Rylan Gleave - WIRED

Workshop performance video
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WIRED - coffee, cables, checking your phone, Coca-Cola Zero, cardio, consuming to excess /
...what can you write in a night... /
I lay in bed
for hours in the dark
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listening
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the rain
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a well-rounded rush of dread
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hours in the dark
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Composer: Rylan Gleave

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Biography

Rylan Gleave (b.1997) is a composer and vocalist from the north of England, currently based in Glasgow, Scotland. His compositions over the last few years have included chamber works about navigating neurodiversity, defiantly Queer sound art, morality-tale narratives for Deaf actors, duets for out-of-tune piano and snoring, and relaxed concert music for children with Additional Support Needs. Rylan is fascinated by addressing the intersectional issues that overlap in his identity and communities in music, and strives to address these issues as both composer and performer, often taking to the stage in his own pieces. Some recent international successes have included; being selected as a JACK Studio Artist, 2020-22, by JACK Quartet for a professional recording project, a piece selected and purchased for a concert of Disabled composers worldwide by Crossing Borders Music, and being awarded 2nd Prize in The Diversity Initiative Call for Scores in the Brass Septet Category, with an Honourable Mention in the Brass Trio Category. Locally, Rylan has recently been commissioned by soundfestival, Red Note Ensemble, Nevis Ensemble, Live Music Now, and Hebrides Ensemble. Rylan is currently studying a Master of Music Degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Dr. Linda Buckley, supported by The Kenneth Barritt Scholarship from the RCS Scholarship Trust, and The Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust. He graduated from the RCS with a Bachelor of Music Degree, with Honours of the First Class, in 2019.