Kirsty Devaney is a Birmingham based composer, studied with Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton and Ed Bennett. 

Her composing work ranges from composing for professional contemporary music ensembles across Europe, for amateur and youth ensembles, to working with film and electronics. Her music has been aired on Radio 3, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, and in 2011, aged only 20, was shortlisted for a British Composer award for her work for CoMA London. 

She recently awarded the prestigious Anna Craft Award for research into ‘Creativity in Education’ from the British Education Research Association.

Hi everyone!

We compose medieval music, fantasy music, world music, sci-fi music, dark music, and other types of music. All the music here (with maybe one exception) is originally composed by Derek Fiechter & Brandon Fiechter who are twins who live in Indiana in the United States.

Also, any of our music can be used for non-commercial projects and videos. All we ask is that people credit us.

Here's our email address if you want to contact us about any business request or anything else:

dbfiechter@gmail.com


As for our beliefs, we're Christians who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.


Derek Fiechter & Brandon Fiechter

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CHRISTOPHER PAINTER - SOUNDCLOUD


Christopher Painter was born at Port Talbot, South Wales in 1962 and studied music at University College, Cardiff. His composition studies were initially with Timothy Taylor and Richard Elfyn Jones and in 1984 he began to study with Alun Hoddinott,  He studied full-time with Hoddinott until 1989 and complemented these studies with consultations and masterclasses with Samuel Adler (Eastman School of Music, New York); George Benjamin; John McCabe; Edward Gregson; Robert Saxton; Robert Simpson and Marek Stachowski (Warsaw University). In addition to his composition studies, Christopher also studied conducting with Edward Gregson; Stanley Saunders (University of Guelph, Canada); Rod Walker (University of Texas, USA); and latterly, with Christopher Adey.

Christopher Painter was the first recipient of the Afan Thomas Composer's Award and has also won the National Eisteddfod Composition Prize (Newport 1988) and was featured in the Welsh Arts Council's "Young Welsh Composer Forum" in 1987. In 1997, Christopher Painter was the first Welsh winner of the "Gregynog Composer Award of Wales" which was given for his "Sonata for Harp" which was premiered on June 28th at the 1997 Gregynog Festival by Elinor Bennett.

In October 1997 Christopher was appointed as Composer-in-Association with North Wales based Ensemble Cymru and wrote a number of works for this ensemble, including the children's dance work, Yggdrasil, a Millennium Commission/Techniquest commission as part of the “Sounds for Science” project. Christopher's tenure with Ensemble Cymru came to an end in 2000 but he has maintained a keen interest in their activities and continues to write for them on a regular basis. His most recent work for them, Cad Goddeu, was premiered at the National Assembly for Wales in February 2003.

In 1999 Christopher Painter was Composer-in-Residence with both the National Youth Orchestra and National Youth Brass Band of Wales. His work, Invisible Cities, for the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, not only received four performances but was also subsequently released on CD by the orchestra.

I n December 2003, Christopher Painter was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.

In August 2005, Christopher won the prestigious "Tlws y Cerddor" (Musicians Medal) at the National Eisteddfod of Wales for his chamber work, Yr Hanes Swynol (A History of Charms). He won the award for the second time in 2010 for his work for baritone, violin and harp entitled Syniadau'r Serch (Thoughts on Love).

In January 2006 his "Forest of Dreams" was premiered with great success by the Thueringen Phiharmonie, conducted by Alun Francis, and broadcast on German television.

Alun Francis also premièred Painter's Symphony No.3 "Fire in the Snow" with the Orquesta de la UNAM in Mexico City in June 2010. 

In 2011 his "Furnace of Colours" was premièred by the soprano Claire Booth with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Jac van Steen. The performance was also broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Christopher has taught composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was, for eleven years, Secretary of the Welsh Music Guild.

In 2014 he was made a Life Member of the Welsh Music Guild.

