Max Charles Davies
1981
Max studied at the Royal College of Music as a Foundation Scholar with William Mival, and as a post graduate at Cardiff University (MMus & PhD) with Professors Anthony Powers and Judith Weir. He was also an SPNM shortlisted composer from 2006-2009.
His works are characterised as having a strong sense of character-driven narrative and explore behaviour, comedy, the natural world and ritual, and a love of instrumental and textural colour, within a highly personal and polystylistic-influenced harmonic language.
His music has been performed by, amongst others, the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Cells and Sanctuaries, 2007), Music Theatre Wales (Are we in love?, 2008) and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Exultet, 2010) and at the Cheltenham Music Festival (Wild with Blue, 2008) the Tête à Tête Opera Festival (A Bit of a Nightmare Scenario [Six Word Opera], 2010, and Brunch, 2011) and Elektrostatic, Bristol (Infinity Variations, 2012).
Elsewhere, Max enjoys a richly varied career. He is active as a pianist with his own group - The Butler in the Billiard Room - a primarily jazz ensemble with interests in new music and improvisation. He is also pianist with the salsa band Fiesta Resistànce, and works frequently as an accompanist, coach, musical director, and more recently as a conductor.
Max is also a dedicated teacher, both privately and in his capacity as music teacher at the Suzanne Scale School of Performing Arts and Composition Tutor at Cardiff University.
Pieces by this composer
| Piece Title | Instruments |
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Cells and Sanctuaries
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Flute,Alto Flute,Flute (Piccolo),Oboe,Cor Anglais,Clarinet,Clarinet in Bb,Bass Clarinet,Bassoon,Contrabassoon,French Horn,Trumpet in Bb,Trombone,Bass Trombone,Tuba,Percussion,Piano,Harp,Other Keyboard,Violin,Viola,Violoncello,Double Bass |
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Raining Sunlight
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Clarinet in Bb,Piano,Violin,Violoncello |
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Through the Looking Glass
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Violin,Violoncello |
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Scena
|
Flute,Voice (Alto),Voice (Bass),Voice (Soprano),Voice (Tenor) |
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Panorama
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Flute,Alto Flute,Piccolo,Clarinet in Bb,Bass Clarinet,Piano,Violin,Violoncello |
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Dark Love Songs
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Clarinet in Bb,Bass Clarinet,Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone,French Horn,Tuba,Percussion,Piano,Violin,Viola,Violoncello,Double Bass,Voice (Baritone) |
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Dark Love Songs
|
Piano,Voice (Baritone) |
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A Book of Firsts
|
Soprano Saxophone,Violin,Viola,Violoncello |
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A Rundown on Couples
|
Piano,Violin |
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Wild with Blue
|
Alto Saxophone,Piano |
