edition of Gramophone Magazine.
"Perceptive and Sympathetic... performances" "Keegan's [music] embodies a heart-rending poignancy"

Broadcast of Elegies for Emma

21st August - ABC Australia Evenings
Joel Carnegie chose the whole song cycle Elegies for Emma on ABC's 'Evening' show.

Broadcast of String Quartet No. 1 'Elegies for Tom'

12th August - BBC Radio 3 Night Tracks
Hannah Peel played the 4th Interlude and 4th and 5th movements of String Quartet No. 1 'Elegies for Tom' on Night Tracks.

The Observer Album Review

3rd August. Read Fiona Maddocks' review for The Observer here
Fiona Maddocks gave our album a lovely 4-star review in this weekend's The Observer.
"Outstanding performances... enrich atmospheric settings composed and arranged by Arthur Keegan"

Broadcast of Days to Recollect

29th July ​ - ABC Australia Classic Drive
Genevive Lang played Days to Recollect (Part 1) on ABC's 'Classic Drive' show.

The Past & I - Stinsford, Dorchester

28th July, 7.45pm, St. Michael's Stinsford - tickets
This concert is part of the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2024
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling perform a recital of music from our album 'The Past & I: 100 years of Thomas Hardy' a celebration of English song and the Wessex landscape featuring my new cycle Elegies for Emma alongside new arrangements and a new song by Kerry Andrew.

The Past & I - Cattistock

July 27th, 7:30pm, St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Cattistock - tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling perform a recital of music from our album 'The Past & I: 100 years of Thomas Hardy' a celebration of English song and the Wessex landscape featuring my new cycle Elegies for Emma alongside new arrangements and a new song by Kerry Andrew.

5th in the Specialist Classical Chart!

July 26th. Our album enters the classical chart at no. 5
Our album The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy entered the specialist classical chart at no. 5 this week. Huge thanks to the incredible performances by Lottes Betts-Dean, James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet.

The Past & I - Sherborne

July 26th, Cheap st. Church, Sherborne - tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling perform a recital of music from our album 'The Past & I: 100 years of Thomas Hardy' a celebration of English song and the Wessex landscape featuring my new cycle Elegies for Emma alongside new arrangements and a new song by Kerry Andrew.

The Past & I - Wells

July 25th, 7:30pm, Quilter Hall, Wells - tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling perform a recital of music from our album 'The Past & I: 100 years of Thomas Hardy' a celebration of English song and the Wessex landscape featuring my new cycle Elegies for Emma alongside new arrangements and a new song by Kerry Andrew.

Broadcast of Rain on a Grave and Shortening Days

20th July - BBC Radio 3 Record Review
Andrew McGregor shared my own Rain on a Grave as well as my arrangement of Finzi's Shortening Days on Record Review, BBC Radio 3.

Presto's 'Recording of the Week'

19th July. Read Katherine Cooper's review for Presto Music here
Presto Records made The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy the recording of the week. Accompanied by a lovely review by Katherine Cooper.

The Past & I - Album Release day!

19th July. Stream here. Buy CD here. 
Delphian Records are releasing my debut album The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy. This music on this disc is the result of a collaboration with the fabulous performers Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet.

Broadcast of If It's Ever Spring Again

13th July  - BBC Radio 3 Saturday Morning
Tom Service shared my arrangement of Robin Milford's If it's Ever Spring Again featuring Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and James Girling on Saturday Morning, BBC Radio 3.

The Past & I, Album Launch Concert - Bristol

13th June, 7:30pm, St George's Bristol - tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet will perform the music from our album The Past & I: 100 years of Thomas Hardy which will be released with Delphian Records on July 19th. The album is a celebration of English song, Thomas Hardy and the Wessex landscape. It includes my new sister cycles: Elegies for Emma and Elegies for Tom alongside new music by Kerry Andrew and new arrangements of existing Hardy songs.

Broadcast of Days to Recollect

3rd July  - BBC Radio 3 Breakfast, Song of the Day
Georgia Mann selected Days to Recollect (part 2) featuring Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and James Girling as the Song of the Day on Breakfast, BBC Radio 3. The whole album will be released on July 19th.

