Cheryl Frances-Hoad
@cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social
Composer "unafraid even to sprinkle a little cheese over it all" 5:4 "voluptuous and biting" The Guardian “that immense climax gets me every time” 5:4
www.cherylfranceshoad.co.uk
www.cherylfranceshoad.co.uk
ALL my themes are fitting together in my final climactic build up. who needs drugs and alcohol when composing can be so much fun? 😆
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
ALL my themes are fitting together in my final climactic build up. who needs drugs and alcohol when composing can be so much fun? 😆
It's wonderful to be back in Ernen again, for three performances of my work over two days, during the 'Newcomers' part of Festival Musikdorf Ernen. Going to be very hard to leave this place in a few days for the final time!
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September 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's wonderful to be back in Ernen again, for three performances of my work over two days, during the 'Newcomers' part of Festival Musikdorf Ernen. Going to be very hard to leave this place in a few days for the final time!
www.musikdorf.ch/en/chamber-m...
www.musikdorf.ch/en/chamber-m...
@rsno.bsky.social officially my favourite orchestra in the world after telling me that can't tell the age difference between a publicity photo taken 18 years ago and one taken last year. 😂 I'll take that fib any day! :)
August 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@rsno.bsky.social officially my favourite orchestra in the world after telling me that can't tell the age difference between a publicity photo taken 18 years ago and one taken last year. 😂 I'll take that fib any day! :)
Super happy that my Toccata, commissioned by Simon Hogan, features in this Choral Evensong! Huge thanks to Tom Winpenny for this fab performance.
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BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Royal Holloway, University of London
From the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London, with the Rodolfus Choral Course.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Super happy that my Toccata, commissioned by Simon Hogan, features in this Choral Evensong! Huge thanks to Tom Winpenny for this fab performance.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Really delighted to feature on this fab new disc from @schellhornmusic.bsky.social and @firsthandrecords.bsky.social !
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Matthew Schellhorn official album trailer | Odd Sympathies (First Hand Records)
YouTube video by Matthew Schellhorn
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August 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Really delighted to feature on this fab new disc from @schellhornmusic.bsky.social and @firsthandrecords.bsky.social !
youtu.be/DYwA8dlyLqo?...
youtu.be/DYwA8dlyLqo?...
It's so wonderful to be back in Ernen for Festival Musikdorf Ernen! Hugely grateful that so many of my works are being performed here - the earliest a cello piece I wrote in 1997 (!) and the latest, a new string quartet that I only finished this February. Feeling exceptionally lucky to be here.
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's so wonderful to be back in Ernen for Festival Musikdorf Ernen! Hugely grateful that so many of my works are being performed here - the earliest a cello piece I wrote in 1997 (!) and the latest, a new string quartet that I only finished this February. Feeling exceptionally lucky to be here.
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Such a pleasure to interview @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social for The God Cast today and talk about music and the art of creating something new.
Full chat here youtu.be/hf8gQpE8U4s?...
Full chat here youtu.be/hf8gQpE8U4s?...
July 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Such a pleasure to interview @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social for The God Cast today and talk about music and the art of creating something new.
Full chat here youtu.be/hf8gQpE8U4s?...
Full chat here youtu.be/hf8gQpE8U4s?...
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Sequenzas, tributes and memorials with Ensemble Renard at Aldeburgh Festival
Splendid centennial tributes to Berio and Boulez, feat. @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social world premiere, Esa-Pekka Salonen 📯 étude & quintet rarity, plus solos by Britten, Maxwell Davies & Colin Matthews
#adventuresinmusic
Splendid centennial tributes to Berio and Boulez, feat. @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social world premiere, Esa-Pekka Salonen 📯 étude & quintet rarity, plus solos by Britten, Maxwell Davies & Colin Matthews
#adventuresinmusic
Sequenzas, tributes and memorials with Ensemble Renard at the Aldeburgh Festival
Ensemble Renard performing at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh. © Britten Pears Making their inspirational Aldeburgh Festival appearances on Friday and Saturday mornings, the five marvelous musicians of…
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June 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Sequenzas, tributes and memorials with Ensemble Renard at Aldeburgh Festival
Splendid centennial tributes to Berio and Boulez, feat. @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social world premiere, Esa-Pekka Salonen 📯 étude & quintet rarity, plus solos by Britten, Maxwell Davies & Colin Matthews
#adventuresinmusic
Splendid centennial tributes to Berio and Boulez, feat. @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social world premiere, Esa-Pekka Salonen 📯 étude & quintet rarity, plus solos by Britten, Maxwell Davies & Colin Matthews
#adventuresinmusic
Hugely grateful to Simon Hogan for his fabulous recording of my Toccata on this newly released disc from @conviviumrecords.bsky.social !
May 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hugely grateful to Simon Hogan for his fabulous recording of my Toccata on this newly released disc from @conviviumrecords.bsky.social !
Very happy that my solo cello suite, premiered by the wonderful Natalie Clein last year at the @wigmore-hall.org.uk is now available to purchase! @wisemusiccreative.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Very happy that my solo cello suite, premiered by the wonderful Natalie Clein last year at the @wigmore-hall.org.uk is now available to purchase! @wisemusiccreative.bsky.social
Hugely grateful to
Oriel College Choir, Oxford and Director of Music Dr. David Maw for the premiere of my anthem ‘O Maria, Virgo Pia’ yesterday!
Oriel College Choir, Oxford and Director of Music Dr. David Maw for the premiere of my anthem ‘O Maria, Virgo Pia’ yesterday!
May 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hugely grateful to
Oriel College Choir, Oxford and Director of Music Dr. David Maw for the premiere of my anthem ‘O Maria, Virgo Pia’ yesterday!
