A composer and singer-songwriter hailing from Cornwall and recent composition graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.

Kaz is a self-publishing composer who specializes in writing for university and high school wind ensembles, symphonic bands, and orchestras. Originating from the Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown areas of West Virginia, Kaz has transplanted to the Adirondacks of New York. Their interests in nature, magic, and the rural environment are constant inspirations for their work. 

They graduated from Shepherd University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with a Composition concentration. Additionally, Kaz found themselves involved with a variety of Appalachian Culture classes. This helped fuel their passion for music of the Appalachian region, and provided additional inspiration for future works.

To date, some of Kaz’s work has been premiered at the National Navy Band Saxophone Symposium hosted by George Mason University and the Appalachian Heritage Festival hosted by Shepherd University. They have also been commissioned by other public schools including, but not limited to, Jefferson High School in West Virginia and Northfield Elementary School in Maryland.

Kaz also has a deep passion for conducting. They have conducted a wide variety of ensembles from pit orchestras for The Wizard of Oz and The Music Man to wind ensembles (David Holsinger’s Abram’s Pursuit) and other large ensembles. Kaz is also a bass clarinet player with additional experience in most other woodwind instruments. They have experience performing in small chamber ensembles, wind ensembles, large symphonic bands, pit orchestras, and chamber orchestras.

Kaz obtained their Masters degree in Music Composition at Syracuse University in New York. During both years of study, Kaz worked as a teaching assistant for the first- and second-year music theory classes. Additionally, they were one of the student ambassadors for the Society for New Music, a local new-music organization. Kaz also deeply enjoyed specializing in the contrabass clarinet for various performances with the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble. 

While attending Syracuse, Kaz also became very involved with the student pagan organization, SPIRAL (Student Pagan Information Relation and Learning); as well as the Spiritual Life Council, the student interfaith organization. These two groups drastically changed Kaz's life for the better and severely helped them complete their coursework at the University. 

After graduating, Kaz taught at Shepherd University in the department of music as an adjunct music theory faculty for the Fall '16 semester. While their former mentor, Dr. Mark Cook, was on sabbatical, Kaz taught Theory I for freshmen, Theory III for sophomores, and Form & Analytical Techniques for juniors & seniors. 

Kaz's plans for a career in conducting were changed in 2018 after a near-fatal vehicle accident left them with a limited mobility impairment. Fortunately, they are still able to play their instrument and compose. That said, much time has been taken in recent years for healing & recovery. One of the most recent 'next steps' in returning to music has been Kaz's involvement in the 2023 Adirondack Wind Ensemble in Plattsburgh, NY.

Hello, Lew here in my tiny studio in Cardiff, UK. I make slightly country synthpop with guitars and banjos and mandolins and synthesizers and drum machines and a singer who is me and backing singers who are all me too. In fact, I’m making some slightly country synthpop right now.

"It Isn't Love" and "Rain in France" are singles from my second album, "Imaginary Cowboy", which will be released on 28th March on all streaming platforms. It's romantic and apocalyptic and it's full of country instruments and synths.

In 2024 I released my first album “No Horse” which, lyrically, explores the ideas of the separate self as an illusion and goals as one-way tickets to disappointment. But it’s slightly country synthpop.

“Rain in France” and “It Isn’t Love” are the first two singles from my upcoming second album, which will be released in Spring 2025. It’s full of country instruments and synths.

Did I mention that I make synthpop that’s slightly country?

Music composing is my passion and I try to play, compose and learn music as much as I can in my spare time. I'm open to any collaboration, if you're interested, just let me know, I'm keen on to try it.

Please don't hesitate to post comments. II would really love to have feedback from all of you :)

Thanks and enjoy!

David Harrington is a composer, accompanist and music director currently studying at RWCMD. David has had works commissioned and performed by a huge range of ensembles and soloists including the Lunar Sax Quartet, BBC string quartet, Rosie Biss (WNO), the Erato Piano trio as well as Philip Cobb, Richard Marshall (LSO), Owen Farr and David Childs (Cory Band). He currently resides as composer-in-residence to the Sinfonia Newydd Ensemble and as MD of the All that Malarkey Cabaret ensemble.

Currently studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for my MA in composition. Published composer in Wind and Brass Band writing.

Jens Lodén is a Swedish musician, bassist, composer, and music producer known for his eclectic style and collaborative spirit as well as his more solitary excursions in minimal techno and ambient.
He has a multifaceted career spanning decades that includes collaborations with prominent Swedish jazz musicians such as Per "Texas" Johansson, Lina Nyberg and Mathias Landaeus.

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