For example by exploring different sites, spaces and methods of presentation - whether that be online, live (when possible) or a hybrid of both. We are particularly interested in projects that place audiences and communities at the heart of the work and that engage them in new and exciting ways. Projects can be presented in any genre including jazz, electronic, grime, folk, non-western music, contemporary classical, in fact just about any form of experimental new sound and music. The type of project you might produce could take any form - from outdoor performances to DIY gigs, orchestral concerts to club nights, gallery installations to live streams, and even panel discussions and workshops. Whether you are trained in music or self-taught, have many years of experience or consider yourself ‘emerging’ - we want to hear from you! Īre you a composer or music-creator based in or with a meaningful connection to Hull or Sunderland or the surrounding regions?Ĭomposer-Curator supports outstanding projects across the UK that are curated and produced by composers, music-creators and collectives from any background. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists and is Organist & Director of Music at St Alban's Anglican Church in Copenhagen, Denmark.Applications for Composer-Curator are now closed. He is frequently engaged as a performer on piano and organ, both as a soloist and accompanist. He was subsequently awarded a Masters Distinction in Composition for Screen from the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied under film composers Vasco Hexel and Francis Shaw. His musical directing work has combined the direction of the majority of his original scores, as well as the musicals MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, THE THREEPENNY OPERA, PASSION, INTO THE WOODS, ASSASSINS, and many more.ĭavid is originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England, and he studied music at the University of Oxford, specialising in music composition and film music, where he was tutored by renowned contemporary composers Andrew Gant and Robert Saxton, and held the organ scholarship at St Edmund Hall. His theatre work includes a combination of composition and musical directing, including critically-acclaimed scores for SHIVERMAN, ANTIGONE, A DREAM PLAY, and MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL. He has also been commissioned to write choral and concert music for various different musical ensembles, with compositions performed by the BBC Singers, the Oxford Philharmonic, and the National Youth Chamber Choir of Great Britain.įilms featuring David's music have been screened and won awards at festivals around the world, including TOOTH FAIRY (REMI AWARD WINNER, Worldfest-Houston 2017), A DEEP BREATH (PRIX DE JURY, Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous-Marine 2014), and RAILWAY REDEMPTION (nominated for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, East End Film Festival 2013). Over the past decade David has written the music for several feature films, documentaries, adverts, and corporate videos - including work for Martini, NatWest, and Elsevier - as well as composing for dozens of short films and animations. He was also nominated for the WDR FILMSCORE AWARD and EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD IN SOUND DESIGN at SoundTrack_Cologne 2015 for his alternative score and sound design for OMA.
His film music combines elements of orchestral, acoustic, electronic, and synthesised genres to create imaginative and diverse soundscapes that blend seamlessly with the rest of the soundtrack, enhancing the drama and developing distinctive and immersive musical scores, while his non-dramatic works explore melodic, harmonic, and textural devices so as to construct organic, evocative, and colourful musical compositions.ĭavid's original score for TOOTH FAIRY was awarded the BEST SCORE AWARD at the Screentest Festival 2017, and his choral work THERE IS NO ROSE won the 1ST GIROLAMO ABOS INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE at the Malta International Choral Festival 2015.
DAVID ALLEN is an award-winning composer and musician who specialises in film music, music for the media, theatre music, choral music, and concert music.
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