Morgan Hayes

Morgan Hayes is widely celebrated as a composer, pianist and Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. 

Early tuition with Michael Finnissy led to further studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Simon Bainbridge and Robert Saxton. Hayes would cite wider influences but his compositional voice is highly individual without shunning eclectic musical and ‘everyday‘ influences.

Performances of his works have achieved critical acclaim. Highlights include Shellac (piano solo with chamber orchestra); an orchestral BBC Proms commission Strip, Violin Concerto (with chamber orchestra), The Unrest Cure (8 Instruments) Elemental (piano solo) The Black Cap (piano duet) and Manual (organ solo). Collaborations range from BBC Symphony Orchestra, Athleas Sinfonietta, The Smith Quartet and The Fidelio Trio to Jonathan Powell, Keisuke Okazaki, and Rolf Hind.

He has been extensively featured in various books including Encounters with British Composers (2015) by Andrew Palmer, Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism (2019) and British Music after Britten (2020) by Arnold Whittall. As a pianist Hayes has worked within the field of dance, most notably Studio Wayne McGregor, English National Ballet and New English Ballet Theatre.

Biography

Morgan Hayes is widely celebrated as a composer, pianist and Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. 

Early tuition with Michael Finnissy led to further studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Simon Bainbridge and Robert Saxton. Hayes would cite wider influences but his compositional voice is highly individual without shunning eclectic musical and ‘everyday‘ influences.

Performances of his works have achieved critical acclaim. Highlights include Shellac (piano solo with chamber orchestra); an orchestral BBC Proms commission Strip, Violin Concerto (with chamber orchestra), The Unrest Cure (8 Instruments) Elemental (piano solo) The Black Cap (piano duet) and Manual (organ solo). Collaborations range from BBC Symphony Orchestra, Athleas Sinfonietta, The Smith Quartet and The Fidelio Trio to Jonathan Powell, Keisuke Okazaki, and Rolf Hind.

He has been extensively featured in various books including Encounters with British Composers (2015) by Andrew Palmer, Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism (2019) and British Music after Britten (2020) by Arnold Whittall. As a pianist Hayes has worked within the field of dance, most notably Studio Wayne McGregor, English National Ballet and New English Ballet Theatre.

Recordings by this composer

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Violin Concerto CD cover

Violin Concerto

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Compilations with this composer

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Jerwood 2

The Jerwood Series 2: Dai Fujikura, Jonny Greenwood, Morgan Hayes

London Sinfonietta Label

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Darragh Morgan: Opera cover

Darragh Morgan: Opera

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Sound Census CD Cover

Endymion: Sound Census

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The NMC Songbook

The NMC Songbook

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