James Albany Hoyle is a composer based in London.  James’s music embraces an eclectic range of influences, including ‘classics’ of the repertoire as well as more recent approaches. He is particularly interested in Bach, Sibelius, Nielsen, Grisey, amongst many others, and explores new ways of incorporating such influences into his music through his composition work. His music aims to combine a kaleidoscopic and pluralistic array of different musical styles and compositional approaches, forming unlikely unions between all of them by way of structural logic and narrative.

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James completed his doctorate in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, investigating time and temporality through musical composition.  He has also participated in the Royal Philharmonic Society Composers Programme, the London Symphony Orchestra’s Panufnik Composers Scheme, and masterclasses at Dartington Internation Summer School and LEAD! Foundation’s Fiskars Summer Festival.  His teachers and mentors have included Julian Anderson, Matthew Kaner, Colin Matthews, and Magnus Lindberg. 

 

Alongside composing, James is also committed to supporting the next generations of young composers, and currently teaches composition at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 

 

James is represented by Blom Music Management.