HARRY CASTLE is a British composer, tenor, and musical director, currently studying for a DMA in composition at U-M with Roshanne Etezady and Kristin Kuster. He works at the intersection of contemporary classical, pop, jazz and musical theatre genres, and writes music as frequently at home in concert halls as it is in bars. Harry is particularly drawn to musical storytelling, and as an LGBTQ+ creative he is especially interested in telling stories that center queer and marginalized narratives.

Prior to moving to Michigan last year, Harry graduated with a BA in Music from Clare College, University of Cambridge (studying composition with Richard Causton), and an MA in Composition, Theory and Musical Theatre Writing from Yale University (studying with Kathryn Alexander, Konrad Kaczmarek, Jeanine Tesori & Scott Frankel), staying on for a year as a Research Scholar studying groove. Harry’s music has been heard at the BBC Proms, the Rhode Island International Film Festival, the National Centre for Early Music and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and has been performed by the Marea Duo, the Albatross Duo, Margaret Lancaster, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, and chamber ensembles of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Aurora Orchestra. Awards include: U-M Brehm Prize for Choral Composition, Made at the Red House Residency (Wild Plum Arts/Britten-Pears Foundation), Zodiac International Music Competition (Finalist), BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year, National Centre for Early Music Young Composers’ Award (Finalist), Clare College Carol Competition, Outstanding Arrangement Award (International Competition of Collegiate A Cappella), Paul Mellon Fellowship (Yale University). Harry’s music is published in the Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Songbook, and by Murphy Music Press.

You can find out more about Harry and his work by visiting his website: www.harry-castle.com