Radio 3 broadcast
·Sep 2018
After the Open Ear concert back in June, Dutch Indoor Subjects are being broadcast on Radio 3, performed by Joseph Havlat 10pm 22 September. Catch them online until 22 October here.
William Marsey is a UK-based composer.
New sheet music available
·Sep 2018
wmarsey.com is fixed to provide sales of sheet music! Belmont Chill and 40 Days and 40 Nights are now available to purchase as PDF downloads and (soon) hard copy scores. And who knows, maybe some CD in the future... Check it out on /music
Hofesh Shechter arrangement
·Jul 2018
In a surreal turn of events I've arranged of chunk of Dufay's Missa L'Homme Arme for The Band of the Irish Guards for performance in the moat of the Tower of London. It was written for Hofesh Shechter Company's production East Wall, check out details here, the run is 18-22 July.
New work for Royal Northern Sinfonia
·May 2018
I'm excited to announce that I'll be writing a piece for the wonderful Newcastle-based Royal Northern Sinfonia. They have commissioned me as part of their 60th Anniversary season, and I will be writing for their core group plus Lars Vogt on piano. The premiere will be in February, check out the season announcement at sagegateshead.com
Fri 15 Feb
New work for Royal Northern Sinfonia at Sage Gateshead
· A short Encore for the Royal Northern Sinfonia, as part of their 60th anniversary season, for the orchestra and Lars Vogt.Mon 19 Nov
Bucketmouth at Angela Burgess Recital Hall
· Performed by Liam Byrne at the Royal Academy of Music.Listenpony on tour
·Mar 2018
In May, Listenpony is going on tour to Manchester, Birmingham and London. We're taking our 16th programme, with performances from George Fu, La Vaghezza, Cinema, Aldous RH and Elena Tonra, and new music from Robin Richards, Daniel Fardon and Joanna Ward. Details and tickets here.
Banff residency completed
·Feb 2018
For the last 5 weeks, I have been a musician-in-residence at the fantastic Banff Centre. I have to thank the generosity of the Royal Academy of Music, Help Musicians UK and some private donors for allowing me to be there, it was a fantastic experience.
I went there principally to work on the piece for 15 instruments I've written for the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble and Oliver Knussen, which I've named Dances of Travel, but I also worked on some solo piano pieces, sketches for few chamber works and a whole load more. And I met and worked with some great musicians.
I was a brilliant and surreal experience composing in a little building on the side of the mountain in Canadian winter (-47°C was the coldest...). Pictures will go up on my instagram soon.