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David John Roche @davidjohnroche.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Squirrelled away working on some new commissions! 💡 Go and check out this awesome recording by Gerard Cousins - over 300,000 streams and still going. Phew! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ave...

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The Only Marriage | Solo Guitar | David John Roche

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Very sad to be reading about this...

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David John Roche @davidjohnroche.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Currently putting together a talk that includes a segment on finding your musical voice. Any composers want to offer their 2 cents?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Wonderful to see two Music Patron composers receiving these grants from @royalphilsoc.bsky.social - congratulations @robertlaidlow.bsky.social @stuartmacrae.bsky.social and happy composing!

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Marc Yeats @marc-yeats.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🎶 My new book, *Timecode-Supported Polytemporal Music: What It Is and How to Write It*, is out now Composers Edition! 📖 No conductor, no click-tracks, no traditional score—musicians play at their own tempos, synced loosely by phone stopwatches. Grab it: composersedition.com/marc-yeats-t...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

So thrilled to see this: giving artists the space to create work that the public will benefit from is something we're really fighting for over here and to see that valued by an entire nation is just so wonderful and inspiring to see! djmag.com/news/ireland...

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Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Today's featured score is by David John Roche! David John Roche's TWENTY FIVE EIGHT WOW, for Marimba and Electric Guitar, was written for East Chamber Music Canada as part of their Emerging Composers in 2021. Check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Uw...

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Twenty Five Eight Wow by David John Roche (Electric Guitar & Marimba)

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

What happens when a commissioner doesn't like the piece? @_yshani shares the psychological and financial ramifications of a collaboration gone wrong! musicpatron.com/composer_upd...

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Ouchie, my ego (and my purse) - Music Patron

It’s clear the commissioner didn’t like the piece I wrote them. Their infectious enthusiasm in their asking-me-to-write-them-something emails was conspicuously

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

@robertlaidlow.bsky.social shares fascinating reflections on AI and the process of recording his TECHNO-UTOPIA with the BBC Philharmonic (plus Zubin Kanga, with Jack Sheen conducting) musicpatron.com/composer_upd...

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In The Studio with the BBC Philharmonic - What a Nice Bunch! - Music Patron

Last week I was in the studio with the BBC Philharmonic, conductor Jack Sheen and soloist Zubin Kanga, working on

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Robert Laidlow @robertlaidlow.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Nice to be asked to contribute to British Council's timely new publication "Why Technology Needs Artists". In the company of some amazing people ☺️ www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

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Jo Quail @joquailcello.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I recognise that streaming helps many people discover new music. Though I far prefer connecting with you at concerts, workshops, or in my @musicpatronuk.bsky.social meet-ups, in the spirit of global connectedness, I offer 'Rex' to you on the platforms at this link: linktr.ee/JoQuail With love, Jo

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🚨 Coming up this weekend!🚨 Marcus Joseph Late Late Show, Ronnie Scott’s, London 15 – 16 August Marcus leads 2 late-night sessions at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s, bringing his high-energy fusion of jazz, reggae and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

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A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the composers on Music Patron Live events/performances JULY

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

@alicekatebeckwith Charles Wood Composers’ Competition 2025 Final, Armagh 14 August Alice’s choral setting of Psalm 46 is one of three shortlisted works to be performed by members of the Charles Wood Singers in front of an expert panel. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

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A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the composers on Music Patron Live events/performances JULY

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Coming up! @yourbestfrienddave - The Lyric Path, Nantwen Summer Concert, Pembrokeshire - 9 August. Premiere of a commission by Nantwen Ensemble following an award from the Dementia Trust. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

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A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the composers on Music Patron Live events/performances JULY

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Composers: how did it feel when you decided to start calling yourself 'a composer'?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Composers: who produces your favourite sample libraries?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Composers: is there another art form that you practice that informs your work? Are you a painter, a sculptor? Maybe a poet?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Composers: what household appliances have you sampled for your music and how did you use them?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Composers: what instruments do you tend to do your composing at? The piano? The guitar? Something else altogether?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Tom Coult Monologues for the Curious, Royal Albert Hall, London / Live on BBC Radio 3 Monday 21 July Tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Phil perform the premiere of Tom’s Monologues for the Curious, with John Storgårds conducting. Part of BBC Proms 2025.

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BBC Proms

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Yshani Perinpanayagam A Night With Josephine, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Sunday 20 July A Night with Josephine tells the story of the American-French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker. Part of Buxton International Festival.

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A Night with Josephine - Buxton International Festival

A Night with Josephine tells the story of the American-French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker, notorious for her banana dance, but also a civil rights activist, champion of women’s rights,…

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Composers: what's the weirdest thing you've bought online for a piece?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Stick in the Wheel Théâtre Antique, Les Suds a Arles Festival, France Tuesday 15 July A chance to see Stick in the Wheel perform at Les Suds à Arles International Festival. www.suds-arles.com/billetterie/...

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Stick in the Wheel - Les Suds à Arles

Leur néo-folk-trad pourrait peut-être inspirer la BO d’un Ken Loach… mais l’étiquette serait encore complètement étriquée pour qualifier la musique de Ian Carter et Nicola Kearey ! Se réappropriant…

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Colin Riley ‘Ocean Songs’, National Maritime Museum, London Friday 11 July Colin and his band Blue Machine perform their new album Ocean Songs live. Blue Machine comprises Colin, Nic Pendlebury, Steve Pretty and Lottie P. aka Goat Girl.

