Andrew Powell
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Andrew Powell (born 18 April 1949) is a British musical composer, arranger and performer, born of Welsh parents. He moved to Wales in 2003.
Early life
Powell was born in
Musical career
After leaving Cambridge, Powell's first professional engagement was as a soloist at the
Powell's career as an arranger began at this time. His first commission was the debut album for
Powell is credited as a member of The Alan Parsons Project on its first album (Tales of Mystery and Imagination) in the roles of arranger, conductor and composer. He continued to work as arranger and conductor on all but one of their albums, and with Alan Parsons when the group broke up. He performed live with Alan Parsons and Al Stewart, and made an orchestral album from The Alan Parsons Project's songs: The Philharmonia Orchestra Plays The Best of The Alan Parsons Project in 1983.
Powell produced Kate Bush's three-song demo tape and her debut album The Kick Inside (1978). He later produced, with help from Bush, her second album, Lionheart (1978).
Other artists he has worked with include
.Powell wrote the soundtrack for the movies
Recent work
More recent work has included arranging and conducting Wouter Van Belle's Wow & Flutter, and writing for brass bands including the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Parc & Dare Band and Burry Port Town Band, also the album Stockhausen: Michael's Farewell, etc with John Wallace.
Living Stones received its world première at St Davids Cathedral, Wales, on 27 October 2007, and Glasiad y dydd dros Ben Dinas at the City of London Festival on 19 March 2008.
In 2017, after a break from film scoring of nearly 30 years, he composed original music for the sci-fi short Here We Go Again, Rubinot!, directed by Italian cinematographer Giuliano Tomassacci.[3] The score appeared the next year on Kronos Records in a limited CD release.[4]
Powell is artistic director of BluestoneArts, a social enterprise company that promotes music, words and visual arts in north Pembrokeshire.
Personal life
Powell moved to Wales in 2003, having started studying Welsh beforehand. He is now a fluent speaker.[5][6]
References
- ^ BBC Proms, 13 August, 1970
- ^ Giuliano Tomassacci (4 August 2006). "The Wolf, the Hawk and the Avant-Garde Musician: Interview with Andrew Powell". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Franco, Ruben (22 August 2018). "Here We Go Again Rubinot En Kronos Records". Asturscore. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Larson, Randall (4 November 2018). "Soundtrax Episode 2018 - 7 November 04, 2018". Buysoundtrax.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Andrew Powell Concert Music Page". Andrewpowell.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio Cymru - C2, Georgia Ruth, 25/09/2014". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.