SAM HAYDEN

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	Composer Born, Portsmouth, England, 9 December 1968 Lecturer, Department of Music, University of Sussex, since 2005 Click here for full biography
	NEW WORKS *schismatics* for solo electric violin & live electronics First performance: Grand Theater Groningen, 11 November 2007 Commissioned and performed by Mieko Kanno *Die Modularitäten* for 7 players & optional live electronics First performance: Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield, 23 November 2007, Ensemble Mosaik conducted by Enno Poppe Commissioned by the Huddersfield Festival & Ensemble Mosaik Berlin *Substratum* for orchestra First complete performance: Barbican Hall London, 8 December 2008, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 RECENT WORKS Collateral Damage (1999) For 14 Instruments First performance: 17 May 2000, Poole, Kokoro / Mark Forkgen Faber Music Millennium Series Commission Duration: 15 minutes *Intransigence* (2000) For 15 Instruments First performance: 18 Oct. 2000, Nijmegen, Orkest de Volharding / Jurjen Hempel Commissioned by Orkest de Volharding Duration: 12 minutes presence/absence (2001) For Bfl, Bar Sax, Vla, Gtr, Perc First performance: 17 May 2001, Zürich, Ensemble Cattrall / Marc Kissoczsky Commissioned by Ensemble Cattrall with support from The Britten-Pears Foundation Duration: 17 minutes 3D Music Interactive music and computer graphics in collaboration Eduardo Carillo Commissioned by Braunarts for the London Sinfonietta Broadcast on NTL broadband on 14 November 2002. See www.braunarts.com/3dmusic **Sunk Losses For Orchestra Commissioned and awarded First Prize by the Christoph Delz Foundation Composers' Competition First performance: 29 May 03, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Schoellhorn Retour à la Raison (2003) For Solo Percussion and Electronics With film: Retour à la Raison by Man Ray First performance: 20 March 2004, Ars Musica Brussels Miguel Bernat, percussion Commissioned by the Ictus Ensemble for the project "Sur les bords de la camera" emergence (2003–04) For Solo Accordion, Ensemble and Electronics First performance: 10 October 2004, Ultima Festival, Oslo Frode Haltli, Oslo Sinfonietta conducted by Christian Eggen Commissioned by the Oslo Sinfonietta Relative Autonomy (2004) For Ensemble (16 players) First performance: 27 January 2005, LSO St Luke’s London London Sinfonietta conducted by Nicholas Kok Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta system/error (2005) For Flute, Violin and Percussion First performance: 6 September 2006, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam Anne la Berge, Mieko Kanno, Claire Edwardes Commissioned by Anne La Berge impetus (2005) For Solo Percussion First performance: 25 November 2005, Huddersfield Town Hall Claire Edwardes Commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival substratum (2006) For Orchestra Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for performance in 2007 Prèmiere of sections 5–7: 17 July 2007, BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson FURTHER INFORMATION, SCORES, PERFORMING MATERIALS AND RECORDINGS Sam Hayden is one of the composers supported by the Contemporary Voices scheme administered by the British Music Information Centre. As well as housing scores and recordings in its library, the BMIC provides biographical information and work lists in printed form and on its web site. Scores, and in some cases parts and recordings, are available from the centre on request. Contact the BMIC, 1st Floor, British Music House, 26 Berners Street, London W1T 3LR. Tel: +44 (0)20 7580 3869 Fax: +44 (0)20 7637 4915 E-mail info@bmic.co.uk Web: www.bmic.co.uk**