David

Ridley Composer
Curriculum Vitae
35 Elmdale Rd, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3JF
+44 7775 747 970
david.joachim.ridley@gmail.com
www.davidjridley.co.uk





COMPOSITION

ASSOCIATE ARTISTSHIPS
Bucket Club (BC) http://www.bucketclub.co.uk/

TapTap Theatre (TT) http://www.taptaptheatre.com/


SELECTED THEATRE
The Light Princess (Tobacco Factory Theatres)
Our Town (Theatre Royal Bath Young Company at The Egg)
Captain Morgan I & II: The Sea of Souls (w. TT, National Tour, Pleasance Theatres)
Lorraine & Alan (w. BC, Lyric Hammersmith, Bristol Old Vic, Pleasance, National Tour)
The Eulogy of Toby Peach (w. Toby Peach, Underbelly, Richmix, National Tour)
The Temptation of St. Anthony (Mechanical Animal Corporation, Summerhall)
The Pier (Joseph Wilde, Oxford Playhouse & Marlow Theatre)
The Beasts (w. BC, Lyric Hammersmith touring production)

FILM
Miss Brill (w. Tyro Heath, premier programmed in Barbicans Autumn Season)

RADIO
Book at Bedtime (BBCR4 w. David Suchet, title music)
SELECTED CHAMBER MUSIC

Semele (an operatic narrative for Baritone and Strings)
Pulses (piano trio, Gemini Ensemble)
Cetacean Suite (5 movement work for double bass and strings)
Prey (a three-movement programmatic work for piano & double bass quintet)

SELECTED CHORAL MUSIC

Everyone Sang
Gloria
O Magnum Mysterium

ORCHESTRATION

The Hollow Crown (BBC1 drama w. Benedict Cumberbatch due in Spring 2016)
Treasure Island (National Theatre)
Hansel and Gretel (w. Dan Jones and the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House)
The Fear (Channel Four)
The Secret of Crickley Hall (BBC 1)

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CONDUCTING/LEADING EXPERIENCE

Inaugural conductor of The Voices of Hangzhou Youth Choir, Hangzhou, China

MD/lead piano for The Last Five Years, New Street Theatre, Tobacco Factory Bristol

Conductor and co-director of Bristol Operatic Societys (BOPS)
A Midsummer Nights Dream by Benjamin Britten

Conductor of Bristol University Madrigal Ensemble
President of Bristol University Composers Society
Leader of viola section for UOB Chamber Orchestra

AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS

Captain Morgan 1 & 2: Broadway Baby Bobby

Lorraine & Alan: Musical Theatre Network Award for innovation in music theatre
Brighton Fringe Theatre Award
Shortlisted for the Mobius Ensemble/Peter Brook Award

Mush and Me: Holden Street Theatre Award (enabling a tour to Adelaide)

UOB Students Union society awards: Best Production for
BOPS A Midsummer Nights Dream (MD/conductor)

Full Faculty of Arts Scholarship to study for a masters at the University of Bristol

UOB Chamber Choir Composition Competition winner for Drop, drop slow tears

Napier Miles Book Prize for outstanding work in 2nd year music,
UOB Music Department

ThreeWeeks Editors Award for Edges (Musical director)

Full music scholarship to study at Abingdon School

EDUCATION

University of Bristol (UOB)
Master of Music: Composition Pathway
Passed with distinction

University of Bristol
B.A. Honours in Music
Areas of concentration: composition, performance (piano)
Passed with a first and with the highest grade in year group


PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT


Eurasian Education Services
Conductor, teacher and course designer

Hangzhou, Eastern China


Opera Presto
Repetiteur


Music Box Childrens Opera Company
Repetiteur

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