Artist Profile: Edward Tait
Edward Tait is a London-based composer, whose music has been performed across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, by ensembles like the London Sinfonietta, Carducci Quartet and Orion Orchestra. He is currently collaborating with the Arquia Duo on recording his song cycle Vectis, based on poems by Mollie Mardel. In November, he will receive his debut broadcast on BBC Radio 3, following success in the NCEM Young Composer Award.
Edward studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Gareth Moorcraft and Louise Drewett, and he is artistic director of the MetroLand Music Festival.
Catalogue of Works
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Shostakovich March from Children's Notebook (2026)
arrangement for orchestra
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Vectis Tableau I (2026)
for solo organ
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Pastorale (2026)
for bassoon/cello & piano
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Sarcasm (2026)
for viola & piano
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Snapshot (2026)
for solo viola
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Fanfare on the A String (2026)
for string trio
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Cloches (2026)
for solo piano
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Whisper (2026)
for solo flute
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Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Devo (2026)
arrangement for cello quartet
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Ashes Beneath the Ice (2026)
for cello & piano
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Dovetail (2026)
graphic score for flute, clarinet & cello
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Fanfares for Dawn & Dusk (2026)
for oboe & electronics
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my troubled sense doth move (2026)
for soprano, cornett & harpsichord
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Atkinsongs (2026)
for 3 basses & piano
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Variation on Sumer is i-cumen in (2026)
for solo bassoon
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Satie Le Piccadilly (2026)
arrangement for bassoon & string quartet
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Five Baroque Fugues (2026)
for solo piano
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Prokofiev Visions Fugitives (2026)
arrangement for chamber orchestra
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Commuting Phases (2025)
improvised soundtrack for solo piano
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Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil (2025)
arrangement for soprano, violin & cello
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Symphony No. 1 (2025)
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Movement from Composers Parallels (2025)
for violin, viola & piano
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Orage (2025)
for solo piano
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Engineer's Paradise (2025)
for four-hand piano
Duration: circ. 5 minutes
Premiere: Royal Academy of Music, 2025Click here to purchase the score
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Pulsating (2025)
for flute and guitar
Duration: circ. 7 minutes
Premiere: Royal Academy of Music, 2025Click here to purchase the score
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Four Miniatures for Alto Flute (2025)
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Elegy (2025)
for six-hand piano
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Peter Pan (2025)
for orchestra
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Family Mix-Up (2025)
for oboe & piano
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Shifting (2025)
for string trio
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Solo Clarinet Sonata (2025)
Duration: circ. 8 minutes
Premiere: September 2027 (TBA)Click here to purchase the score
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Ballade (2025)
for violin & piano
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Bullseye! (2025)
for solo piano
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The Story of Music (2025)
for mixed quartet
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Fruhlingslied (2025)
for solo piano
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Reverie (2025)
for solo harp
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Three Purcell Intermezzi (2025)
for solo piano
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Bartok Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs (2025)
arrangement for chamber orchestra
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Minuet or Trio? (2025)
for 2 violins, cello & harpsichord
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Ignited (2025)
for solo bassoon
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Triptych (2025)
for solo violin
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Minuet on a Theme by Ravel (2024)
for solo viola
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HexRAMeron Variation and Fugue (2024)
for six-hand piano
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Star of the East (2024)
for SSAATTBB choir
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Ecstasio (2024)
for cello octet
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Chamber Concerto (2024)
for chamber orchestra
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Ten Cycles (2024)
for solo flute
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Pervasion (2024)
for solo clarinet
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In the Bleak Midwinter (2024)
for SATB choir
Duration: circ. 3 minutes
Premiere: Katharine Cree Church, 2024Click here to purchase the score
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Amersham Summer (2024)
improvised soundtrack for cello & piano
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Glitter Is Not Gold (2024)
for solo cello
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Ballade (2024)
for clarinet trio
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Capriccio (2024)
for bassoon duo
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Lillibulero (2024)
for solo piano
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Rhapsody for Sextet (2024)
for chamber ensemble
