Alasdair Spratt was born in Glasgow in 1981, and studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with Anthony Gilbert and David Horne, before completing postgraduate studies with Gordon McPherson in Glasgow and Martijn Padding in Den Haag.
Alasdair's works range from solo and chamber music pieces through to a piano concerto. His music has been performed by such as Ensemble Bash, the Fidelio Trio, the Goldberg Ensemble, the Hebrides Ensemble, Liquid Architecture, the London Sinfonietta, the National Youth String Orchestra of Scotland, the Paragon Ensemble, Psappha and Symposia, and in festivals such as the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano in Italy, the Edinburgh Festival, the St. Magnus Festival on Orkney, Sound in Aberdeen, and Musica Nova and Plug in Glasgow, to great critical acclaim. His choral works have been sung in cathedrals around Britain.
After winning a string of prizes for composition, including the Philharmonia Prize in 2004, Alasdair went on to become a recipient of a Dewar Arts Award in 2007. He has a keen interest in photography, theology and literature, as well as holding a special regard for the poetry of Philip Larkin and Somhairle MacGill-Eain.
As well as writing music, Alasdair works on a freelance basis as an editor, engraver and copyist. Some projects in this area have included working with Rage Music production, compiling suites of music from the BBC television series A History of Scotland for use in various concert settings. Alasdair has also worked with Taigh na Teud Publishing (Skye) in compiling initial volumes of music for the Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams.
Alasdair also specialises in music theory, working within the Syllabus Department at the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Composer; Music Editor
