Liam Taylor-West

Liam Taylor-West is a composer and creator of audio visual artworks. He was the recipient of the 2018 Ivors Composer Award in the Community or Educational Project category for The Umbrella, and has had his music performed by ensembles such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, National Open Youth Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

His composition Backdrops is used to underscore the BBC Radio 3 show Night Tracks, and his orchestral piece A Slow Breath appears as part of the BBC Sounds podcast The Music and Meditation Podcast.

Liam is completing a Doctoral Degree in Composition at the Royal College of Music in London, supported by an RCM Studentship, where he has studied with William Mival, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Nico Muhly amongst others. He is an advocate of the use of creative technology in composition and performance, and is a Resident at Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, in Bristol.

Biography

Liam Taylor-West is a composer and creator of audio visual artworks. He was the recipient of the 2018 Ivors Composer Award in the Community or Educational Project category for The Umbrella, and has had his music performed by ensembles such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, National Open Youth Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

His composition Backdrops is used to underscore the BBC Radio 3 show Night Tracks, and his orchestral piece A Slow Breath appears as part of the BBC Sounds podcast The Music and Meditation Podcast.

Liam is completing a Doctoral Degree in Composition at the Royal College of Music in London, supported by an RCM Studentship, where he has studied with William Mival, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Nico Muhly amongst others. He is an advocate of the use of creative technology in composition and performance, and is a Resident at Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, in Bristol.

Compilations with this composer

Compilations
CBSO Sounds New

Sounds New: 20 New Works Celebrating 100 Years of CBSO

NMC Recordings

20 short commissions from rising-star composers performed by The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra form an impressive showcase of the range and breadth of contemporary orchestral writing happening in the UK today

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