Marc Yeats is a UK based contemporary classical composer and visual artist. His distinct musical works have been performed and commissioned around the world, as well as broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland, and various other European and American radio stations. Yeats has previously worked with countless distinguished musicians, such as Psappha, the London Sinfonietta, the Endymion Ensemble, Paragon Ensemble, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic, and Gewandhaus Radio Orchestra. Yeats is currently a Composer-in-Association with Thumb Ensemble, in Birmingham, UK, Manchester Pride, in Manchester, UK, and Chamber Cartel, in Atlanta, USA. In addition, he is an Arts Council Specialist Music Assessor, the Chair of DIVAcontemporary – an artist-led organization committed to creativity and experimentation in the arts and practice-based research – and a founding partner of SATSYMPH LLP.
Yeats’ artwork has been exhibited and collected across the UK and abroad. An Tobar, An Gallery, and The Pier Art Centre, all public galleries in Scotland, currently have Yeats’ paintings on display. He will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Marburae Art Gallery in Maccelsfied, Cheshire for the summer of 2013.
Some of Yeats’ recent large music commissions include: SATSYMPH’s – "on a theme of Hermes" (an original work which fuses poetry and contemporary classical ensemble music in an innovative way that is delivered via smartphone apps – and "struzstrom" – a large choral work commissioned by Coastal Voices as part of an umbrella project that explored the Jurassic Coast. Other commissions include a string quartet for the Corsham Festival, a brass quintet for Alba Brass, and new works for the Thumb Ensemble and Manchester Pride.
Yeats has received many enthusiastic reviews for his work in The Times, The Independent, The Scotsman, and The Herald.
Yeats’ artwork has been exhibited and collected across the UK and abroad. An Tobar, An Gallery, and The Pier Art Centre, all public galleries in Scotland, currently have Yeats’ paintings on display. He will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Marburae Art Gallery in Maccelsfied, Cheshire for the summer of 2013.
Some of Yeats’ recent large music commissions include: SATSYMPH’s – "on a theme of Hermes" (an original work which fuses poetry and contemporary classical ensemble music in an innovative way that is delivered via smartphone apps – and "struzstrom" – a large choral work commissioned by Coastal Voices as part of an umbrella project that explored the Jurassic Coast. Other commissions include a string quartet for the Corsham Festival, a brass quintet for Alba Brass, and new works for the Thumb Ensemble and Manchester Pride.
Yeats has received many enthusiastic reviews for his work in The Times, The Independent, The Scotsman, and The Herald.