​2023

Album Recording

28th-30th November, Edinburgh, with Delphian Records
Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet are recording our album of music responding to poetry by Thomas Hardy. This will be released in July 2024 by Delphian Records.

Wessex Songs Recital

Sunday 26th November, Music at the Green, 46 Partickhill Road, Glasgow, 4pm - Tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling will perform our Thomas Hardy recital 'Wessex Songs', including new arrangements of songs form the last 100 years alongside new music by Kerry Andrew and my song cycle 'Elegies for Emma'.

Development Performance of Wessex Songs

Tuesday 21st November 5:30pm  - Middlesex University, London
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling will perform new music and develop experiments for our Wessex Songs project at Middlesex University in advance of our recording with Delphian Records later in the month.

Back Inside NMC Recordings Release

 Friday 27th October - Back Inside for the Philharmonia Orchestra, released by NMC Recordings - listen here
Back Inside is a three-movement, ten-minute piece written for the Philharmonia Orchestra and premiered last May. NMC Recordings will release it as part of the compilation album, 'Vol. 6 of the Composer Academy' alongside recordings of new music by Nneka Cummins and Jamie Man.

Tiny in All That Air Podcast Episode Released

Friday 14th May - Tiny in All That Air - the Philip Larkin Society Podcast Link
Host Lyn Lockwood, Hardy expert Prof. Jane Thomas and I compare and contrast Hardy and Larkin's poetry as well as their biography and Hardy's influence on Larkin. My contribution is through the lens of my upcoming recording with Delphian Records which includes settings of poetry by both Larkin and Hardy.

Salon Performance of Wessex Songs

Thursday 13th July 7pm  - Highgate, London  Tickets and info
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling will perform my song cycle Elegies for Emma alongside our suite of arrangements of song setting Hardy poetry, 'Wessex Songs' in an intimate performance. Tickets include a post-concert supper.

Guest appearance on BCFM with Anneka Suttcliffe

Thursday 18th May - Bristol Community Radio with Anneka Suttcliffe Link
Violinist, campaigner, musical curator and producer Anneka Suttcliffe and I talk about my upcoming recording and tour of concerts all about the South-West landscape and Thomas Hardy and music.

Premiere of New Work for Chamber Orchestra - ​Back Inside

Sunday 7th May 6pm  - Title tbc, London, Royal Festival Hall. Tickets and info
The Philharmonia will perform Back Inside, a new piece commissioned by them as part of the Music of Today series. The music (for chamber orchestra) is a response to poems by Tim Key from his anthology Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush​.

Soundweavers Podcast Episode Released

Thursday 3rd May - Soundweavers Podcast Link
Host Rosanna Moore and I discuss composing generally, the business of classical music, my somewhat meandering way into music and my upcoming project about Thomas Hardy and music: Wessex Songs.

Holst's Egdon Heath and Hardy - Musical Homage

Saturday 15th April  - Dorchester Corn Exchange, Thomas Hardy Study Day, Return of the Native
I will be giving a paper discussing Holst's homage to Thomas Hardy, Egdon Heath, in relation to my Hardy project celebrating Hardy's poetry and his first wife, Emma Gifford.

Broadcast of Haiku for Calumet St.

Monday 20th March  - BBC Radio 3 Night Tracks 11pm
Night Tracks will include Haiku for Calumet St. for harp performed by Sophie Rocks.

​2022

Performance of Haiku for Calumet St.

October 1st, 7:30pm  - Voices of the Sands, Manchester, Stoller Hall
Rosanna Moore will perform this harp solo written for her in 2016.

Radio Play on CKCU's Music for a While - Nocturne

August 24th - here
David Cavlovic's mid-week, mid-morning, musical coffee-break. Mostly classical, but you never know what might appear. A Wednesday respite of great music

LSO Showcase - Premiere of ​Dorian Suite

June 15th, 7pm - LSO Soundhub Showcase, London, St. Luke's, Old Street. Tickets
LSO showcase performance of a dance work in development - a suite of pieces for flute, clarinet, percussion, cello and electronics with video.  The suite develops material intended for a ballet based on the tale of Dorian Gray.

