Duncan Mcleod: Adopt a Composer

Commissioned by:

Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society

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www.duncanmacleod.org/index.htm

Duncan read music specialising in vocal studies at Bath Spa University, before going on to study composition with John Woolrich and Continuing Professional Development at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He continued with postgraduate studies in composition with sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Netherlands under the tutelage of Louis Andriessen, Clarence Barlow and Martijn Padding.

He has supplemented his studies with residencies at Acanthes, the Banff Centre, i- Park, June in Buffalo and the Bang-on-a-Can Summer Institute. He has recently started his PhD in composition at Brunel University under the supervision of Chris Fox and Richard Barrett and transferred to Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance under the Supervision of Michael Finnissy.

Duncan has worked with a number of ensembles that include the Arditti Quartet, duoDort, London Sinfonietta, Goldberg Ensemble, Quatuor Diotima, Orkest de Volharding, Pegasus Choir and Piano Circus. He has received awards from the Arts Council of England, Bliss Trust, Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, The Sir John Cass Foundation and has been a Royal Caledonian Schools Trust Caley Scholar. His work ha also been twice shortlisted by currently short listed by the Society for the Promotion of New Music/Sound and Music in the UK.

Duncan currently teaches at Trinity College of Music and Goldsmiths College, University of London. He also composer in residence at the Handel House Museum which involves a number of commissions, whilst programming concert series and contributing to the development and delivery  of the museum’s education outreach programme. Furthermore he also works extensively as a workshop leader/animateur, working with the Wigmore Hall through to the London Sinfonietta.

Read more about the Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society.