Below is information about the Collective's associate composers:
Paul Jones
Paul is a composer, improviser and pianist. He was Composer in Residence at the Brecon Jazz Festival 2006, and has recieved commissions from the Wales Jazz Composers Orchestra,The P.R.S Foundation, Ruth is Stranger than Richard Theatre Company, and the Sherman Theatre. His Theatre work has included a new score for Samuel Beckett's radio play Words and Music and music for Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle.He has also worked with Ian McMillan, Diversions Dance Company, Linder Sterling, Keith Tippett & Goldie Lookin’ Chain.
Paul was recently invited to perform a new composition entitled +/_ for two Organs at the Sonic Arts Network Expo 2007 in Plymouth.
He teaches Jazz Piano and Improvisation at the Junior Music Department at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and is very active as a performer in Jazz and Improvised music. He leads several music groups including co -running the Jones O'Connor Group & running the Improv/Noise Trio Sound Engineer.
Web Links:- www.myspace.com/thepones
Deri Roberts
Deri studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from 1997 to 2004, graduating with the MMus qualification in Composition. During his studies, Deri received the Principal's Award for Composition, the ‘David Harries Memorial Award’ for his String Quartet ‘Tair Can o Gymru’, and the HTV Study Award.
Derihas a diverse background in music, ranging from school brass bands and orchestral playing, through to electro-acoustic, and television composition.
Deri has worked on many television scores, including:
• 'Travel to...." 20 promos with a travel theme for BBC Worldwide.
• "Post - Mortem". Six half-hour series made for Channel 5.
• "Welsh Wildlife" . Six short animations made for HTV Wales.
• Nokia TV ad - Drum'n'Bass music.
• “Meerkat Manor”. 13 half- hour espisodes of the ‘soap’ living with Meerkats for Animal Planet.
• “Inti Warri Nassi” . A 30 minute conservation film about an animal Sanctuary in Bolivia,
• "Built for the Kill!", "Cold Blooded Killerz!", "Undersea Deception"& "Flying Insects" for National Geographic.
• “Volcano Alert” A 23-minute film for Channel 5
• “Pirhana Attack” 1 hour film for Channel 5. Produced by "Tigress Production's"
• “Roman Mummies” Half -hour film for Channel 5. Produced by "Tigress Productions"
Deri also performs and records with bands such as ‘Full Circle’, an improvisational ensemble, with Christopher Rees on his album ‘The Sweetest A che’, and with R.T.Dafis on his albums ‘The Musical’ and ‘Jerusalem Artichoke’. Deri has recently returned from Brazil where he was performing with Patua Dance, (a Brazilian dance company) celebrating the 450th anniversary of their City, Sau Paulo.
Deri is also a keen teacher. He tutors Commercial Music and Music Technology at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He also tutors the A- and As-level and BTEC Music Technology courses at Coleg Glan Hafren.