Oriel College Choir, Oxford and Director of Music Dr. David Maw for the premiere of my anthem ‘O Maria, Virgo Pia’ yesterday!
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Join me and Cara Berridge in #Kent this Sunday 🎻 at the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival, 18 May at 11am! A morning of #Bach and @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social, with tales from my #Cello book woven together 🌿✨ Under 25s go free!
🎟️ Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sacconi-fest...
🎟️ Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sacconi-fest...
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May 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join me and Cara Berridge in #Kent this Sunday 🎻 at the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival, 18 May at 11am! A morning of #Bach and @cherylfranceshoad.bsky.social, with tales from my #Cello book woven together 🌿✨ Under 25s go free!
🎟️ Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sacconi-fest...
🎟️ Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sacconi-fest...
Hugely pleased with these reviews of my piece for @stileantico.co.uk at the @wigmore-hall.org.uk! So grateful for such a fabulous performance! 🙂 (The Times, MusicOMH, The Arts Desk)
May 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hugely pleased with these reviews of my piece for @stileantico.co.uk at the @wigmore-hall.org.uk! So grateful for such a fabulous performance! 🙂 (The Times, MusicOMH, The Arts Desk)
Congratulations to @stileantico.co.uk for their fantastic 20th anniversary gala at the @wigmore-hall.org.uk this evening. I was very lucky to have my recent piece for them performed during the three part concert. Fantastic piece by Huw Watkins too!
May 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Congratulations to @stileantico.co.uk for their fantastic 20th anniversary gala at the @wigmore-hall.org.uk this evening. I was very lucky to have my recent piece for them performed during the three part concert. Fantastic piece by Huw Watkins too!
An amazing day exploring Guernsey. Much inspiration to be found here for my residency in the Channel Islands!
May 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An amazing day exploring Guernsey. Much inspiration to be found here for my residency in the Channel Islands!
I had a wonderful time at the Austrian Academy of Sciences tonight, for the 25th Annivery celebrations of the Gregor Mendel Institute. My ‘Erbensrondo’ (or Rondo of the peas) was inspired by Mendel’s work, but also by cutting edge research into duckweed and chlamydomonas (a sort of green mould). 🫛😄
May 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I had a wonderful time at the Austrian Academy of Sciences tonight, for the 25th Annivery celebrations of the Gregor Mendel Institute. My ‘Erbensrondo’ (or Rondo of the peas) was inspired by Mendel’s work, but also by cutting edge research into duckweed and chlamydomonas (a sort of green mould). 🫛😄
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I’ve been here this week, except it was basically ‘we’ve got a really tight budget’, ‘ok what is it then?’….tumbleweed
March 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’ve been here this week, except it was basically ‘we’ve got a really tight budget’, ‘ok what is it then?’….tumbleweed
I decided to have a glass of wine and some very buttery toast right now instead of starting my new piece. But just had a killer idea whilst doing the above. Ha! Sometimes it’s great to be a composer.
March 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I decided to have a glass of wine and some very buttery toast right now instead of starting my new piece. But just had a killer idea whilst doing the above. Ha! Sometimes it’s great to be a composer.
t was fab to be back at @kebleoxford yesterday (where I was Visiting Fellow a couple of years ago) to hear @orieloxford (where I’m now Musician in Residence) record my new anthem ‘O Maria, Virgo Pia’. The piece was written for the 40th Anniversary of the admittance of women at Oriel. Thanks to all!
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
t was fab to be back at @kebleoxford yesterday (where I was Visiting Fellow a couple of years ago) to hear @orieloxford (where I’m now Musician in Residence) record my new anthem ‘O Maria, Virgo Pia’. The piece was written for the 40th Anniversary of the admittance of women at Oriel. Thanks to all!
Well I didn’t manage to wash my face today, but who cares ‘cos I just finished my string quartet!!!!!
March 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Well I didn’t manage to wash my face today, but who cares ‘cos I just finished my string quartet!!!!!
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The trouble is, once I started imagining they were taking selfies I couldn’t unsee it
February 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The trouble is, once I started imagining they were taking selfies I couldn’t unsee it
Anyone have a spare ticket they can’t use for Festen on Monday or Thursday? Was meant to go tonight but a fatality on the train tracks near me meant all trains were cancelled. Don’t really feel I can stretch to a box (£480) all to myself, which is all that’s left..!
February 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Anyone have a spare ticket they can’t use for Festen on Monday or Thursday? Was meant to go tonight but a fatality on the train tracks near me meant all trains were cancelled. Don’t really feel I can stretch to a box (£480) all to myself, which is all that’s left..!
A nice lot of scores arrived in the post in the last few days! Some of these written ages ago now, but nice they are available for purchase! 🙂
February 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A nice lot of scores arrived in the post in the last few days! Some of these written ages ago now, but nice they are available for purchase! 🙂
Looking forward (as much as someone like me looks forward to talking in public can) to giving a talk about my music tonight as part of my residency at Oriel College, Oxford. Here’s some harmony inspired by duckweed that I probably won’t get to, but, it looks pretty! 🙂
February 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Looking forward (as much as someone like me looks forward to talking in public can) to giving a talk about my music tonight as part of my residency at Oriel College, Oxford. Here’s some harmony inspired by duckweed that I probably won’t get to, but, it looks pretty! 🙂
Excited about the WP of my new piece for vibes and string orchestra today with the fabulous Owen Gunnell and @brittensinfonia.bsky.social Today at Norwich Cathedral, tomorrow at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
February 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Excited about the WP of my new piece for vibes and string orchestra today with the fabulous Owen Gunnell and @brittensinfonia.bsky.social Today at Norwich Cathedral, tomorrow at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.