Kevin is a composer based in Glasgow, Scotland. He writes primarily for acoustic instrumental forces. His works have been performed by Psappha Ensemble, Ensemble Okeanos, Ensemble Móbile, Neave Trio, Society for New Korean Music, TaiHei Ensemble, Glasgow New Music Expedition, and The Hermes Experiment. Kevin’s music has been played on BBC Radio 3 In Tune.
In 2017, Kevin graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MMus by research, completed under the supervision of Professor Bill Sweeney and Dr. Jane Stanley. He is now undertaking doctoral studies with Dr. Jane Stanley and Dr. Drew Hammond, with his research focussing on aspects of cross-cultural composition. Kevin works as a graduate teaching assistant for the senior honours course Composition in the Classroom.
Courses and conferences Kevin has attended include: the British Forum for Ethnomusicology and Royal Musical Association joint Research Students’ Conference, Irish Composition Summer School, Debussy in 2018: A Centenary Celebration, Sound Thought, Longy School of Music Divergent Studio, University of Glasgow College of Arts Postgraduate Conference, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, CoMA Midwinter Composition Course, International Percussion Institute Sound Lab, and Psappha Ensemble Composing for Flute Scheme.
Kevin is interested in music education and has participated in projects at both primary and secondary school level. During his master’s, Kevin worked closely with Jane Stanley to implement a composition mentoring scheme that involved students from Glasgow secondary schools who were provided tuition on a regular basis. This programme has since become the Scottish Young Composers Project, where he works as co-director.
Kevin was selected to participate in Enterprise Music Scotland’s Train and Sustain 2018 programme, where worked with Fauna String Quartet to implement a composition education project at Penicuik High School in Midlothian.
Kevin is also passionate about the promotion of postgraduate practice and research in music. Since 2015, he has been involved with Sound Thought, an annual postgraduate-run conference and festival of music and sound research, composition, and performance.
He has held the position of Sound Thought committee chair since 2017, with highlights including overseeing the tenth anniversary of the festival, facilitating the premiere of eight new compositions by Glasgow New Music Expedition, and successfully providing the platform for over two-hundred delegates to present their work.