Premiere of Song and Arrangements

May 27th, 6:30pm (pre-concert talk 6pm) - Music in Country Churches, Gloucestershire. Tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling will premiere the third song in what will become a full cycle setting Thomas Hardy's Poems of 1912-13. They will also premiere eight new arrangements of Hardy settings from across the 20th Century and a new piece by Kerry Andrew commissioned by me. This is all part of our Thomas Hardy Art Song project.

Performance of String Quartet no. 1

May 13th, Barber Institute, Birmingham. Tickets
The Ligeti Quartet will play my String Quartet no. 1: Afterwards - Elegies for Tom.

Performance of ​Nocturne

May 8th, Montréal, La Salla Rosa
An-Laurence Higgins will perform Nocturne  as part her album launch concert - 'Almost Touching'.

Premiere of String Quartet no. 1 ​(with mezzo-sop)

May 7th, 7:30pm, London, Stoke Newington Music Festival. Tickets
The Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean will premiere String Quartet no. 1: Afterwards - Elegies for Tom. This is the premiere of a version including interludes for soprano singing poetry by one of Hardy's great admirers, Philip Larkin.

Premiere of String Quartet no. 1

May 6th, 1:15pm, Victoria Rooms, Bristol New Music. Tickets
The Ligeti Quartet will premiere String Quartet no. 1: Afterwards - Elegies for Tom

Performance of ​Nocturne

May 4th, Toronto,  The Tranzac
An-Laurence Higgins will perform Nocturne  as part her album launch concert - 'Almost Touching'.

Performance of ​Nocturne

May 3rd, Ottowa, Red Bird Live
An-Laurence Higgins will perform Nocturne  as part her album launch concert - 'Almost Touching'.

An-Laurence Higgins - Almost Touching ​release

April 13th weblink
An-Laurence's album Almost Touching  is released, hard copy and digital downloads available at BandCamp on the link above. This album brings together repertoire for guitar, voice and electronics. It includes my piece Nocturne written in 2015 and revised for this release. It is a lullaby riffing on the shipping forecast and BBC 'pips' that sooth listeners through the night.

Premiere of Fanfare for Brass Quintet

March 4th, 7:30pm - Arnolfini, Bristol
Bristol Brass Consort will perform 'Fanfare' in a performance postponed from 2020.

​2021

Recording of Love Songs, To a Cat

30th November 2021 - Recording Day!
Lucy Schaaufer and Chris Gillett will record my song cycle Love Songs to a Cat, along with other Wild Plum Arts commissions for release in the new year.

Premiere of Tympanum Overture

27th November 2021 - The Victoria Rooms, Bristol
The University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra will premiere my overture Tympanum which was commissioned to celebrate 100 years of University music-making at the Victoria Rooms.

Premiere of String Quartet no. 1

24th April 2021 - Bristol New Music postponed to 2022
Ligeti Quartet will premiere string quartet no. 1

Premiere of Haiku Lullaby

19th March 2021 - 7:30pm YouTube Premiere
My piece Lullaby Haiku will be premiered online as part of a collection of new haiku made by Bristol musicians during lockdown.

​2020

Premiere of Jeoffry

24th September 2020 - Aldeburgh
Lucy Schaufer and Chris Gillet will premiere Jeoffry for mezzo, tenor and electronics.
Commissioned by Wild Plum Arts for the launch event of Oliver Soden's beguiling book Joeffry, the Poet's Cat.

Broadcast of Nocturne No. 1

6th July 2020, 10pm-11pm - ResonanceFM (104.4fm and resonancefm.com)
Tom Torrisi's recording of Nocturne No. 1 will be broadcast as part of a Sonic Darts episode focussing on sleep and dreams.

Premiere of Orchestral Overture

June 2020 - postponed 
The University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra will premiere a new work - a curtain raiser for orchestra.

Podcast performance of Haiku for Calumet St.

