Patrick Nunn (born 21 July 1969 in Tunbridge Wells, England), is a British composer and educator.
Nunn read music at Dartington College of Arts studying under Frank Denyer between 1988 and 1991 taking additional tuition with Louis Andriessen at Dartington International Summer School and with Gary Carpenter at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 2004, he took his doctorate under Professor Simon Bainbridge at the Royal Academy of Music. He also received tuition under Jonathan Harvey, Tod Machover and Simon Emmerson.
In 1994, Nunn was awarded the Gregynog Composition Prize for Colour Cycle and in 1995, the BBC Radio 3 Composing for Children prize as part of the BBC's Fairest Isle festival for his work Songs of our Generation. His work Into My Burning Veins a Poison for quarter-tone alto flute, piano and electronics was awarded the RCM rarescale Composition Prize in 2004. In 2006, he was awarded a British Composers Award in the solo/duet category for Mercurial Sparks, Volatile Shadows and the Alan Bush Prize for Transilient Fragments in 2008. His proposal for Sentiment of an Invisible Omniscience was awarded the 2010 Millennium Prize from the Birmingham Conservatoire.
He teaches techniques of composition and electroacoustics at the Royal Academy of Music and his compositional work is currently published by Cadenza Music and the ABRSM. In 2013, Nunn was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM).
Lullaby, (1987, Rev.1998) for children's choir (ss) and pianoSonata, 1990 for flute and pianoPolychrome Musique (1991) for large ensembleColour Cycle (1994 rev. 2015) for violin and pianoMerry Go Round (1994) for large ensembleSongs of our Generation (1995) for children's choir and orchestraMan Made (1995) for large amplified ensembleBakers Dozen (1995) for flute and guitarRents (1996) for counter tenor and guitar (electric/acoustic)Screw (1996) for large amplified ensembleDown In the Underpass (1998) for children's choir and small ensembleRaw Fuse (1998) for large amplified ensembleCruise (1998 rev. 2007) for small ensembleUn Chant D'amour (1998) for chamber ensembleSprite (1998) for solo piccoloHell Bent inside the Be Oven (1999) for large ensembleThe Oxen (2000) for children's choir and small ensembleString of Pearls (2000) for clarinet, violin and pianoBlack Strokes 1 (2000) for violin and pianoEid Milaad Saeed (2000) for solo clarinet21st Century Junkie (2001) for six pianosHextych (2001) for small ensembleSleek Silver Symbols (2001) for soprano saxophone, electric guitar, bass guitar and percussionMaqamat (2002) for quarter-tone alto fluteUn Chant d'amour (2003) for Piano - 4 handsInto my burning veins a poison (2004) for quarter-tone alto flute, piano and tapeGonk (2004) for bassoon and tapeShest Bulgarski Pesni za Detstvoto (2005) for children's choir and small ensembleGaia Sketches (2005) for cello with Hyperbow and live electronicsMusic of the Spheres (2006) for piano and planets (sound file)Escape Velocity (2006) for accordion and string quartetMercurial Sparks, Volatile Shadows (2006) for alto flute and pianoCoalescence (2006) for clarinet, live electronics and movement sensorsTransillient Fragments (2007) for violin and pianoFata Morgana (2007) for cello with Hyperbow, ensemble and live electronicsLauten (2007) for small ensemblePrism (2008) for bassett clarinet and piano47 Tucanae (2008) for piano (four hands) and pulsars (sound file)Shoaling (2008) for harp, live electronics and movement sensorsIntra aspicere (2008) for orchestra and live electronics... of bones and muscle (2009) for piano and electronicsIsochronous (2010) for piano, percussion and pulsars (sound file/electronics)Cameo for Carla (2010) for solo pianoPareidolia I (2012) for bass clarinet, sensors and live electronicsMaya (2012) for two flutes, alto flute and sound fileShadowplay (2013 rev. 2015) for bass clarinetGaudete (2013) for choir (SSAATTBB)Morphosis (2014) for piano, sensors and live electronicsEight Cryptograms (2015) for pianoMorphosis (2016) Red Sock Records RSR003CDA Bassoonist's Cabinet of Curiosities (2015) Sfz Records SFZM0415Music of the Spheres (2009) Red Sock Records RSR001CDPrism (2009) NMC D1391994: Gregynog, Wales for Colour Cycle1995: BBC Radio 3 Composing for Children, UK for Songs of our Generation2004: Rarescale, Royal College of Music, London UK for Into My Burning Veins a Poison2006: British Composers Award (Solo/Duet), UK for Mercurial Sparks, Volatile Shadows2008: Alan Bush Award, Royal Academy of Music, London UK for Transilient Fragments2010: Birmingham Conservatoire Millennium Prize, UK for Sentiment of an Invisible Omniscience2013: ARAM Associate of the Royal Academy of MusicNunn has been shortlisted five times for the British Composers Award: in 2006 for Gaia Sketches, in 2007 for Escape Velocity, in 2008 for Transilient Fragments, in 2009 for Prism and in 2012 for Pareidolia I.
