Andrew Keeling is a classical composer.

Works

Andrew Keeling has written music for the likes of Opus 20 (Meditatio 1989), Het Trio (Distant Skies, Mountains and Shadows 1992),

The Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Although ...

(O Ignis Spiritus 1993), The Apollo Saxophone Quartet (Wrestling with Angels 1993), the

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at MediaC ...

(Upon the Edge of Autumn 1994),

Evelyn Glennie Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish people, Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015. Early life Glennie was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire in Sco ...

(Concerto Nekyia 1995), The Goldberg Ensemble (Hidden Streams 1995), Fretwork (Afterwords 1999), Virelai (With How Sad Steps, O Moon 2000), Jacob Heringman (Black Sun 2001),

Gothic Voices Gothic Voices is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in repertoire from the 11th to the 15th century but also performing contemporary music, particularly pieces with medieval associations. The group was originally formed in 1980 ...

(Powered by Joy 2002), Matthew Wadsworth (MirAre 2002), Catherine King and Jacob Heringman (Eye of Heart... 2002), Alison Wells and Ian Mitchell (Pirate Things 2006) and many others. Some of Keeling's music has appeared on CD releases distributed by the

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Burning Shed Burning Shed is an independent record label established in April 2001 by musicians Tim Bowness and Pete Morgan. The label was envisaged as an artistically focused, online extension of labels such as 4AD, Factory, ECM, DGM and Mute. Burning Sh ...

, and

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record labels, as well as being performed and broadcast worldwide. It is published by Faber, PRB, Staunch and Alto Publications. Since the late 1960s, Keeling has been a keen advocate of the music of

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

and

King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...

. In 1999, Keeling was invited by

to arrange new versions of the King Crimson's music, as well as some of Fripp's solo guitar Soundscapes. Some of the resulting pieces have been performed, broadcast and recorded by The

Metropole Orchestra The Metropole Orkest (Metropole Orchestra) is a jazz and pop orchestra based in the Netherlands, and is the largest full-time ensemble of its kind in the world. A hybrid orchestra, it is a combination of jazz, big band and symphony orchestra. Com ...

of Amsterdam, and there are plans for a CD release on Fripp's DGM label. Andrew Keeling is also co-author with Mark Graham of A Musical Guide to King Crimson, a series of books, the first being "Musical Guide to In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson" () published in August 2009. Musical Guides to Larks' Tongues in Aspic and In the Wake Poseidon follow with plans for further books in the series. He has also been a part-time lecturer at the

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and the

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

in Manchester and performs in an improvisation duo with former

violinist

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. Their album English Sun was released in 2009.

References

External links

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Burning Shed, the label responsible for releasing Andrew Keeling's Blue Dawn (2007) and Reclaiming Eros (2005) albums
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keeling, Andrew Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English classical composers 21st-century classical composers Discipline Global Mobile artists English male classical composers 21st-century British male musicians