Three paths through a puzzle (for string ensemble)

Roy Watkins is a composer and a PhD student at the university of York.

Thanks for visiting my page - you're always welcome!

I'm a composer/arranger based in Warwickshire, UK - studied music at the University of East Anglia.  Presently doing freelance work.

Mostly work in classical/contemporary instrumental and electronic works, but also varied soundtracks and jingles.

My discography includes works for chamber and orchestral ensembles but have been experimenting more with electro-acoustics.  I've also written several scores for short films and video game projects but always interested in new requests - if you need a soundtrack doing for film or game, or know of anyone who may need one and you think I may be appropriate, then do let me know!

For some existing films featuring my scores, follow the YouTube links below.

Composer of contemporary classical music, I am pursuing a Ph.D at Eastman School of Music as a Sproull Fellow, Samuel Adler Scholar, and beneficiary of the Imagination Fund.  A student of David Liptak, I have also studied with Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and Robert Morris at Eastman and with Robert Kyr and David Crumb during my master's study at U of Oregon.

Beneath the surface-lyricism of my music, I am concerned with the psychoacoustics of perception,  dense chordal textures toeing the boundaries of consensus-tonality, complexity in the guise of simplicity, reconciling the mathematics of music with the scope of imagination, emotional depth and contrapuntal integrity.  

email: 
diana@alumni.princeton.edu
drosenb3@u.rochester.edu
website: 
www.ovanovi.com

Three paths through a puzzle (for string ensemble)

Gareth Moorcraft