Become a Composer with Dr Tom Harrison

Professor Ian Pace is a concert pianist, Trustee of the Society of Music Analysis, and Professor of Music, Culture and Society at City St. George’s University in London. We discuss the teaching of music theory and composition technique at the university level. Both Professor Pace and I are speaking in a personal capacity rather than speaking on behalf of the institutions that we work for. We explo...

Dr Robert Laidlow is a composer and researcher who is currently the AI and music fellow at King’s College London. He read Music at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, before studying at the Royal Academy. From 2018-2022 he was the PRiSM PhD Researcher in Artificial Intelligence in association with the BBC Philharmonic at the Royal Northern College of Music and from 2022-2025 he was a Career Development F...

John Lunn is a two-time Emmy award winning composer for film and television from Scotland. He is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Julian Fellowes, including Belgravia and the mighty Downton Abbey. He has also composed several scores for films based on books by Charles Dickens and Terry Pratchett. He has received several BAFTA and IVOR award nominations throughout his illustrious ca...

Jim Johnston is a composer and record producer whose music has been heard by millions of people all over the world. His music currently has an average of 800,000 monthly listeners on digital streaming platforms. He is a 13-time winner of the prestigious BMI FILM & Television AWARD, with more than 5,000 compositions registered with BMI. He has sold more than seven million CDs and his album WWE...

Nick Petrillo is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and pianist based in New York.