May 22nd 2020 - WXXI Harpy Hour Podcast
Rosanna Moore will perform Haiku for Calumet on her guest appearance to the podcast. ​https://www.facebook.com/WXXIrochester/

Premiere of Fanfare for brass quintet

April 2020 - cancelled
The Bristol Brass Consort will premiere a new fanfare written for them at the invitation of the Severnside Composer's Aliiance.

Premiere of Work for Female Choir

April 17th 2020 - cancelled
The University of Bristol Schola Cantorum will premiere a new work for female choir and electronics.

Bristol New Music Ensemble Concert

Friday 6th March 2020, Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 1:15pm
I will conduct the University of Bristol New Music Ensemble, alongside soprano Lotti Newstead in a lunchtime recital featuring music by Jonathan Harvey, Augusta Read Thomas and Julian Anderson.

Broadcast of  'Time Traveller' Musical Stories

Jan-March 2020
BBC Radio 3 will broadcast five short essays recounting quirky stories of music-making in the UK. Broadcast during Essential Classics and available on the Time Traveller podcast.

Performance of Short (&) Suite

22nd February 2020, Bristol Music Club, 4pm
Jonathan Palmer will performa a new revision of my short cello suite.

Broadcast of Nocturne

13th January 2020, BBC Radio 3 - 'Night Tracks'
Tom Torrisi's performance of Nocturne No. 1 for guitar and electronics will be broadcast as part during 'Night Tracks'.

​2019

Premiere Performance Alongside The Walk

13th December 2019, The Red House, Aldeburgh, 5pm; tickets
Lotte Betts-Dean and Andrey Lebedev will premiere the next instalment of the song cycle I am writing for them, alongside the first song written in May 2019 The Walk. The new song was composed whilst on a residency at The Red House.

Performance of The Walk

20th September 2019, CLF Art Cafe, Peckham, 7:30pm; tickets
As part of their gig for the unique Australian concert series ‘Play On’ (their first concert in the UK) Lotte Betts-Dean and Andre Lebedev will perform The Walk alongside Brett Dean’s fabulous Gertrude Fragments. Their performance will be followed by a DJ set from Cop Envy.

Residency at The Red House

26th August - 2nd September 2019
Supported by Wild Plum Arts and the Britten Pears Foundation I will take part in a residency at the Red House, Aldeburgh. During this time I will be working on a new orchestral overture for premiere in Spring 2020 and a new song that will form part of an ongoing cycle for Lotte Betts-Dean and Andrey Lebedev.

Premiere of New Work: They Will Call Him Brave

27th July 2019, Hatch Hall, Rochester, NY
Sticks and Strings (Rosanna Moore, harp and Trevor Bartlett, percussion) will premiere my new work for their God Complex project - a series of commissions for piece celbrating / responding to / based on Greek Gods. My god?... Odyseuss!

Performance of Fantastical Garden

May 23rd 2019, St Mary's Church, Hendon, London, 6pm
Jayro Viapree (viola) and Luka Lah (violin) will perform Fantastical Garden from Five Duets On Five Liz Larkin Pictures.

Performance of Diminuendi

May 15th 2019, Sherwell Centre, Plymouth, 7pm
Katherine Williams will perform Diminuendi for saxophone (alto and soprano) and electronics. This piece was written for Katherine in 2014.

2nd Performance of  The Walk

May 11th  2019, Guildford, Guildhall, High St., 1:10pm tickets
As part of Guildford Guitar Day, mezzo-sop Lotte Betts-Dean and guitarist Andrey Lebedev will perform 'The Walk' a setting of the Thomas Hardy poem.

Premiere of New Song for Guitar and Mezzo

May 3rd 2019, Victoria Rooms, Bristol 1:15pm
Mezzo-sop Lotte Betts-Dean and guitarist Andrey Lebedev will perform a new work written for them setting poetry by Thomas Hardy in response to Finzi's settings.

Performance of Nocturne

April 10th 2019, Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne no. 1 for guitar and electronics featuring the shipping forecast and BBC radio 'pips'.

Performance of Nocturne

April 1st 2019, Rochester, NY, Ossia Music Concert at Small World Books
Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne no. 1 for guitar and electronics featuring the shipping forecast and BBC radio 'pips'.

