Colin Riley

Composer from the London, UK. Founder of Squeaky Kate Music.

Colin Riley’s music draws on a range of elements including new technologies, improvisation, song-writing and large-scale classical form. His work is difficult to categorize integrating many stylistic approaches. His latest albums include Shenanigans (NMC) and In Place featuring Melanie Pappenheim. Other recent works include Warp and Weft a concerto for 2 cellos (Gabriella Swallow / Guy Johnston). Colin has just completed a violin concerto for Philippa Mo Stream-Shine and a new large-scale piece for the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden Earth Voices. He is a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University, a mentor for Making Music’s Adopt A Composer Scheme, runs his own label Squeaky Kate and writes a regular blog about composing called Riley Notes