Arthur Keegan-Bole is a composer of concert music based between Bristol and London, U.K. He writes both instrumental and mixed (instrumental + electronic) music for the concert platform. His works have been performed across the UK, the US and Canada and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, played by performers such as the Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean, Joby Burgess, the London Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Musikfabrik.
His music cross-pollinates approaches to electronic and instrumental musics and is performer and audience-focused. He aims to create expressive music that performers enjoy playing and emotive, immersive listening experiences for audiences.
His first opera The Interrogation of Adam Pollo was awarded a Director's Choice Award from the Boston Metro Opera Company in 2014 and his most performed work, Nocturne No. 1 for guitar and electronics, was written whilst on a residency at the Eastman School of Music, New York. He is a current recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award.
Alongside composing Arthur is active as a conductor and sound engineer. He teaches composition at Middlesex University and may also be found making chess sets or playing cricket.
His music cross-pollinates approaches to electronic and instrumental musics and is performer and audience-focused. He aims to create expressive music that performers enjoy playing and emotive, immersive listening experiences for audiences.
His first opera The Interrogation of Adam Pollo was awarded a Director's Choice Award from the Boston Metro Opera Company in 2014 and his most performed work, Nocturne No. 1 for guitar and electronics, was written whilst on a residency at the Eastman School of Music, New York. He is a current recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award.
Alongside composing Arthur is active as a conductor and sound engineer. He teaches composition at Middlesex University and may also be found making chess sets or playing cricket.