The Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Scheme is a ground-breaking residency in which successful student composers from the Department of Music will have their musical responses to the Picture Gallery and some of its wonderful paintings performed by an invited ensemble each year.
This residency is a professional development programme for music creators of the Department of Music to receive specialist, industry-standard workshop sessions and tutorials, working collaboratively with invited artists, ensembles and tutors to create new works that are premiered as part of the International Concert Series.
These new compositions are the result of a special collaboration between the College’s Arts Collection Teams and Nathan James Dearden, Director of Composition and Performance Manager at the Department of Music.
Project overview for 2023
Now in its seventh year, our six sound artists/composers/music creators from across a range of genres were tasked to create music and sound installations through a collaborative and immersive professional development programme exploring the relationship between live, recorded sound, DAW-produced music, and Royal Holloway's art collection.
This collaboration will culminate in a launch event in the Picture Gallery at Royal Holloway in March 2024, as part of the University's New Sounds Festival. Announcement of this event and to book your tickets can be found here: Department of Music Events (royalholloway.ac.uk)