Middlesex University Instrumental Ensemble

March 21st 2019, Burgh House, 7pm
I am delighted to conduct this ensemble in their inaugural performance. We will be playing repertoire by Mozart, Finzi, Shostakovich and Harvey.

Premiere of Ludo Ludamus Redux for 4tet

March 16th 2019, Stephenson Building, University of Liverpool, 6pm  tickets
The Ligeti Quartet will premiere a new work for string quartet and electronics where the musicians are led by a video and react within the rules of a game. The piece is called Ludo Ludamus Redux and is a response to/adaptation of an earlier work for computer and audience participation.

Performance of Thaw by Trio Alexander

March 10th 2019, Pittsford Presbyterian, NY 14534 3pm
Trio Alexander will perform Thaw for flute, harp and viola. The piece is a response to Imtiaz Dharker's poem about the winter solstice.

Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra and New Music Ensemble

Friday 8th March 2019, Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 1:15pm
I am guest directing the Loudspeaker Orchestra for this concert mixing the instrumental talent of the New Music Ensemble with BULO. Programme includes Romitelli's Amok Koma and live diffused acousmatic pieces using source recordings from instruments.
​https://www.facebook.com/events/345814242690611/ 

Sextet ​performance

Feb 9th 2019, Jerwood Hall, LSO St. Luke's 7:30pm  tickets
Players from the London Symphony Orchestra will perform a new arrangement of Sextet, originally written for Ensemble MusikFabrik.

​2018

Premiere of Thaw, trio for harp, viola & flute

November 4th 2018, Wilmot Hall, Rochester, NY, 3pm
Trio Alexander will premiere my new work Thaw for flute, harp and viola. The piece is a response to Imtiaz Dharker's poem about the winter solstice.

Nocturne ​Performance

July 16th 2018, New York, Abrons Art Center, 4pm ​Tickets
Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne No. 1 (for guitar and electronics) at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival.

Reflections, Impressions, Brush Strokes Radio Bristol Broadcast

April 7th 2018, BBC Radio Bristol, 8pm - 10pm
The third of my Five Duets for violin and viola, recorded by Mandhira de Saram (violin) and Richard Jones (viola) will be broadcast on BBC Radio Bristol.

Five Duets ​Premiere

February 9th 2018, Bristol
Five Duets for violin and viola, based on five Liz Larkin paintings will be premiered by Mandhira de Saram and Richard Jones (of the Ligeti Quartet). This piece was commissioned to celebrate the birthday of the Bristol-based artist Liz Larkin.

A recording will be made available soon!

​2017

Haiku for Calumet Street published!

December 2017

Haiku for Calumet Street (solo harp) is now available from Poppy Harp Publishing.

Premiere: String Quartet Miniature

Tuesday October 31st 2017
St Stephen's Church, Bristol,  7:30pm  £10/£5
Tickets Here

The Ligeti Quartet will premiere Tuesday Miniature, written for them this summer.

Appearance on BBC R3s In Tune

Wednesday 4th October 2017

Radio 3 will broadcast an extract of Nocturne No. 1​ and I will be talking with Verity Sharp as part of a special edition of In Tune celebrating ten years of their 'BBC Introducing' scheme.

​http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096hz0m

Nocturne No. 1 ​Performance

Sunday 10th September 2017
Ciminelli Lounge, Rochester, NY     3:30pm (EST)

Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne No. 1 ​for guitar and electronics.

Composer Academy: Nocturne No. 2

 15th July 2017, 4pm   ​tickets here
Cheltenham Music Festival

Joby Burgess will premiere a new piece for percussion and electronics. The piece will be developed collaboratively over the week of the Cheltenham Music Festival as part of their Composer Academy scheme.

Nocturne No. 1 ​Performance

Monday 15th May 2017
Montréal, Canada

Orphée Russell will debut his performance of Nocturne in an afternoon recital.

Echoic Memories ​Performance

 Tuesday 18th April 2017, 7pm
Victoria Rooms, Bristol

As part of the conference 'Beyond Genius and Muse - Collaborating Couples' Echoic Memories will be discussed and performed in an hour-long lecture recital.

