Luke Styles, commissioned by Juice Vocal Ensemble

About the commission

This theatrical new work by Luke Styles will feature experimental vocal trio Juice and Trish Clowes’ jazz/classical ensemble Tangent, performing alongside three live dancers.  Blurring the boundaries between dancer and musician, this evocative piece will retell a Native Canadian folk tale in a playful, highly dynamic way.

“I’m thrilled to have the chance to create a new work for such dynamic forces as Juice, Tangent and dancers. The exposure and performance platform for this as part of the New Music Biennial only increase the excitement I have to compose something virtuosic, lyric, energised and with a touch of improvisation.” Luke Styles

“Juice are thrilled to have been selected for the New Music Biennial! It will be a huge pleasure to present our piece in Glasgow and at London’s Southbank. We’re really looking forward to collaborating with Luke, Trish Clowes and Tangent, and working with a choreographer for the first time.” Juice Vocal Ensemble

More about the composer

Born in Australia in 1982, Luke moved to the United Kingdom in 2001 to study at the Royal Academy of Music. A postgraduate degree followed in Vienna, with a second post graduate course in Germany and in 2009 he went on to study with George Benjamin at Kings College, London. 

Luke is the recipient of several awards and commissions including the Wolfgang-Rihm scholarship, DAAD scholarship, PRSF New Works commission, RVW Trust commission and Britten-Pears Foundation funding. He is currently Glyndebourne’s Young Composer in Residence, and is also a freelance lecturer, director of Ensemble Amorpha and teaches composition at the Junior Trinity College of Music.