I am a professional freelance composer, researcher, and educator whose work has been commissioned by internationally acclaimed ensembles. I was honoured with an Ivor Novello Award in 2020 for my string quartet Six Movements and received the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2019. My practice embraces plurality, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration. With extensive teaching experience across educational levels and institutions, I contribute as a visiting teacher and workshop leader, adjudicator, and tutor. My background spans composing, conducting ensembles, community outreach, and academic research with numerous commissions and public premieres of my works worldwide.

Daniel Fardon

I am a professional freelance composer, researcher, and educator whose work has been commissioned by internationally acclaimed ensembles. I was honoured with an Ivor Novello Award in 2020 for my string quartet Six Movements and received the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2019. My practice embraces plurality, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration. With extensive teaching experience across educational levels and institutions, I contribute as a visiting teacher and workshop leader, adjudicator, and tutor. My background spans composing, conducting ensembles, community outreach, and academic research with numerous commissions and public premieres of my works worldwide.

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I am a professional freelance composer, researcher, and educator whose work has been commissioned by internationally acclaimed ensembles. I was honoured with an Ivor Novello Award in 2020 for my string quartet Six Movements and received the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2019. My practice embraces plurality, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration.

With extensive teaching experience across educational levels and institutions, I contribute as a visiting teacher and workshop leader, adjudicator, and tutor. My background spans composing, conducting ensembles, community outreach, and academic research with numerous commissions and public premieres of my works worldwide.

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Experience Level

Work Experience

Freelance Composer, Workshop-Leader, and Adjudicator at Self-employed
June 1, 2013 - Present
Commissioned works and projects including adjudication for Awards for Young Musicians and judging the Wigmore Hall Lockdown Commission Scheme with over 700 applications. Leading workshops and adjudication roles in the music community.
Visiting Teacher at The Purcell School for Young Musicians
January 1, 2020 - Present
Teaching composition, analysis, music history and musicianship; directing contemporary music ensembles; tutoring Cambridge Pre-U post-16 qualification; International Online Composers’ Academy founding member and tutor.
Apprentice Composer at The Wigmore Hall
August 31, 2019 - August 29, 2025
Curated the Sense of Home Festival, collaborated with Royal Academy of Music Fellowship Ensemble, and delivered community outreach concerts in schools, care homes, and hospitals.
Teaching Associate at University of Birmingham
June 30, 2019 - August 29, 2025
Lectured undergraduate modules in composition, orchestration, and improvised practice; supervised composition students; assessed exams and provided feedback.
President of Darwin College Music at University of Cambridge
September 30, 2015 - August 29, 2025
Managed and directed all musical activities, events, and ensembles within the college.

Education

PhD Musical Composition at University of Birmingham
January 1, 2015 - June 30, 2019
MPhil Music Studies at University of Cambridge
September 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015
BMus (Hons) Music at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
September 1, 2009 - June 30, 2013

Qualifications

PRINCE2 in Project Management
January 1, 2013 - August 29, 2025
Distinction in ABRSM Grade 8 Piano
January 1, 2009 - August 29, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services