Nocturne ​Performance

Monday 27th February
St. George's Doric Stage, Bristol

Johan Löfving will give his debut performance of Nocturne in the first CMV Series concert of 2017.

http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/event/contemporary-music-venture-doric-stage/

Video recording of this performance here.

Haiku for Calumet Street BBC R3 Broadcast

Friday 10th February
In Tune BBC Radio 3

Sophie Rock's recording of Haiku for Calumet St. was broadcast on BBC Radio 3's In Tune

Haiku for Calumet Street performance

Wednesday 7th January
Lord Leycester Hall, Warwick

Sophie Rocks performed Haiku for Calumet St. as part of the Future Blend project.

Her performance won runner-up in the competition meaning the piece will be published by Poppy Harp Publishing. 

​​2016

Podcast Series 2016

From April, a series of five podcasts about how new concert music relates to past music will be released through Pod Academy's website and iTunes stream. This began as a pilot on my piece Nocturne​ which was released in December 2015
Series link: 
​http://podacademy.org/interviewer/arthur-keegan-bole/​
V - tbc
IV - ​Chaconnes
III - ​Schubert's Kiss
II - Effundum Spiritum Meum
I - Nocturne

Broadcast of Nocturne Podcast

September 9th 11:15pm
Radiophrenia 87.9fm Glasgow and online

My podcast (a Nocturne about Nocturne and Nocturnes) will be broadcast on radiophrenia, a temporary art radio station broadcasting from Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts between 29th August and 11th September

Haiku for Calumet Street Premiere

Wednesday 1st June 8pm
Recital Room, Victoria Rooms

Rosy Moore will premiere a new piece setting a Haiku by Basho for harp.
​The piece is a gift for Nat & Shari.

Surrounded by a thick foliage of cedars
Your house stands
Pregnant with Autumn
- Basho

Organ Voluntary

Sunday 29th May
St. Luke's, London

Dave and Rachel's wedding day finally arrived and Phil Burnett played the organ voluntary he had asked me to write. It is a fanfare to celebrate the signing of the register. It was a beautiful service and we all had a lovely day!

Books That Will Be Read

Sunday 15th May, 1:15pm,  £5/£4
St. George's Hall Crypt - tickets

In this concert (which forms part of the festival Bristol New Music) David Bevan will perform Books That Will Be Read (horn, piano resonance and tape) in a concert showcasing the University of Bristol's CMV Concert Series.

Nocturne Performance

Tuesday 9th May $5
Bernunzio Uptown Music, Rochester, N.Y.

This is the postponed 26th April performance

Ken Luk will debut his performance of Nocturne for guitar and electronics.

Noster Cetus Performance

Wednesday 20th April, 1:15pm
Lord Mayor's Chapel, Bristol

A revision of Noster Cetus for small female choir and soprano solo expanding a 12th Century chant will be performed at Bristol's Lord Mayor's Chapel by the University of Bristol's Schola Cantorum (dir. Emma Hornby) and Cora Bethke (sop. solo).

International Festival at Leeds

Friday 11th March, 7:30pm, £15
Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen, Leeds

Off the Beaten Track / Graham Massey's Toolshed

As part of iFIMPaC Festival, club night ​Off the Beaten Track have programmed both Nocturne No. 1 for guitar and electronics and Dimineundi for saxophone and electronics.
These will be performed by Diego Castro (guitar) and Katherine Williams (saxophones).

Tickets available here

Quintet Open Workshop

Thursday 25th February, afternoon
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 2pm

Ensemble Variances will workshop my new quintet written for them. We will be working closely together on the piece in an open rehearsal with opportunity for discussion after.
Those at the workshop are invited to a performance on Saturday 27th at 5pm

Lecture-Recital on Diminuendi

Thursday 18th February
Plymouth University

Katherine Williams will provide live examples as I discuss my work Diminuendi (Etude, Prelude Response) for saxophone (alto/soprano) and electronics.

Premiere of miniature for Horn

Wednesday 17th February, 7:30pm
Victoria Rooms Bristol

A new piece Books That Will be Read for horn and electronics will be premiered by David Bevan in the first of this year's CMV concerts.

