Arthur Keegan-Bole is a composer of new concert music based in Bristol, U.K. where he studied with Neal Farwell, Michael Ellison and John Pickard. His music features both instrumental and mixed (instrumental + electronic) works for the concert platform.
Characterised by an immersive listening experience creating unfamiliar but expressive and emotive soundworlds, his works have been broadcast on BBC radio 3 and performed across the U.K. and in the United States and Canada by performers such as Joby Burgess, Ensemble Musikfabrik & Ensemble Variances.
His first opera The Interrogation of Adam Pollo (premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival in 2012) was awarded a Director's Choice Award from the Boston Metro Opera Company in 2014. Commissions and premieres have come from the ensembles above as well as soloists and smaller groups such as Sticks & Strings, Heather Bills (Okeanos Ensemble), Tom Torrisi, the Bristol Ensemble & the Eastman Percussion Quartet, amongst others.
In 2014 Arthur undertook a three-month residency at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York working with Professor Allan Schindler and performers from the Eastman faculty. During this trip his most performed work to date was written (Nocturne No.1 for guitar and electronics).
Alongside composing Arthur produces concerts of, and podcasts about, new music through his not-for-profit production company ARPA Productions. He also teaches composition at the University of Bristol and is active as a copyist, recordist, producer and sound engineer. He may also be found making chess sets or playing cricket.
Prizes and awards include selection for the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy (2017), Future Blend Project (runner-up 2017), J. H. Britton Fund for Music (2015 & 2014), World Universities Network (2014), Bristol Alumni Foundation (2013 & 2012), Duignan Fund (2013 & 2011), Hinrichsen Foundation (2012) & Harriet's Trust (2012), Director's Choice Award (Boston Metro Opera) (2014), the Raymond Warren Prize (2011) and the University of Bristol Centenary Prize for Composition (2010).
Please get in touch below if you have any suggestions, recommendations, ideas, queries or requests.
Characterised by an immersive listening experience creating unfamiliar but expressive and emotive soundworlds, his works have been broadcast on BBC radio 3 and performed across the U.K. and in the United States and Canada by performers such as Joby Burgess, Ensemble Musikfabrik & Ensemble Variances.
His first opera The Interrogation of Adam Pollo (premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival in 2012) was awarded a Director's Choice Award from the Boston Metro Opera Company in 2014. Commissions and premieres have come from the ensembles above as well as soloists and smaller groups such as Sticks & Strings, Heather Bills (Okeanos Ensemble), Tom Torrisi, the Bristol Ensemble & the Eastman Percussion Quartet, amongst others.
In 2014 Arthur undertook a three-month residency at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York working with Professor Allan Schindler and performers from the Eastman faculty. During this trip his most performed work to date was written (Nocturne No.1 for guitar and electronics).
Alongside composing Arthur produces concerts of, and podcasts about, new music through his not-for-profit production company ARPA Productions. He also teaches composition at the University of Bristol and is active as a copyist, recordist, producer and sound engineer. He may also be found making chess sets or playing cricket.
Prizes and awards include selection for the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy (2017), Future Blend Project (runner-up 2017), J. H. Britton Fund for Music (2015 & 2014), World Universities Network (2014), Bristol Alumni Foundation (2013 & 2012), Duignan Fund (2013 & 2011), Hinrichsen Foundation (2012) & Harriet's Trust (2012), Director's Choice Award (Boston Metro Opera) (2014), the Raymond Warren Prize (2011) and the University of Bristol Centenary Prize for Composition (2010).
Please get in touch below if you have any suggestions, recommendations, ideas, queries or requests.
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Arthur Keegan-Bole is a composer of contemporary classical music for instruments and electronics. Alongside and in addition to his compositional activities he runs ARPA Productions (a not-for-profit production company) and EAR (recording classical music).
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