James Albany Hoyle is writing for Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras. Having recently completed his doctoral research Mayflower Society, James embraces an eclectic range of influences, forming unlikely unions between an array of musical styles and compositional approaches. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rps-…

Excited to be a part of the 2024 RPS Composers Programme; very grateful to Royal Philharmonic Society and looking forward to working with Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras! Congratulations to Aileen Sweeney @JellyCleaver @ferghallmusic Jasper Dommett 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Sun Keting Sarah Frances Jenkins!

Applications are open for our 2025 RPS Composers programme until Wednesday 20 March. Find out more about the opportunity and apply on our website: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rps-…

The Symphony No. 5 by Jean Sibelius will be performed in the final concert of LEAD! Foundation’s 5th Fiskars Festival on August 3rd! Enjoy this snippet of the piece together with Oslo Philharmonic back in 2006. Tickets for Fiskars here: tiketti.fi/fiskars-summer…

🎶 Historical news! The Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra is set to dazzle at the @bbc_proms and Helsingin juhlaviikot | Helsinki Festival with @oramsa and students from Royal College of Music. Be ready for some unexpected international energy🎻 #bbcproms #londonherewecome uniarts.fi/en/articles/fe…

Join us this summer as we perform at @BBCProms on 25 August & Helsingin juhlaviikot | Helsinki Festival on 1 September, uniting with Uniarts Helsinki, @oramsa and Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 in a programme featuring alumnus Gustav Holst’s The Planets and a world premiere by alumna Lara Poe. #bbcproms bit.ly/rcm-proms

Really excited to announce that I've been working on a song cycle for Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 @oramsa Royal College of Music Uniarts Helsinki, commissioned by BBC Proms with a follow-up performance at Helsingin juhlaviikot | Helsinki Festival – this has been a very fun piece to write!

Thank you Royal College of Music and Lara Poe, fun and challenging: best combination for delivering inspirational new work to the world! BBC Proms nro 46 on 25.8. And revival in Helsingin juhlaviikot | Helsinki Festival 1.9. , Welcome, tervetuloa! Mukana myös supertalentit #sibeliusacademysymphony Uniarts Helsinki

Wonderful to be a part of this new season – I'm really looking forward to working with the FRSO and writing a new piece for them! Also wonderful to work with Virpi Räisänen and Nil Venditti once more, and to hear a second performance of another orchestral piece of mine, Kaamos!

More information on the upcoming Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra season! It’s such a pleasure and privilege to be the FRSO’s theme composer for the 24/25 season. I will have works on three of their season concerts:

Rehearsals this week for Uniarts Helsinki Royal College of Music @oramsa Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 at BBC Proms Helsingin juhlaviikot | Helsinki Festival – great to work with such an enthusiastic and hardworking group of musicians, and the piece is really coming together nicely! Looking forward to August/September 🎵

On 23 August is the premiere of RPS Composer James Albany Hoyle's work 'Koivunsoitto' by @Anne_Denholm Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras. James's music embraces an eclectic range of influences as well as his own research interests, and we encourage you to read more about his work: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rps-…

For over two hundred years, the RPS has proudly been a major force in bringing new music to life. The next premiere of an RPS commission is James Albany Hoyle's new work 'Koivunsoitto', performed Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras by @Anne_Denholm on 23 August. Find out more: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/whats_on/james…

We very much look forward to Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras taking place next week, with a richly varied programme including the premiere of RPS Composer James Albany Hoyle's 'Koivunsoitto' performed by @anne_denholm on 23 August. Explore the full programme here: presteignefestival.com/2024-festival-…

Can’t believe this is tomorrow! Looking forward to hearing everyone – thank you to Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 @oramsa and everyone in the Royal College of Music and Uniarts Helsinki Sibelius Academy orchestras!

Immensely proud of Lara Poe whose music sounds dazzling in Royal Albert Hall for her BBC Proms debut tonight.Royal College of Music Uniarts Helsinki @oramsa Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 all sounding amazing! Catch it tonight on BBC Radio 3 or on TV on BBC4 🎥

Thank you to everyone for making yesterday so special – you all sounded amazing! It was wonderful to be a part of this project and take part in such a rich exchange between institutions & cultures 😊✨🐄 Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 @oramsa BBC Proms Royal College of Music Uniarts Helsinki BBC Radio 3 BBCFOUR

What an amazing two weeks it’s been – first, rehearsals in London, followed by a performance at the BBC Proms, and a second performance at the Helsingin juhlaviikot | Helsinki Festival in @Musiikkitalo! Thank you so much to Anu Komsi🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺, @oramsa, Royal College of Music, Uniarts Helsinki and many others!

Last night we welcomed some of our professional friends and contacts to meet the RPS Composers Aileen Sweeney Arowah @ferghallmusic James Albany Hoyle Jasper Dommett 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Sun Keting Sarah Frances Jenkins who've been working with us over the past year. 🧵

A fantastic opportunity here from our friends at Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras for early-career composers no longer in full-time education who want to develop their skills in writing for the harp. Apply by 5pm on Friday 4 October.