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Gareth Williams |
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Originally from County Armagh, Gareth Williams moved to Glasgow after studying music at Queen’s University, Belfast. He completed his Masters in Composition in 2000 at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and his Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 2002. In 2008 he completed his PhD in Composition at the RSAMD, studying with Gordon McPherson. His works have been performed by groups such as the Hebrides Ensemble, the Paragon Ensemble, the Ceoil Quartet, Symposia, the Black Hair Ensemble, and the London Sinfonietta. He was the winner of the British Conservatoire Composers Forum 2000, and in 2004 he won the Dinah Wolff prize for composition. His work has been featured in the Edinburgh Festival, the St. Magnus Festival and the York Late Music Festival. In December 2004 Gareth Williams was one of six composers who launched the Ken exhibition in Glasgow, organising a weekend festival of contemporary music and art, whilst composing, producing, and performing an hour-long piece of music theatre. He performs regularly as a singer/songwriter and piano player. His first opera, ‘Love in the Blue Corner’ (2006) was premiered at the Plug Festival in May 2006. He recently completed a new opera ‘King's Conjecture‘ (2008) for Scottish Opera, working with writer Bernard Mac Laverty, and was invited to create another new opera for Scottish Opera's 5:15 festival in 2009. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.myspace.com/garethpatrickwilliams |
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