The website artmusic.org.uk serves as an extensive resource dedicated to contemporary art music in the United Kingdom, focusing primarily on British composers and their works. It provides detailed and systematically organized information on a diverse range of British composers, their biographies, compositions, and related recordings. The site also includes articles, news updates, and event listings that reflect the current landscape of art music, supporting research and engagement with contemporary British music culture.
Additionally, the platform archives concert programs, reviews, and scholarly texts that contextualize the evolving trends within British art music. This resource is valuable for researchers, musicians, educators, and enthusiasts interested in the development, dissemination, and performance of modern classical music originating in the UK. Through its comprehensive documentation, it contributes to preserving the cultural geography of Britain's contemporary music scene.
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Emma Welton
Emma Welton is a composer and performs on violin and viola. With Icebreaker she has performed contemporary music internationally, including at New York City’s Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Centre, with Brian Eno at the Brighton International Festival, and in London’s Science Museum Imax cinema. Emma co-curates with Tony Whitehead A Quiet Night In, music nights exploring the creative possibilities in quiet/silence. In summer 2021 A Quiet Night In was commissioned by Exeter’s Outside the Box Festival to make at the end of the day, a devised piece for humans sounding with an outdoor habitat. In 2017 A Quiet Night In performance was recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio’s 3 ‘Exposure’, hosted by Verity Sharp, in a concert showcasing new and experimental music.
Satsymph
SATSYMPH is located audio designer, poet and writer Ralph Hoyte, coder, composer and audio engineer Phill Phelps, composer and visual artist Marc Yeats. We have a common interest in composing interactive, spatialised soundart and dramatised heritage scenarios accessed through the smartphone either in real-world physical environments, or ‘in armchair mode’.
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