Siobhan Connellan is a London-based composer and orchestrator, working in concert music and music for media projects.
Siobhan first studied composition at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, then went on to study music at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where she won her college’s Lady Alexander Dacre Music Prize three years in a row. In 2021 she received her MMus in Composition for Screen from the Royal College of Music, graduating with a distinction.
Since then, Siobhan has enjoyed a versatile career, including working on short films, feature films, documentaries and production music albums, and composing for ensembles from string quartets to symphony orchestras. She is also a multi-instrumentalist and plays bassoon in the London City Orchestra, where she is the composer in residence.
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Orchestral project, commissioned by the London City Orchestra. Premiered on 7th December 2024.
Lux Brumalis (Winter’s Light) was inspired by an interest in exploring ancient, pagan traditions, rather than focusing on a traditional idea of Christmastime. In particular, Winter’s Light takes inspiration from the Ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, with the middle section of the piece inspired by Ancient Roman music.
The piece opens in primordial darkness. The alto flute provides a through-line – a meditative song that eventually beckons in the festive celebrations. The party grows increasingly wild, but there is an underlying sense of foreboding and before long the darkness takes over again, leaving the strings frozen and melancholy. However, the darkness fades, and light and warmth gradually return – a reminder that spring is never too far away.
An LFS Short Film, written and directed by Markela Kontaratou.
“In 1869 Tennessee Cela worries about her father, a leading figure for the emancipated black community, when a new threat becomes imminent.”
Soundtrack by Siobhan Connellan
Composition for String Orchestra. Recorded at the Royal College of Music in May 2021, conducted by Timothy Henty.
Production music EP, ft. Modulus Quartet. Worked on EP as orchestrator and co-composer.
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