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Aaron Parker (C.V.)

Aaron Parker | Composer

Date of Birth 12–03–1991 Phone +447969 455161 (mobile)

Email aaron@aaron-parker.com Address 25 The Avenue, Trimley St. Mary

Website www.aaron-parker.com Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, IP11 0TT

Education BMus (Hons), Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (2009 – 2013)

Other Composer, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (2007 – 2009)

Royal College of Music Junior Department, London (2002 – 2009)

Awards RNCM Alan Rawsthorne Prize for Composition (2013)

BBC Proms / Guardian Young Composer Award (2009)

RCM JD Joan Weller Composition Prize (2008)

Discography Captured (for orchestra) released on CD & digital download (LSO Live, 01-April 2016)

Storage (solo album) released on cassette & digital download (SLIP imprint, 15-February 2016)

Broadcasts serisu (for orchestra), BBC Radio 3 (April 2016)

Incidental Music to ‘After Sunset Fades’: a Radio Drama (for orchestra), BBC Radio 3 (April ’16)

51°58'N/1°19'E-310515 (for electronic soundtrack), Berlin Community Radio (March ’16)

51°58'N/1°19'E-290515 (for electronic soundtrack), NTS-Radio (August ’15)

Dancing Rings (for wind band), BBC Radio 3 (March ‘12)

Fra la cattedrale e la piazza (for orchestra), BBC Radio 3 (January ’10)

Two Fanfares (for brass & percussion), ‘Last Night of the Proms’, BBC Radio & TV (Sept. ’09)

Rio de la Plata (for ensemble), BBC Radio 3 (August ’09)

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Aaron Parker (C.V.)

Courses/Residencies 2012–13: ‘LSO Discovery Panufnik Young Composers Scheme’ with London

Symphony Orchestra (Colin Matthews and Christian Mason, mentors)

2012: Swedish Collegium ‘Masterclass in Composition’ with Stenhammar

Quartet (Steven Stucky & Anders Hillborg, masterclass leaders)

2010–2012: S.A.M./PRSF ‘Adopt a Composer’ with Harmonie Wind Band (in

association with Making Music & BBC Radio 3) (Fraser Trainer, mentor)

2010: London Philharmonic Young Composers’ Scheme (Mark-Anthony

Turnage and Jonathan Cole, mentors)

Performances (selected) April 2016: serisu (BBC commission); BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Gourlay

(cond.), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

January 2016: 51°12’N/0°55’W–080115; Psappha ensemble, Tim Williams

(dir.), Hallé St. Michael’s, Manchester

January 2016: Storage – audio-visual installation with artist Susie Whaites at

Café Oto, London

May 2015: 51°12’N/0°55’W–130914; Tom McKinney (electric guitar),

International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester

April 2015: chalk, now (no more) and olicerlal; Jenny Dyson (flute), ddmmyy

ensemble, Jack Sheen (cond.), Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

February 2015: 51°12’N/0°55’W–080115 (Psappha commission); Psappha

ensemble, Tim Williams (dir.), Hallé St. Peter’s, Manchester

December 2014: 51°58’N/1°19’E–300514 (LSO Discovery commission);

London Symphony, Nikolaj Znaider (cond.), Barbican Centre, London

July 2014: 51°35’N/0°00’E–040714 (Filthy Lucre commission); Filthy Lucre

ensemble, Will Cole (cond.); Bussey Building, Peckham, London

April 2014: unvens; David Bainbridge (banjo) & Laurence Tompkins

(electronics); S.A.M.-funded ‘Handy’ tour to various UK cities

September 2013: lereliso (Orfea Duo commission); Orfea Duo, ‘Mobile

Project’, Wigmore Hall, London

November 2013: rysorill (ACM commission); ACM Ensemble, Carlos Del

Cueto (cond.); Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Teaching

Role: Musician-in-Residence | Employer: Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire (Sept. ‘14 – Jul. ’16)

Role: Graduate Assistant Teacher of Music | Employer: Forest School, Snaresbrook, London (Sept. ‘13 – Jul. ‘14)

Role: GCSE Composition Tutor (Chorlton High School) | Employer: Tutor Trust, Manchester (Spring Term 2013)