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Mark David Boden,
Composer

Mark David Boden is an award-winning composer, music director and multifaceted music producer who has been described as “one of Wales's most exciting emerging new talents” (Music Theatre Wales). His critically acclaimed music has been performed extensively around Europe at concerts, music festivals and theatre productions. In addition to creating a substantial body of orchestral, solo and chamber work, Mark regularly conducts and leads workshops for amateur musicians in the United Kingdom.

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Mark regularly creates bespoke compositions for a variety of mediums whether it be for musicals, films or live performances. Formulating music is a collaborative process and there is nothing that Mark enjoys more than working with like-minded individuals to create something truly unique and special.

If you would like more information about working with Composer Mark David Boden, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

 

 

 

Reviews For Mark David Boden

 

 

“Gentle droplets fell and rivulets ran…the strings shrouded in atmospheric mizzle. Yet Boden allowed the music to veer off… in colourful, filmic style”

The Times

 

“Boden handled the full forces – often deployed tutti – with impressive verve”

Wales Arts Review

 

 

 

 

 

“The composer expresses something personal to him but which also, in its guileless honesty and comfortingly familiar musical language, speaks to us all”

Wales Arts Review

 

“The University of St Andrews Symphony Orchestra's appointment of the fabulous young composer, Mark David Boden is to be truly celebrated”

Paul Mealor, Composer

 

 

MARK DAVID BODEN:  SAMPLES

 

 

 

When BBC NOW approached Mark about a commission for their 90th birthday celebration, he asked producer Tim Thorne about the possibility of writing a clarinet concerto for principal clarinetist Rob Plane.

Rob and Mark are both keen distance runners and this was used as a starting point for the structure of the concerto (which loosely relates to running a marathon).

 

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Shadows of a Changing Land takes inspiration from a book of photography by Peter Freeman depicting the Lake District National Park. Mark was particularly drawn to Freeman's use of natural light and shadow to capture the vivid and striking colours of the natural world. 

 


Murmurations can range from a few hundred birds creating small shimmering balls of energy, to vast undulating masses of millions. This natural phenomenon was explored in the oscillating and rippling textures which generate a sense of fluid and yet unpredictable motion in Murmurations for a double string orchestra.

 

 

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

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2024

11/12, Bath Abbey

New Work - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Mark Boden - Conductor

29/11, Hereford Cathedral

Dormi Jesu

 

28/10, Carpenters' Hall, London

 

Alba - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

String Quartet

13/07, Bath Abbey

 

Salvador  - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Mark Boden  (conductor)

12/06, Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff

 

Chasing Sunlight  - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Fenella Humphreys (violin)

RWCMD String Orchestra

04/05, Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff

Voices of Earth - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Elizabeth Atherton (Soprano)

Alice Neary (Cello)

James Southall (Piano)

20/03, The Forum, Bath

You Had it All - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Mark Boden (musical director)

 

2025

18/03, Guildhall, Bath

Flute Concerto - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Edward Blackwall - Flute

Mark Boden - Conductor

28/03, Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff

Bounce, Wave, Buzz, Rave - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Saxophone Quartet

06/07, Newport Cathedral

New Work - WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

Rhys Herbert - Cello

Rebecca Selley - Piano

 

 

 

 

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