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We ensure composers can continue to create by inviting music lovers to connect with and truly support them. Part of the @soundandmusic family.

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Composers get their inspiration from so many different sources - in this video, Ben Gaunt (@gauntcomposer) introduces his piece, German Canine Waltz Time, in which he was inspired by some barking dogs outside Cologne’s beautiful Cathedral.

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June 3rd. 2025 World premiere in Berlin of ‘but rather it stems from a complex interplay’ (2023) for Treble Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola, and Double Bass with Sylvia Hinz and XelmYa. Here’s something with XelmYa to listen to in the meantime soundcloud.com/marc-yeats/obs…

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"Being a composer is simultaneously the raw uncharted land, the cartographer, and the curious explorer." Beautifully and evocatively put by composer and cellist Jo Quail.

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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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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 buff.ly/bzEnsWk

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Explore the impact of visible and invisible air pollution on our health through talks and a special meditative musical performance by Sonic Threads feat Manasamitra at York Festival of Ideas on May 30 (Friday!): buff.ly/t7Vt6r5

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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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Tomorrow! Reflecting on how he translates science into music, Robert Laidlow discusses his upcoming work Exoplanets at Fantasy Basel (the Swiss Comic-Con). buff.ly/0NBV3kS

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How beautiful was Ultimate Breath last night? A huge thanks to our speakers and performers, and of course to the wonderful audience for coming. #YorkIdeas Manasamitra

How beautiful was Ultimate Breath last night? 

A huge thanks to our speakers and performers, and of course to the wonderful audience for coming. 

#YorkIdeas <a href="/manasamitraUK/">Manasamitra</a>
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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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Tomorrow! Carnatic vocalist and composer Manasamitra and harpist Lucy Nolan form Sonic Threads for a performance at Woven Festival, celebrating innovation in textiles across Kirklees. buff.ly/LdtRyrW

Tomorrow! Carnatic vocalist and composer <a href="/manasamitrauk/">Manasamitra</a> and harpist Lucy Nolan form Sonic Threads for a performance at Woven Festival, celebrating innovation in textiles across Kirklees.

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LIVESTREAM TONIGHT 1900 hr U.K. time XelmYa presents Breakdown @ 20:00 berlin-time @Unerhörte Musik, BKA-Theater, Mehringdamm Berlin! Including my ‘but rather it stems from a complex interplay’ (2023) WP for XelmYa and Sylvia Hinz live stream: youtube.com/live/Go_aLN3Fx…

LIVESTREAM TONIGHT 1900 hr U.K. time XelmYa presents Breakdown @ 20:00 berlin-time @Unerhörte Musik, BKA-Theater, Mehringdamm Berlin!
Including my ‘but rather it stems from a complex interplay’ (2023) WP
for XelmYa and <a href="/sylviahinz/">Sylvia Hinz</a> 
live stream:
youtube.com/live/Go_aLN3Fx…
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Tonight! Watch the live streamed performance (7pm BST) by XelmYa featuring the premiere of marc.yeats' 2023 piece but rather it stems from a complex interplay for Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola and Double Bass. Live from Unerhörte Musik in Berlin! buff.ly/lruakAd

Tonight! Watch the live streamed performance (7pm BST) by XelmYa featuring the premiere of <a href="/marc/">marc</a>.yeats' 2023 piece but rather it stems from a complex interplay for Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola and Double Bass. Live from Unerhörte Musik in Berlin!

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On Friday in Bath and Saturday in Leicester! See @yshani 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. buff.ly/7tXVFjp

On Friday in Bath and Saturday in Leicester! See @yshani 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. buff.ly/7tXVFjp
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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?