
Oliver Searle
Creator, Educator
Oliver is a Glasgow-based composer and educator and is currently Interim Head of Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has written a wide variety of works for many professional, amateur, youth and theatre organisations, which have been broadcast and performed around the world, and is interested in developing new environments for new music, collaborating with other artists and organisations to find ways to communicate to new audiences. He won a British Composer Award in 2018 for 'Microscopic Dances', a large-scale, inclusive work for digital orchestra created in collaboration with Drake Music Scotland and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, and has also been nominated for a Royal Philhamornic Society Award.
My music is published by Composers Edition and Tetractys
Residence/Main Office Glasgow
Year of birth 1977
Works
Title | Year composed | Instrumentation Genre |
---|---|---|
Sauchiehall | 2016 | Ensemble (with conductor) |
From the Coast | 2021 | Solo instrument |
Events
Date | Title | Venue |
14 Nov 2020, 9 p.m. | The Illicit Still | BBC, Online, Scotland, UK |
28 Sep 2021, 7:30 p.m. | New Music for Winds | Craxton Studios, London, England, UK |
8 Apr 2022, 6:30 p.m. | Ùrachadh | Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
5 Sep 2025, 7 p.m. | Urpremiär: Tredje Örat! | Västerås Konserthus, Västerås, Sweden, SE |
11 Oct 2025, 3:30 p.m. | NESMS 50th Anniversary Concert | Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland, UK |
Upcoming events
Recent updates
Works
- The platform vividly echoes, by Seyoung Oh
- Water and Slate, by Drew Hammond
- Thread, by Tom Macfadyen
Events
- Nordic Music Journeys 2025: Sweden & Scotland - Scottish Ensemble
- Nordic Music Journeys 2025: Sweden & Scotland - Sound Art
- The Dark Well From Which To Draw
Projects
- On a Wing and a Prayer
- On a Wing and a Prayer - presentation
- Composers' Conversations - Pete and Joe Stollery
Opportunities
- Composer Directory 2025
- Call: Something Different workshop
- CALL: Workshop – Performative works for accordion with Andreas Borregaard