UE composers from RMN Classical

Dr. Allen McCullough, b.1978, is an active composer and pedagogue, and is currently on the music faculty at Purdue University. With an undergraduate degree in music from Brown University, he also holds one Master’s degree in Composition from Manhattan School of Music, along with a second Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Composition from the University of Pennsylvania. He has composed extensively for the piano, for voice, and has several entries in the string quartet genre, alongside works for full orchestra, including a concerto for piano and orchestra, and a symphony in five movements. He has received commissions and/or grants from various entities, including the National Endowment for the Arts. Recent honors include selections for "drift" – vol.34 of the Society of Composers, Inc. new music CD series, inclusion in the scores library for the American Viola Society for his Sonata for Viola and Piano (c.2019), and RMN Classical’s album "Modern Music for Piano 4."

As a composer, pianist, programmer, and sound artist with a wide range of interests, Brad Robin composes and perform in numerous genres including classical, jazz, electroacoustic, contemporary, and popular mediums, as well as traditional and experimental intermedia theatre. His music has been performed at national and international festivals including the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), SEAMUS, and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. His recent work Spread for piano and live electronics received 2nd place in the Golden Key National Piano Composition Competition, has been performed in Vienna at the awards ceremony and Electronic Music Midwest, and appears RMN Classical's Call of Piano Works 2020. His live piano improvisations album, Release, is available through Naxos on the Centaur label. He currently teaches at DePaul and Northwestern Universities in Chicago, Illinois, where he resides with his wife Nicole, and daughter Bridget.

Paolo Ghiglione was born in Alessandria, Italy, in 1993. He graduated with high honours and distinction in Piano in 2011, specializing afterwards with M° Andrea Carcano, and in Composition (with M° Paolo Ferrara, a student of M° Carlo Pinelli, who was a student of Paul Hindemith and Federico Ghedini) with high honours in 2019. He graduated with high honours and distinction both in Ancient Literature and in Linguistic Sciences from the University of Turin. His compositions have been commissioned and performed in festivals and events including in particular: Settimana della Musica Contemporanea in Novara, at the Conservatory "G. Cantelli", the 45th Festival of Contemporary Music in Bolzano, and the MiTo Settembre Musica 2021 Festival. He is also very active as a pianist, soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician, performing in various repertoires or genres with a particular interest in contemporary music.

Pierre-Henri Wicomb is a South African composer residing in Cape Town. He completed a Masters degree in composition at University of Cape Town and Post Graduate studies at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Netherlands, where he completed his course as one of the top students of his year. Ensembles and soloists Wicomb has worked with include the Asko ensemble, Ensemble Reconsil, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, L’Instant Donne, Ums n Jip, Potage du Jour/InterZones, DissonArt, Ensemble Insomnia, X[iksa], Duo Axelsson Nilsson, Soren Hermansson and the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Festival to name a few. Wicomb’s music has featured at the Festival D’Automne, New York City Electronic Music Festival, International Computer Music Conference (Utrecht), Festivalen for Svensk Konstmusik (Stockholm), Forum Wallis contemporary music festival (Leuk), Infecting the City Festival (Cape Town) and Unyazi Electronic Music Festival (Cape Town) to name a few.

Wicomb has been a finalist of the greek ensemble DissonArt’s Miniatures project, he was a prizewinner for the Ablaze Records (USA), RMN Music (UK) and finalist for the 'Ars Electronica' Forum Wallis (Switzerland) call for works. He has been successful in applying for a few international composition residencies including the Visby International Composers Centre (VICC) and Pro Helvetia. His music has been recorded on the Leo Records, Orlando Records, MovieScore Media, Ablaze Records and RMN Music labels. Wicomb has also worked on TV and film creating soundtracks for projects that has screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Holland), South by SouthWest Festival (USA), Canneseries Festival (France) and Sitges Film Festival (Spain). He is also the co-founder of the Purpur Festival, an annual event showcasing the works of local and international composers and musicians and as a performer he is also an ambitious free improviser and member of the Africa Open Improvising collective. He is currently busy with a PhD working with the Swiss improvising duo Franziska Baumann and Christoph Baumann towards the realisation of an experimental chamber opera called Melody-Malady-Melody-Malady.

Rick Romano (Turin, Italy, 1982) is a highly accomplished Composer-Conductor-Producer. He earned the "Master of Talents" scholarship from CRT Foundation and received accolades in prestigious international competitions, including Ricordi/Universal, City of Milan, and MITO Settembre Musica Festival, ranking among the top 3. His impressive catalogue comprises over 100 commissioned works, spanning concert music, film scores, and stage plays. Some pieces were performed across Europe and the USA and published by major labels like EMI and Warner/Chappell. He holds a Master's Degree in Composition graduating with honours from the Conservatory of Music "Vivaldi" in Alessandria, Italy, under the guidance of M. Paolo Ferrara. He then refined his skills in masterclasses with esteemed composers like S. Reich, D. Lang, and Academy Award-winners A. Desplat and L. Bacalov. As a conductor, Rick gained recognition through sold-out concerts with various orchestras in the Greater London area.

Will Frampton a composer whose work has been performed and commissioned by ensembles including Psappha Ensemble, Ligeti Quartet, Berkeley Ensemble, Allegri Quartet, and the Orchestra of Opera North. It has received radio broadcast including BBC Radio 3. Will's song cycle Enûma Eliš was recorded and released by Rachel Duckett and the Marsyas Trio, supported by a grant from the Bliss Trust. As a member of the electronic music duo The Keeling Curve, Will has received Sound and Music’s ‘Interpreting Isolation project’ grant, Arts&Heritage ‘Blue Sky Museums' grant, been shortlisted for the inaugural RMA Tippet Medal, and undertaken a BrittenPears creative retreat in Aldeburgh.. In 2016 Will was awarded an AHRC full award for PhD in composition at the University of Manchester which I was awarded in 2020.