Remain Composed

By William King

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A podcast featuring interviews with people who write music. How do composers start new pieces? How do they take an idea and develop into a work of art? In Remain Composed, we meet people writing different kinds of music, at different stages in their careers, to find out what influences them and how their processes work.


Episode Date
Frederick Viner on abstract music, Ligeti, new audiences and YouTube
May 09, 2026
Sally Beamish on Mozart, violas, imposter syndrome and the elements
May 02, 2026
Gavin Higgins on orchestral brass, opera, poetry and ballet
Apr 25, 2026
Sophie Daniels on songs, human connection, misogyny in music and AI
Apr 18, 2026
Zygmund de Somogyi on collaboration, performance directions and quarter life crises
Apr 11, 2026
An Easter message
Apr 04, 2026
Melanie Spanswick on composing for beginners, compiling anthologies, music education and musical titles
Mar 29, 2026
Thomas James Owen on thinking fingers, emotional connotations, Luddites and being yourself
Mar 22, 2026
Dawn Walters on Shakespeare, painting pictures, university and composing a playground.
Mar 15, 2026
David Lowe on TV, AI, the 'skip intro' button and finding words to describe music
Mar 08, 2026
Crystalla Serghiou on genre-blending, Chaka Khan, yodelling and jazz
Mar 01, 2026
Jacob Fitzgerald on piano exams, programming, pens and provoking online comments
Feb 22, 2026
Frankie Archer on electrofolk, tragic stories, MIDI controllers and the North East
Feb 15, 2026
David Lancaster on ideas, influences and being a Birtwistle fanboy
Feb 08, 2026
Sharneisha Joyner on screen music, marching bands, Trump and teacakes
Feb 01, 2026
Paul Mealor on royalty, poetry, productivity and doing your thing
Jan 25, 2026
Anna Appleby on creative process, alter-egos, scrambled eggs and soup
Jan 18, 2026
Welcome to Remain Composed
Jan 11, 2026