Composer
| CARDIGAN | |
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| name: | NOEL BRUTON |
| contact: | Noel Bruton |
| address: | Near Aberporth, Cardigan |
| tel: | 01239 811646 |
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| www: | www.arberthstudios.com/music |
| description: | Services offered: Music composition and production (sequencing, instrumentation and mastering), from initial idea or client request to final, broadcast-ready piece. Any musical style considered, including music in the style of a given artiste. Compositions already exist in genres soundtrack, jingle, ballad, sonic brand trigger, reggae, rock etc. Rush jobs a speciality. Background: Noel Bruton is the resident music composer and producer for Welsh computer adventure games company Arberth Studios. He composes and produces all the music soundtracks and most of the sound effects for that companys products. This means he must work on large-scale projects, as an adventure game takes tens of hours to play, many times the length of a feature film; but it means he also produces brief, catchy and powerful jingles and sonic triggers to accompany game-plot elements. Arberths current title Rhiannon is published in territories all over the world; it won the five-star award from the leading German adventure Website and the award for PC Adventure Game of the Year from the leading French one. For his game and related work, Noels output ranges from orchestral pieces to numbers for jazz and rock bands. He is also a composer, lyricist and performer of his own songs and ballads in the popular style. At the time of writing (Jan 2010), Noel is currently working on an even more ambitious and epic soundtrack for Arberths next game Coven, on a contemporary solo album and on a song for an Irish-acoustic folk group. A showreel disk showing the breadth of his compositional skills is available free of charge from www.arberthstudios.com/music. |
| TORFAEN | |
| name: | ANNE LISTER |
| address: | 33 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool |
| postcode: | NP4 6BS |
| tel: | 01495 763005 |
| fax: | 01495 763005 |
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| www: | www.annelister.com |
| description: | Folk singer songwriter, workshop host and teacher. Writing songs and songs and singing them, telling stories in the songs that draw modern parallels from ancient myths... |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | DOTS. FILM BAND. |
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| www: | www.myspace.com/dotsfilmband |
| description: | A group of three musicians who compose music to soundtrack contemporary short films live. Unique in the U.K, dots. collaborate with established and emerging filmmakers working in the fields of live-action, animation, silent film and new media filmmaking. Combining the live sound-tracking tradition established in the early days of cinema, and the best of modern-day film subjects, styles, techniques, and a century of cinematic influences and developments. dots. film band add another dimension to the film experience using the power of live music to create exceptional multi-sensory events, embracing the swelling interest in the art of the short-film and creating a quasi-Wagnerian “total artwork” for the 21st century. dots have collaborated with a diverse selection of film-makers who work in a variety of media from stop-frame animation, through to live action and CGI. Artists we have worked with include Virginia Head (Best Welsh artist award 2007) who has worked for several award-winning animation companies across Europe and in the USA, and Rhiannon Evans, a young up-coming filmmaker whose work has recently been shown in the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand short film festival in France. dots. film band have performed and developed their art with showcases at SWN Festival, The Trailerpark Film Festival and the National Experimentica Festival, to an overwhelmingly positive reaction by programmers and public alike, and we look forward to taking this exciting and original project out to a wider audience. For their current project, due to tour the UK in late 2010, dots. film band have taken 6 contrasting shorts, encompassing silent, animation and live-action from 6 upcoming British filmmakers, and created soundtracks to perform live on a vast array of instruments and found objects as required by each film. |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | ED SCOLDING |
| contact: | Ed Scolding |
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| www: | www.edscolding.co.uk |