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Ash Grove (2024)
for chamber orchestra
Duration: circ. 8 minutes
Premiere: Purcell School of Music, 2024Click here to purchase the score
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Barton Coast (2024)
for saxophone quartet
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Three Scottish Dances (2024)
for oboe quartet
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EDTA (2024)
for cello, piano & snare drum
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Mirabile Mysterium (2024)
for SSATB choir
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In Memoriam Lulu (2024)
for solo piano
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Empire of the Sun (2024)
arrangement for violin & piano
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Eclogue (2023)
for wind quintet
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Fleeting Manhattan (2023)
for orchestra
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Fantasia-Elegy (2023)
for clarinet & piano
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Viennese Autumn Waltz (2023)
for string quartet
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Crenark Hill (2023)
for orchestra
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Allegretto for Clarinet and Piano (2023)
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String Trio No. 1 (2023)
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Hunstanton Prelude (2023)
for chamber ensemble
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Holst The Planets (2023)
arrangement for solo piano
Duration: circ. 52 minutes
Premiere: Purcell School of Music, 2023Click here to purchase the score
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Herbstlied (2023)
for solo piano
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Solo Fantasia No. 1 for Piano (2023)
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Waltzing Matilda (2023)
arrangement for chamber ensemble
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Interlude for Piano Trio (2023)
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Passage of Time (2023)
for string quartet
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Disney Medley, I Guess (2022)
for chamber ensemble
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One Spirit Voice (2022)
for electronics
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Prelude and Fugato (2022)
for oboe & bassoon
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Response (2022)
for solo piano
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Take, O Take (2022)
for baritone & guitar
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Lincoln's Speech (2022)
for snare drum & piano
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Le Voyage dans la Lune (2022)
soundtrack for chamber orchestra
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Two Shakespeare Songs (2022)
for SATB choir
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Macbeth (2022)
for orchestra
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Elegy for Violin and Guitar (2022)
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Prelude, after Bach and Siloti (2022)
for electronics
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Quartet for the End of the Day (2021)
for clarinet quartet
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Caledonian Voyage (2021)
improvised soundtrack for solo piano
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Two Sketches Written from the Dartmouth Steam Railway (2021)
for solo piano
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Fugue for String Trio (2021)
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Three Short Pieces for Wind Trio (2021)
for clarinet, bassoon & trumpet
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Le Ballon Rouge (2021)
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Mo Li Hua (2021)
for orchestra
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Gaziantep Dance (2021)
for 2 bendir & piano
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Fanfare Piece for Septet (2021)
for chamber ensemble
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Passacaglia for Wind Quintet (2021)
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Glenealo (2021)
for string orchestra
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Prelude in C minor (2021)
for solo piano
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Alpenhornhymne (2021)
for brass trio
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Moment of Minecraft Ambience (2021)
for solo piano
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Jazz Elegy (2020)
for solo piano
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Piano Sonata No. 1 (2020)
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The Tyger (2020)
for string orchestra
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Rondo for String Quartet (2020)
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Prelude for Violin and Piano (2020)
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Seven Note Fanfare (2020)
for 2 trumpets & violin
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Starry Night (2019)
for violin, viola & piano
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The Night Hunter (2019)
for chamber ensemble
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British Fantasia (2019)
for wind quintet
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Sinfonietta (2019)
for brass quintet
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Fantasia for Four Hands (2019)
for cello & piano
Premiered by Djordie Jovanovich & Benji Lock, Purcell School for Young Musicians, 2019.
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Trireme (2018)
for orchestra
Premiered by the Purcell School Sinfonia, conducted by Paul Hoskins, 2019.
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Variations on a Theme from Mary Poppins (2018)
for solo cello
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Piano Quintet (2018)
Written under the guidance of Deborah Pritchard & Brian Elias.
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Ghostly Dance (2018)
for clarinet quintet
Premiered at the Purcell School Junior Composition Competition, 2018.
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Novelette (2017)
for cello & piano
Premiered by Da-In Kim & Amanda Zhou, Purcell School for Young Musicians, 2019.