Sam Fernando

Out today! A total joy working with @oliviadeprato on this. Please give it a listen 🎧 Commissioned especially for the album, Balconies is for solo multi-tracked violin (or 5 violins). @NewFocusLabel

Olivia De Prato performs the USA prem of Balconies at Time:Spans tonight in NYC!

🎧If you'd like to hear Sound Inhabitants, which I wrote for the LS Academy last year, it's up on YouTube:

@josephmbates Amazing news, congratulations Joe!

Sometimes you read an article and it is just SPOT ON 'The rise of amateur orchestras, community choirs and dance groups arguably doesn’t need to be celebrated. It is the celebration.' theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

We are delighted to announce the 2023-24 @RoyalHolloway Young Composer Competition, for composers in years 10-13 to have your choral piece performed by our world-leading @RoyalHollChoir. #competition #schoolmusic #choral ✍️APPLY NOW: bit.ly/3S2fqVZ

Nice opportunity for composers interested in opera...

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! eavesdropping returns: 21-24 March 2024 at Cafe OTO. 4 evening double-bills, presenting fresh new work by 8 artists, + 2-day forum exploring experiments in failure. Save the dates! Booking opens 26 January. We look forward to tickling your ears.

Also hey everybody. If you’re not an artist, this is for you. @Spotify sends artists these end of year wrap ups which is a criminally sort of animated thing that says things like the attached.

@minneymezzo Hans Abrahamsen Winternacht ❄️

Compiling a playlist with Wintery Classical vibes… realise it’s almost exclusively vocal music (surprise!). I’d love to add some chamber/orchestral/solo instrumental stuff, and would welcome your recommendations! 🤓

New piece from me, written with love for everyone in grief right now. It has a simple message: "Side with the child over the gun every single time, no matter whose gun and no matter whose child." Moral consistency ≠ Moral equivalency. 💔 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Reading this over my breakfast has been a such a positive start to the day! Every musician will tell you the wide-ranging benefits of a musical education but here's the joyful evidence in a primary school in Bradford. theguardian.com/education/2017…

@tasminlittle How exciting, Sri Lanka has SO much to offer! Landscape and climate vary a lot. You can have beach, desert, rainforest, ancient Buddhist historical sites and tea plantations all in one holiday. Sigiriya is worth the climb and very manageable. Minneriya for the elephants 😊

So excited - going to Sri Lanka!! Where should I go? What should I see?

@zoelpalmer @southbankcentre @Ldn_Sinfonietta Yes will definitely share the recording with you when I have it. The one I used was 'air', I want to get the other tunings, I adore the sound of them!

@Sam_Fernando_ @southbankcentre @Ldn_Sinfonietta Would love to hear Sam- was it recorded?…which koshis did you get…?

When I recently moved house, my very dear friend Fay gifted me some Koshi bells. They feature at the end of Sound Inhabitants which will be premiered tomorrow evening at the Purcell Room @southbankcentre by the @Ldn_Sinfonietta Academy. southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/class…

@james_joslin @Ldn_Sinfonietta I was sorry not to catch you at the end! This is a nice snap, thank you for capturing the moment!

@fhvln @southbankcentre @Ldn_Sinfonietta Thanks so much 😊 Migraine much better today. The pre-concert head massage from @simonmroth did wonders!

@Sam_Fernando_ @southbankcentre @Ldn_Sinfonietta I wanted to ask what it was - I loved the sound but didn’t recognise it! Your piece was fabulous- congrats!! Hope your migraine’s gone.

@CFiedler20 @PRSFoundation @teteateteopera Congratulations Robin, fantastic news! 🎉

@jorgefpramos Yes!

@Sam_Fernando_ Hi, I would really like to know more about this position, can I DM? 😀

Composers! There’s a part-time permanent post for Lecturer in Composition at Royal Holloway opening up. Deadline for applications is 25th May. Please spread the word! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… Feel free to reach out if you want to know more about comp life at RHUL!

@tomhydecomposer The Modern House make every house they photograph look amazing but this is quite something...I love everything except the bright green carpet!

Sir Arthur Bliss's pad in Somerset (designed by Peter Harland) is on sale for £2.9 million. Has a delightful composer hut. Yum. themodernhouse.com/sales-list/coo…