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Timothy
Raymond studied Composition with John Lambert and Organ with
Ralph Downes at the Royal College of Music. After gaining prizes for
composition and having early work performed through the Society for the
Promotion of New Music, his continued studies included masterclasses and
short courses with Humphrey Searle, Peter Maxwell Davies, Jonathan Harvey
and Győrgy Ligeti. He gave the UK
première of Ligeti’s Two Études for Organ and was awarded a
studentship and organ scholarship by the University of Keele to study for
an MA in American Music. He subsequently received a Postgraduate
Certificate in Education after studies at the University of Reading.
Timothy Raymond’s compositions have
ranged from theatrical, community and educational projects to a series of
chamber works played at venues such as De Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, the
British Music Information Centre and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Recent
works have been premièred by the Paragon Ensemble of Scotland and the PM
Music Ensemble. He is currently working on a work for Wind Orchestra and
percussion commissioned by the College Commission Consortium for
performance in 2004. He is Head of Composition and Contemporary Music at
the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
LIST OF PRINCIPAL
COMPOSITIONS (+ a few performance details)
Large Ensemble
Nodes (1974) [sop, vib, cel, pno, 3va, 2vc, 1db]:
Jane Manning, Park Lane Group, 1974
Distance [large ensemble](1975)
Pageant Music (with Stephen Solloway) (1989) [brass ensemble]:
Winchester 1990
A Christmas Carol (incidental music) (1992) [mixed ensemble]:
Cricklade Theatre, Andover, Dec 1992
Chamber Music
Three Strange Angels (1979) [cl, pno]: Peter Symonds
College,Winchester, 1986
From the Doorways of the Dawn (1984) [solo fl; pic; a fl, optional
electronics]: King Alfred’s
College, Winchester; Stephen Solloway (flutes)
Lost Music (1992) [tenoroon, pf]: De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam 1992;
Richard Moore (tn)
Six Tonal Studies (1996) [2 fl, mba, gt, vc]: RWCMD 1996; RWCMD
Millennium Ensemble
Rorate Caeli (1998) [cl, vn, pno]: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 1999:
Paragon Ensemble
Hymn Tune Harmonies (2002) [fl, cl, vn, vc, pno]: PM Music
Ensemble, Nov 2002
Solo Keyboard
Types and Shadows (1976) [org]: Winchester, 1982;
composer (organ)
Nocturne (1985) [pno]: King Alfred’s College, Winchester, 1986;
composer (piano)
Chiming (1986) [pno]: British Music Information Centre, 1993;
composer (piano)
Choral
Christus natus est nobis (2002) [min. 16 voices]
Note on durations: almost
all the above are between 10 and 20 minutes duration
Incomplete projects as
at 20/10/03: pieces for Wind Orchestra and Percussion; solo clavichord;
substantial piece for solo vc (5 movements at the moment); soprano, fl, vc
and pno; solo guitar
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