Jacob Fitzgerald is a composer based in London, passionate about music education and music for children. His music has been described as “remarkable, touching and intimate one moment, then hilarious the next.” His music is frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and available in print from various publishers and music shops.

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Recent projects include commissions for the London International Community School, and a piece for 200 school children to ‘play a forest’ alongside the Kyan String Quartet. In 2021 Jacob secured funding from Arts Council England to support his miniature ballet, notes on loving, much ado about nothing, which toured small venues in the midlands and went into schools, including a series of workshops with students from the Royal National College for the Blind.

 

Particular highlights from the past year have included frequent BBC Radio broadcasts of murmuration, recorded by Palisander Recorder Quartet, and the inclusion of invention for solo piano in Trinity College London’s grade eight syllabus.

 

As an arranger, Jacob has worked with the Hallé Orchestra, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra, on scores for outreach events, tours and concerts. ​Jacob has had his music commissioned and performed by ensembles and performers including the Hermes Experiment, Gesualdo Six, House of Bedlam, the Brodsky, Ruisi and Piatti string quartets, and cellist Martina Schucan, in venues ranging from Sinfonia Smith Square to the Timber Eco-Festival.

 

Jacob has been the recipient of, amongst others, the Douglas Steele Award, the National Centre for Early Music Composers Award, and was shortlisted for The Clements Prize. Jacob studied with Huw Watkins, Isabel Mundry (Zürich Hochschule für Kunste), and Jeremy Pike (Chetham's School of Music).

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Earlier this year, Jacob was interviewed on the podcast Remain Composed to discuss his work, writing process and advice for young composers, appearing alongside interviewees in other episodes including Paul Mealor and David Lowe.