| description: | Ed studied composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating with First Class Honours in 2008 under tutors Lynne Plowman and Timothy Raymond. As a composer, arranger and producer, Eds output ranges from concert works to film soundtracks and music for amateur musicians. Citing influences from Eric Truffaz and Cinematic Orchestra to Charles Ives and Gregorian chant, his music draws on both Jazz and classical idioms and can be distinguished by his use of lyrical lines, organic structures and distinct, dramatic orchestration. His instrumental music includes orchestral works Darkroom Shavings and Tree, both performed in workshops by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Other works include Blue & Gold, a duet for clarinet and tenor horn, which was composed and recorded as part of the Davies Sisters collection exhibition at National Museum Cardiff, and Blue Thread for alto sax, cello and piano, selected as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 project. Film projects have included an upbeat soundtrack for the natural history film Bay of Life (installed at Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre and distributed to 1800 schools across Wales) and music for the short film Tool Thieves. A composer continually inspired by the dramatic potential of the human voice, Eds vocal writing has seen him twice winner of the Barry Choral Society Competition prize with In Viam Pacis and The Falling Star, a setting of a poem by then 7-year old Oneeb bin Nauman. During the summer he completed Snowfall, a work for soprano and mixed ensemble, written under the guidance of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Alasdair Nicolson and Sally Beamish at this years St Magnus Festival composers course in Orkney. Not Being Charles Frieth, Eds operatic aria to a libretto by Bethan James, was recently performed under the guidance of Judith Wier by Gareth Lloyd and David Seaman with Michael McCarthy and Michael Rafferty directing and conducting as part of the Music Theatre Wales Make an Aria project, in conjunction with Michael Berkeley and Ian McEwans new opera For You. For the academic year 2008-2009 Ed is composer-in-residence for the Stem Cell Multi-arts Project at St. Gregorys Catholic College. The project, funded by the Wellcome Trust, takes the areas of stem cell related research, developments and debate as a creative stimulus for compositions, dance and art by GCSE pupils, developing to a dance and arts concert presentation in summer 2009. Since July 2008 Ed has been working with composer John Hardy at his studio in Cardiff providing promotional, administrative and creative support for a wide range of media and concert projects. In addition to composing Ed has reviewed concerts and CDs for the Society for the Promotion of New Music and performs with the BBC National Chorus of Wales. For the latest updates, visit www.edscolding.co.uk |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | KRIK MUSIC |
| address: | 18 Pentrebane Street |
| tel: | 07971 662 126 |
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| www: | www.krikmusic.co.uk |
| description: | Krik Music is a music composition, recording studio and sound production company based in Cardiff. Whether you require music production, songs, sound design & composition for media, post production sound or you are an artist that needs help with production and songs we can help. We have access to our own excellent recording studio and a number of other commercial recording studios to fit your sound. I have all the latest software and hardware technologies, a range of instruments and can create modern or vintage sounds as well as a huge library of sound effects. Krik Music Productions have had Radio play on Radio 1, kiss FM, Galaxy 101, Radio Wales and Radio 6 Music, created feature film scores, sound design, short film scores and much more. Please visit the web site to take a listen. |
| BRIDGEND | |
| name: | LOOPCENTRAL |
| address: | Glanrhyd House Ogwy Street Nantymoel |
| postcode: | CF32 7NA |
| tel: | 01656841449 |
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| www: | http://www.loopcentral.co.uk |
| description: | A 48 track digital recording studio based in South Wales. Only 40 mins from Cardiff and Swansea and 6 miles from Bridgend. Were currently looking for singer / songwriters interested in developing their ideas, working with a producer and creating great demos of their music. We\ e also available for voiceover work, podcasting, digital editing and mastering. We can also provide bespoke compositions for film and tv in a variety of styles and at very short notice. Need guitar on your demo? Just send us an MP3 with a description of what youd like and well do the rest! |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | LUKE STARKEY |
| address: | 44 Mackintosh Place Cathays |
| postcode: | CF24 4RQ |
| tel: | 07525438288 |
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| www: | www.myspace.com/lukestarkeymusic |
| description: | Cardiff-based composer Luke Starkey graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2010, where he was also winner of the Mervyn Burtch Composition Prize in 2009. Throughout his studies Luke’s works were performed by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Symphony Orchestra, the Millennium Ensemble, as well as the Arditti Quartet. His music is born of abstract scientific laws which are represented through enigmatic and atonal musical structures. Recent works include compositions for a wide range of forces: A Box of Frogs for symphony orchestra (2010), Adagio for string orchestra (2010), Cygnus for solo harp (2009), and Matryoshka for piano quintet (2010). Current projects include an extensive duo for baroque violin and harpsichord, and a string quartet. Luke is actively organising contemporary music events in and around Cardiff, including venues such as tactileBosch Art Studios and Dempsey’s Jazz Club. |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | PAUL JONES - JOC RECORDS |
