Biography
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Born
1954 (age 71)
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Born In
London, England, United Kingdom
Adam Pounds (b. 1954) is an English Composer.
Adam Pounds was born in London in 1954. As a student he studied at music college where his principal subjects were composition, classical guitar, oboe and conducting. As his chief interest was composing he went on to receive composition lessons from Sir Lennox Berkeley as a private student. He later continued his studies at Goldsmith’s College, London where he achieved a Bmus. He founded the Nelson Orchestra which he still conducts in 1981 and has enjoyed a long and fruitful association with Waltham Forest Arts Council. His other interests include politics and fell-walking.
Pounds composed his first major orchestral piece, the 'Gaelic Triptych', in 1983. The work is in three movements and was inspired by a holiday in the Scottish Highlands. His 'Festival Overture' was a response to a commission from Waltham Forest and the Greater London Arts Council in 1987. The main inspiration for 'Northern Picture' was the stone circle at Castlerigg.
As well as orchestral music, Pounds has also composed a number of chamber works that include sonatas for violin and for flute, but it was not until the composition of the second string quartet that the music returned to a programmatic form. His third string quartet has just been completed.
The largest work to date is a new music-drama ‘Syn’ based on the book ‘Dr Syn’ by Russell Thorndike. It is a story of a Kent coastal village in the eighteenth century where the villagers are profiting from the spoils of smuggling.
You can learn more about Adam Pounds from his official website at http://www.adampounds.co.uk.
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