Composer - gregmay2001@gmail.com
Greg is a 23 year old composer, currently studying composition with Matthew Kaner at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He previously studied with Christian Mason at Cambridge University, and with David Knotts and Edmund Jolliffe at the Junior department of the Royal Academy of Music from 2017-2020 on a scholarship. His pieces have been played in venues including St. John's Smith Square, King's Place, and Kettle's Yard, and performers including Rolf Hind, Susanne Kessel, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Rothko Collective. He's attended masterclasses and received tutoring from composers Helen Grime, Stephen Goss, Diana Burrell, Dobrinka Tabakova, Hannah Kendall, and Richard Causton. He was a winner in the 2020 BBC Young Composer Competition.

composer, performer, and field recordist
studying at gsmd with Amber Priestley, Paul Whitmarsh, and Emily Peasgood
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Ailís Ní Ríain is an Irish composer. 


“...shows a voice that is independent, exploratory and quirky.” – The Irish Times 4*

“The sounds are bright, fresh and inventive…wide ranging and often provocative.” – The Guardian 4*

‘Seductively tintinnabulating […] music that dances and delights,’ – BBC Radio 3 New Music Show

A significant talent”– The Irish Times

“… her bold approach combined with ingenious imagining of musical shapes” – The Wire

“…an ideal introduction to a highly original composer, with powerful and distinctive ideas” – Musical Opinion 5*

‘The Last Time I Died is a broad demonstration of her curious and unique creative mind’ – Morning Star 4*

She works broadly in the areas of concert music, music installation, electroacoustic and music­-theatre. Her interdisiplinary approach has led to numerous collaborations with writers, dancers, performers, visual and theatre artists. 

Her musical work has been commissioned, performed and broadcast worldwide. In 2016 she was awarded the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers and Portrait album of her work was released by NMC Recordings in 2023 receiving many favourable reviews.

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Theo Finkel - composer,
 clarinet improviser
instrument collector

Born in 1994, Lisbon, Pedro studied at Conservatório de Música de Santarém, having concluded his secondary studies on Musical Theory in 2013.

He did a Major in Composition at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (2013-16), studying under Carlos Marecos, Carlos Caires and Luís Tinoco. He also had classes with António Pinho Vargas, Sérgio Azevedo, João Madureira and José Luís Ferreira. In 2018 he finished his MA on Opera Making & Writing - Composition Path, at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in London, studying under Julian Philips. Since 2019 he has been doing a MPhil/DMus in Composition at Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the supervision of Julian Anderson, Malcolm Singer and Mira Benjamin.

He studied Jazz at Hot Club de Portugal (Electric Bass and Combo, with Massimo Cavalli and Gonçalo Marques, respectively) and was a member of Big Band Júnior (2010-14), conducted by Claus Nymark.

He also participated on several workshops in Portugal and abroad of Composition, Electronic Music, Jazz, Guitar, Choir Conduction, and others.

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Composer of contemporary classical music based in Brussels.

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Composer and imperfectionist. PhD @guildhallschool b.1998

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