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Ocean Songs

Live music at the National Maritime Museum celebrating our ocean planet, its mythology, natural wonders and as-yet-undiscovered depths

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Composers: what is the role that literature plays in your music? Do you ever borrow structures from the books you read? Are you inspired by certain authors in writing your music?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

This Saturday! ‘Tomorrow, at dawn’, by Alice Beckwith at the Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge; a commission for the Choir and Organ New Music Series 2025 at 3pm in the chapel. musicpatron.com/coming-up-ju...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Yshani Perinpanayagam STUCK, Bold Tendancies, London Thursday 3 – Friday 4 July @_yshani STUCK narrates the relationship between an ambitious young man and his barber uncle, whose shop – and way of life – are threatened by a looming local redevelopment project. multi-story.org.uk/upcomingevents

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The Multi-Story Orchestra

STUCK narrates the relationship between an ambitious young man and his barber uncle, whose shop – and way of life – are threatened by a looming local redevelopment project. When a letter from the…

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Robert Laidlow TECHNO-UTOPIA: AI and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Salford Friday 11 July Hear the world premiere of Robert’s new work TECHNO-UTOPIA, performed by soloist Zubin Kanga. Register for free tickets in the ballot by Wednesday 2 July. buff.ly/deWaywJ

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Composers: when did you start composing? Did any of you come to composition later? How did you get started?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Tomorrow in London! Experience an intimate performance and demonstration by @joquailcello . Part of Lewisham Libraries and Chaos Theory’s Echoes Off the Pages, a series of free music events bringing inspiring sounds to new audiences. dice.fm/partner/jo-s...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Tomorrow in London! Join singer-composer @helgi.r.ingvarsson_composer on a sonic road trip from Reykjavik to the north of Iceland and beyond, blending memories, breathtaking views, and evocative, intimate music. www.ticketsource.co.uk/helgi/helgi-...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

As a composer, have you worked with people from different musical backgrounds? How has this impacted your work? Did it help you grow? Was it challenging (in both good or bad ways?)?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Tomorrow! An intimate performance of @stu_artmacrae's work Earth, thy cold is keen in Fife. Playing the harmonium, Stuart joins strings duo Sequoia and mezzo-soprano @dottelettsbean on stage. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earth-thy-...

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Earth, thy cold is keen

String duo Sequoia are joined by mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and composer and harmonium player Stuart MacRae for an intimate performance.

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Composer-performers, how did it feel growing up trying to create this diverse path for yourself? Did you feel pressure (from yourself or your teachers) to focus on one thing?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Composers: do you spend time thinking about who your audience is? Who do you write your music for?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Composers: what is your favourite real-world sound to sample for use in tape parts or other electronics?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On Friday in Bath and Saturday in Leicester! See @yshani.bsky.social‬ perform in this award-winning comedy show in which the cast improvises a new Jane Austen novel, inspired entirely by a title from the audience. www.austentatiousimpro.com/tour

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Tour — Austentatious

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tonight! Watch the live streamed performance (7pm BST) by XelmYa featuring the premiere of @marc-yeats.bsky.social' 2023 piece but rather it stems from a complex interplay for Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola and Double Bass. Live from Unerhörte Musik in Berlin! www.youtube.com/live/Go_aLN3...

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Breakdown | XelmYa | Unerhörte Musik 3.6.2025

XelmYaSylvia Hinz, BlockflötenFreddi Börnchen, OboenAleksandra Demowska-Madejska, ViolaGeorgios Kokkinaris, KontrabassBreakdown Melissa Vargas Francoremar en...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Tomorrow! Carnatic vocalist and composer @manasamitrauk.bsky.social and harpist Lucy Nolan form Sonic Threads for a performance at Woven Festival, celebrating innovation in textiles across Kirklees. woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/sonic-...

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Sonic Threads – WOVEN

Discover the WOVEN 2025 Festival Programme and upcoming events

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Composers: what role does rhythm play in your music and what are your rhythmic influences? (We posted a video to Instagram today where Ayanna Witter-Johnson talks about how her childhood spent in a Ghanaian dance troup massively influenced her sense of groove)

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Tomorrow! Reflecting on how he translates science into music, Robert Laidlow discusses his upcoming work Exoplanets at Fantasy Basel (the Swiss Comic-Con). fantasybasel.ch/en/robert-la...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Composers: what role do your pets play in your music writing? Do they keep you company while you're working? Are they even, perhaps, an early audience for new work?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Explore the impact of visible and invisible air pollution on our health through talks and a special meditative musical performance by Sonic Threads feat ‪@manasamitrauk.bsky.social‬ at York Festival of Ideas on May 30 (friday!): yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

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Ultimate Breath

Explore the impact of air pollution on our health through talks and a special meditative musical performance by Sonic Threads.

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Composers: who are your favourite poets for text setting?

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Marc Yeats @marc-yeats.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

230 of my poems about the landscape, being a composer, a painter and an ordinary guy. Enigmatic and often aphoristic, they bring a different perspective to my work. Wonderfully insightful preface by friend and composer Sadie Harrison. Available from Vision Edition. www.marc-yeats.com/product/coll...

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Tonight! As part of Manchester Jazz Festival, experience a special performance of Elliot Galvin’s new album The Ruin in the intimate surroundings of Low Four Studios. @elliotgalvin manchesterjazz.com/events/ellio...

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Elliot Galvin

Elliot Galvin is a long-time trailblazer in the UK jazz firmament with four solo albums that have seen him top album of the year lists.

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Composers: which DAW are you using, and are you happy with your choice?

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A lot of exciting events coming up for Music Patron composers in the second half of May: catch Lisa Robertson in Glasgow, Marcus Joseph in London, Angela Slater in Berlin or Elliot Galvin in Manchester. Check out our upcoming events list! musicpatron.com/coming-up-ma...

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A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the composers on Music Patron Live events/performances Gus

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Music Patron @musicpatronuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Robert Laidlow's manifesto for music and AI provides some useful guidance for composers interested in it. It's well worth a read: buff.ly/IZNZqBb

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