David John Roche
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David John Roche
@davidjohnroche.bsky.social
Composer - direct, determined, loud.

"One of the most energetic, driven, and successful of Wales's millennial generation of composers" - Tŷ Cerdd

www.davidjohnroche.com

I gratefully acknowledge support from PRS Foundation
🎵 This piece was featured on one of my first BBC Radio broadcasts - BBC Introducing Wales (I wrote it 10 years ago now!). Adam Walton described it as "exquisite [...] beautifully realised", and as a "beautiful tremolo, beautiful piece". So, check it out!
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
They'll tell me what it means to be working class, all for the price of 12 packs of Richmond Superkings!
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Michelle played one of my pieces earlier in the year - fab player!
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Happy days, right?
September 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🎻 If you like the look of what I do, come and hear my new piece, Gentle Constancy - written for Gerard Cousins - at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru this Sunday. Funded by the PRS Foundation.
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🎷 "David’s international successes are helping to showcase Welsh music from working-class backgrounds to audiences across the world." Woo!

📷 Photo by Nadine Ballantyne Photography & Design.
🎤 You can support me further via Music Patron.
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🥂 The winners will return to Cardiff in October to receive their awards at a special ceremony hosted by the University’s Vice Chancellor. The event will be emceed by BBC Radio 1 DJs and 2024 winners (my Champagne sense is tingling).
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🪄 Make sure you check this out. I wrote the opening while working in Heffers Bookshop many, many years ago. My wife and I later played it at out wedding!
August 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM