The music of Mark David Boden combines both refinement and elegance with a dark, yet understated, vein of passion. His scores often take extra-musical sources rather than traditional classical forms as a starting point. Their concerns include a subtle preoccupation with the patterns of the natural world and, in his most recent orchestral work, Six Degrees, with the threat of ecological disaster. The music often has a compelling stillness, articulated through a delicate instrumental and harmonic palate though it is not without its own underlying drama. He studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, during which time he was the recipient of several awards. In 2009 he took up post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Music with the support of the rvw Trust.

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