Philip Venables is a composer and
arranger. He has worked across the board – in the concert
hall, the recording studio, on film, on the stage and in community
music-making. He works freelance, based in London.
His recent highlights include Arc for the BBC Philharmonic
which was broadcast
in 2006 on BBC Radio 3. In 2005, the London Symphony Orchestra
performed his orchestral showpiece Hyaline,
the Cheltenham Festival commissioned Canto, and Rambert Dance Company commissioned Cartilage, in collaboration with
the choreographer Ana Lujan Sanchez.
Philip Venables was born in Chester in 1979. He read Natural Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge, and then composition at
the Royal Academy of Music
where he studied with Philip
Cashian. At the Royal Academy he was
awarded the Howard Carr, William Elkin and Pullen Memorial prizes,
the Battison Haynes prize in composition, the DipRAM
diploma for outstanding performance and the Manson Fellowship in
Composition.
Other commissions have come from the London Sinfonietta (I
fed my wardrobe to the night wind), the BBC Singers
(The Windy Planet), the Canterbury 2003 and 2005 Sounds
New Festivals
(Hyaline II), SEQUENZA (Broken, black;
I fed my wardrobe to the night wind (version II)), the Badke
and Artea String
Quartets (commissioned by the Music Past and Present series
and QuartetFest 2004, respectively), the QuantumLoop 2004 Animated
Film Festival
(Birdwatching, with animator Kay Moore) and for the Spitalfields
Festival 2004 (Recessional for the Manson Ensemble).
Philip has worked on several projects with amateur and young musicians,
including several COMA ensembles and the 2004 Cage: UnCaged
festival at the Barbican Centre. Several pieces have been recorded
and broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and Cable Television, and in 1997
he was awarded the Performance The Arts Channel Young
Composer of the
Year. His String Quartet is on the SPNM Shortlist for 2004–2007.
As a conductor, he has studied with Christopher Austin, Denise Ham
and Rodolfo Saglembini. He founded and directs SEQUENZA, a chamber orchestra that prides itself on fresh, talented performers and innovative programming of old and new music. He directed the
Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Orchestra for 2 years where he piloted
an on-going partnership with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He is the
General Manager of the critically acclaimed British ensemble, Endymion, and
Promotions Manager for the University of York Music Press.
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