2010-11 Highlights
- Workshops and concert of student work with Exaudi
- Collaborative project with London Sinfonietta, resulting in performances of student works at the Southbank Centre
- Performances of student works at Spitalfields Music, Soundwaves and Aldeburgh Festivals
- Orchestral showcase concert
- Concerts, discussions and composition classes with visiting composers Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Judith Weir, Betsy Jolas, Beat Furrer and Bryn Harrison
- Undergraduate recording sessions with a Studio Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Manson Ensemble
- Performances of student works at Kings Place, Sounds New Festival, the Blouin Institute and by the Youth Orchestra of the Middle East in Dubai
- Regular workshops with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- Workshops and concert of student work with CHROMA
- Orchestral project and concerts with the Southbank Sinfonia
- Projects with Bristol School of Animation
- Collaborative project with choreographers at Roehampton University
- Student performances by the Esbjerg Ensemble in Denmark
- Electroacoustic works performed as part of ‘Nonclassical’ club night
“There were no vacant thoughts from the Royal Academy of Music student composers.... All received gutsy performances from the Academy students; this was a concert full of hope” The Times, June 2006
Illustrious Past Students
Craig Armstrong; Sir Richard Rodney Bennett; Sir Harrison Birtwistle; Ruth Byrchmore; Cornelius Cardew; Brian Ferneyhough; Nicholas Maw; Michael Nyman; Paul Patterson; Sir John Tavener; Augusta Read Thomas; and many recent graduates, including Luke Bedford, Nimrod Borenstein, James Brett, Joe Duddell, Adam Gorb, Elena Langer, Alwynne Pritchard, James Radford, Luis Tinoco and Philip Venables.
Guardian Interactive presents Paul Morley Showing Off - Paul talks about his year in the composition department at the Academy