His works are published by Maecenas Music, Oriana Publications and Vanderbeek & Imrie.

www.christopherpainter.co.uk
www.orianapublications.co.uk
http://www.mapamundimusic.com/christopherpainter.html

Russell Gilmour is a natural trumpet specialist and a skilled cornetto player. Performing on the natural trumpet, keyed trumpet, modern trumpet and cornetto, Russell has given live performances, as well as radio and television broadcasts, in more than 15 countries. He has also featured on several professional recordings in Europe, North America and Australia.

Russell has performed and recorded with some of the finest period instrument ensembles, including the Academy of Ancient Music, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Taverner Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra.

Recent performances have included Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.2 at the Royal College of Music and works by Gabrieli and Zielenski on the cornetto in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice. Let the Bright Seraphim in Westminster Abbey and Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto on the keyed trumpet in Edmonton, Canada have been other notable performances.

Russell's enthusiasm for performing and researching Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music, particularly the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, was cultivated at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester), under the inspiring influence of David Staff. This fascination continued throughout his studies with Michael Laird at the Royal College of Music (London), where Russell gained the 'Master of Music in Historical Performance' qualification with distinction. 

On the modern trumpet, Russell has performed contemporary works including Paths by Takemitsu and a new work by Deirdre Gribbin entitled Island People, which he premiered at Dartington International Summer School with the Smith String Quartet and Evelyn Tubb (Soprano). As a chamber musician, Russell has given recitals with some of Britain's leading brass ensembles: including Chaconne Brass and the London Trumpet Choir.

In addition to performing, Russell is an experienced and fully qualified teacher. He has recently lectured at Royal Holloway, University of London and University College of London.

Jazz/Lead trumpet player based in London.

Tom Walsh, aged 26, is based in London, where he graduated from the Jazz Course at the Royal Academy Of Music with 1st Class Honours in 2013. In his first year at college, Tom was the inaugural recipient of the Humphrey Lyttelton Jazz Prize, an award for outstanding jazz performance. Upon leaving college Tom had also received other awards including the Wolfson Prize (2012) and the Alumni Development Award (2013). 

Shortly after graduating, in September 2013, Tom was appointed the lead trumpet chair in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. From 2013 to 2017 we worked with the band alongside international jazz luminaries such as Benny Golson, Branford Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Bob Mintzer and Mike Stern. He has also played lead trumpet with the WDR Big Band & Vince Mendoza. Tom has also played with some of the UK's other top big bands including: The BBC Big Band, The Stan Sulzmann Neon Orchestra, The Laurence Cottle Big Band, The Gareth Lockrane Big Band, The Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra, NYJO and The Mark Nightingale Big Band. 

In light orchestral work Tom has played principal trumpet with John Wilson, The RTE Concert Orchestra and has played with the RPO, Philharmonia, English National Ballet Orchestra and the English Session Orchestra. In the West End, Tom has played on multiple shows including Wicked, Sinatra: Live On Stage, Dreamgirls, Show Boat and Beautiful. In 2013 and 2014 Tom played lead trumpet live on the X Factor Big Band shows, in addition to the BBC Proms in 2014, and the ongoing BBC TV series Bruce's Hall Of Fame. In pop and commercial music Tom has played and recorded with the likes of Van Morrison, Blur, Mark Knopfler, Jessie J, Gary Barlow and Shirley Bassey. In February 2014 Tom co-produced and played a series of concerts with Al Jarreau at London's famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. 

Having recently returned from studying with Jerry Hey in Los Angeles, Tom is currently working from his home studio recording, composing and arranging for multiple projects including his own horn section. Tom is a Vincent Bach Trumpet endorsing artist

TV composer, orchestrator and copyist.

Credits include LEGO: The Incredibles, Endeavour, Gary Numan, Hot Chip.

I'm a composer for video games like Gunpoint, Frog Fractions 2, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, and more.

I love working in music for games because it's the only medium where the audience gets to interact with what they're hearing. Creating music that needs to adapt to a player's actions is seriously the most challenging and rewarding thing about this job. Getting to write in a new styles every day, work in a community of genuinely awesome audio people, and combine my two favorite things (games and music) for a living does not get old.

Also buying games is a tax write off now, which is pretty rad.

If you're interested in working with me on your next project, or you'd just like to hear more of my music, check out my website at www.ryanike.com. Thanks for listening!

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