| tel: | 07866742690 |
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| www: | www.jonesoconnorgroup.co.uk |
| description: | Freelance Jazz pianist and composer. Played on G.L.C's Greatest Hits album, and has supported Morrissey and Nancy Sinatra at the Royal Festival Hall. Co-runs Jazz Quartet "The Jones O'Connor Group" and has played at festivals and venues all over the UK. Paul is the Jazz piano tutor for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Junior music Department. In 2007 Joc Records was set up by Paul Jones and Guitarist Richard Jones to release and promote the work of The Jones O’Connor Group. It has to date released two albums,” Alpha" in 2005 and the latest album "A Crow for every Crow" in Dec 2007. |
| LLANTWIT MAJOR | |
| name: | PENTONE MUSIC - PENNY WHEADON KERR |
| contact: | Penny Wheadon kerr |
| tel: | 01446 792171 |
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| www: | www.pentonemusic.com |
| description: | PenTone Music was established in 2000 and is run by husband and wife team Penny and Tony Kerr. Penny is otherwise known as concert organist Penny Weedon, so we deal with Penny's concert bookings and also produce sheet-music, CDs and tuition products for the organ and keyboard player. We have a special interest in producing talking books, which are very popular with customers who have a visual impairment. If you would like to know more about Penny, she has her own dedicated site at www.pennyweedon.co.uk |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | PETER REYNOLDS |
| address: | 46 Richmond Road Roath |
| postcode: | CF24 3AT |
| tel: | 029 2048 2183 |
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| www: | http://www.composersofwales.org/member.php?ID=141 |
| description: | Composer (concert music), writer (music journalism, programme notes, marketing copy), Music Programmer & Tutor (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Composer in Residence, Young Composer of Dyfed) |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | RICHARD DUNN |
| contact: | Richard Dunn |
| address: | 56 Palace Road Llandaff |
| postcode: | CF5 2AH |
| tel: | 07817 903515 |
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| description: | Richard has written music over the years for film ,television and radio. As a musician he has worked with artists as diverse as Johnny Cash. Steve Winwood. Sly and Robbie band. Grace Jones. Harry Secombe... He has spent 3 years recording and touring with Van Morrison (including Blue note records Grammy nomination). He has a studio in Landaf, where he has produced and recorded many Welsh and international artists. Richard is allways interested in writing for media. if you are in the process of making a programme and require music. please feel free to contact him. |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | RYAN YARD |
| address: | 13 Caldey Island House Prospect Place Cardiff Bay |
| postcode: | CF11 0JN |
| tel: | 02920 226312 |
| fax: | 02920 226312 |
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| www: | www.ryanyard.com |
| CARDIFF | |
| name: | SOUTH GIRL PRODUCTION MUSIC LTD |
| contact: | Luke Jones |
| address: | Clifton House Four Elms Road |
| postcode: | CF24 1LE |
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| www: | www.southgirlproductionmusic.com/ |
| description: | South Girl Production music is a music library that provides beats for radio, TV and media use. The company began delivering beats to UK radio stations in 2005. The company incorporated in June 2006. We are not an MCPS registered music library and so we are not subject to the compulsory rates card. Radio broadcasters are welcome to use our catalogue for any of their production and promotional needs. All of our works are registered with PRS. The works on the website are basic urban and dance loops and grooves. If you need works elongated for any reason, contact us to access more comprehensive versions of anything in our catalogue. |
| ABERYSTWYTH | |
| name: | TIM NOBLE |
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| www: | http://www.tim-noble.co.uk |
| description: | Uncompromising, cutting edge musician. Though classically trained, he has a firm commitment to using the most contemporary sounds and techniques available to him. His current output is best described as a strange blend of electroacoustic music and sound art. He has produced several works in the past which draw their inspiration from the landscape and soundscape of Mid Wales. Also experienced in producing music for film and new media. Sample works can be downloaded for free, in their entirety, from his website - http://www.tim-noble.co.uk. |