Performance of Short (&) Suite

Thursday 7th January
Bangor University, Wales, afternoon and 8pm

My short suite for 'cello ​Short (&) Suite will be workshopped and performed by Okeanos Ensemble as part of the BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference.

2015

Podcast Broadcast

Tuesday 23rd June, 8pm
104.4fm (London) or @ Resonance FM online

A short podcast about my guitar+electronics piece - Nocturne - will be broadcast on ResonanceFM. This documentary was written, presented and produced by myself and musicologist David Fay and features Tom Torrisi's recording of the piece.

Saxophone Premiere!

Sunday 26th April, 6pm
The House, Plymouth

Katherine Williams will perform Diminuendi (Etude, Prelude, Response), a new work for saxophone (alto and soprano) and electronics.

Info and booking

CMV Concert Series Premiere!

Thursday 23rd April, 8pm
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, free admission

CMV 2015 will programme Impromptu, a new piece for oboe and vibraphone.

Performance of Nocturne

Sunday 29th March
Hatch Hall, Rochester, New York, 9pm

Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne. This performance will be streamed live here and further details are here.

Premiere Preview...

Thursday 12th March
HuMPA, Plymouth University

A research seminar including performance of extracts of my work in progress for saxophone and electronics focusing on how the music relates to Dr. Katherine William's research interests.
Katherine has commissioned the piece, is working alongside me in the composition process and will give the premiere.

Guitar Recital

Monday 12th January, 1pm
Victoria Rooms, Recital Room, Bristol

As part of his short residency in Bristol Tom Torrisi will perform a recital of (mostly) 20th Century guitar music. Including Britten's fabulous Nocturnal and Rak's Elegy (homage a Sibelius) alongside my very own Nocturne.
Footage of this concert can be seen here.

RMA Research Student's Conference

Thursday 8th January, 8pm
Victoria Rooms Auditorium, Bristol

Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne for guitar and electronics in a newly conceived diffusion version, the performance will be followed by a panel session discussing the work.

This concert is part of the 2015 Royal Musical Association Research Student's Conference hosted by the University of Bristol music department.

2014

ECMC Concert

Monday 15th December
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

Tom Torrisi will perform Nocturne for guitar and electronics.

Masterclass performance (Amadinda Percussion Group)

Monday 1st December, 9:30am
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

Three Rituals on Metal performed in a master class for the Amadinda Percussion Group by members of the Eastman Percussion Ensemble (Brant Blackard, Chris Demetriou, Connor Stevens, and Sam Um).

Nexus Blog post

Eastman Composer's Forum

Tuesday 25th November, 8pm
Kilbourne Hall, Rochester, N.Y.

Eastman percussion Quartet will perform the newly revised Three Rituals on Metal

Concert and Q&A

Tuesday 25th November, 1pm
Ciminelli Lounge, Rochester, N.Y.

Performance of my new work Nocturne followed by informal Q&A. Tom Torrisi (guitar)

Guitar Studio Concert

Tuesday 18th November
Ciminelli Lounge, Rochester, N.Y.

Tom Torrisi will premiere Nocturne for guitar and electronics.

Bristol University Music Festival: Composer's Concert

Thursday 12th June, 5pm
Auditorium, Victoria Rooms, Bristol

Performance of Short (&) Suite for violoncello

CMV Concert Series Concert II

Wednesday 2nd April, 7:30pm
Auditorium, Victoria Rooms, Bristol

Players from the CMV Concert Series will premiere a new commission: a percussion quartet for metal instruments only.

Ensemble MusikFabrik

Monday 24th February, 3:30pm
Victoria Rooms, Bristol

As part of the festival 'Bristol New Music' (February 21st - 24th see www.bristolnewmusic.org) the fantastic ensemble musikFabrik will workshop and perform a new piece - Sextet (flute, horn, tuba, violin, viola and cello).

New Music in the South-West Concert 2

Sunday 9th February, 6pm
Recital Room, Victoria Rooms, Bristol

Players from the Bristol Ensemble will perform my new piece for piano, cello and electronics - Echoic Memories.
For more information see http://www.nmsw.org.uk






















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