Musical collaborators: Edward Cohen
Edward Cohen has established himself as a highly versatile and in-demand pianist. Equally at home as concerto soloist, recitalist, or chamber musician, he regularly performs with leading musicians in major venues and festivals.
Musical collaborators: Ollie p. Hawker
Ollie Hawker is a Glasgow-based composer interested in ideas of digital nostalgia and the internet as folk culture, both overtly and in more subtextual ways. He uses both acoustic and electronic forces to explore the combination of earnest sincerity and ironic absurdism that characterises much of his generation’s online discourse and in turn mediates their experience of the world.
Ollie holds a Masters degree in composition from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he studied with Linda Buckley and Alistair MacDonald, and was awarded the 2020 Kimie Composition Prize. Recent works have been performed by British ensembles Any Enemy, SEAM and Psappha, as well as international performances by Köng Duo, Megumi Masaki and Inland Ocean. He designs and performs live electronics for the audiovisual duo Instruction Manual, plays in the folk band Neuro Trash, and works as a community music practitioner for several Scottish charities.
Musical collaborators: Simone Seales
Originally from Florida, Simone Seales is a Glasgow-based cellist who completed their postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2021. They focus on free improvisation (both tonal and atonal) and devising music for theatre. Simone is passionate about exploring sound, how sound can reflect emotional states of being and how emotions are embodied. Their creative influences come from Black feminist leaders such as Audre Lorde, Assata Shakur and bell hooks. Within Simone’s creative work, they centre Blackness, sexuality, intersectional feminism and anti-racism. They believe Western Classical musicians are capable of making meaningful social change. Passionate about reaching new audiences and increasing access to arts education, Simone is a Mentor and Ambassador Programme Assistant for the Benedetti Foundation. They focus on trauma-informed teaching practices.
Musical collaborators: Scott McLean
Musical collaborators: Ewan Miller
Ewan Millar Is A Percussionist And Timpanist Based And Working In Scotland, Currently Studying On The BMus Course At The Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland As An ABRSM Scholar. Ewan Is An Avid Orchestral Musician Having So Far Been Principal Percussionist With The National Youth Orchestra Of Scotland And Has Also Worked Professionally With The Scottish Concert Orchestra And The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In Addition To This Work, He Was Also Selected To Play Second Timpani With The RSNO In A Side-By-Side Project With The RCS Performing Strauss’ Alpine Symphony In Edinburgh’s Usher Hall And The Royal Concert Hall In Glasgow.
Alongside Orchestral Work, Ewan Is A Keen Chamber Musician Having Recently Formed A Percussion Trio With Fellow Students At The RCS And Has Also Worked With Various Other Small Ensembles With A Particular Focus On Contemporary Repertoire.
