I'm joining the Royal Northern College of Music as a Professor of Composition. I'll be giving tutorials with Undergraduate and Postgraduate composers. I join a number of brilliant composers at the department. It's lovely to spend more time in Manchester, after studying at the University of Manchester,...

I've joined Music Patron – a new and bold platform for people to connect with and support composers, for as little as £10 per month. Any patrons of mine can expect musings and updates documenting rehearsals, performances and recordings – “the moments when notes on page...

I'm delighted to have been awarded a Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers for 2021, alongside 19 other composers and 20 visual artists. The 40 of us share a funding pot of £1 million, to support our work. It almost goes without saying how wonderful it...

I'm delighted to have been appointed Visiting Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College Cambridge. The two-year post allows an artist to pursue their creative work and play a part in the life of the college. Previous composers who have held the post include...

I've been awarded the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Prize based at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, shared with Canadian composer Matthew Ricketts. The Fund awards an annual prize to an instrumentalist or composer. Previous British winners of the prize include Thea Musgrave, Nicholas Maw, George Benjamin,...

'Encounters with British Composers', a new book by Andrew Palmer, contains interviews with around 40 British composers on how they work, how they live, and what, if anything, 'British music' is. There's an interview with me from about 18 months ago inside (that's me second...

Later this month I am spending a week at LOD Muziektheater in Ghent, Belgium, at an opera-writing course called 'Looking Forward/Looking Back'. It's being run by the ENOA network of European opera academies, and led by playwright Martin Crimp. This is the second opera workshop...

I'm thrilled to be signing with Faber Music as one of their House Composers. They will publish my scores from now on, including my upcoming piece for the strings of the Britten Sinfonia, and will be publishing much of my back catalogue. Pieces available from...