OPM Music Composer is played on BBC Radio 3

We have exciting news from our Music Department! 

On 17th January, composer and former Plymouth College Director of Music, Clive Jenkins, had his piece Romance for Viola and Strings played on Radio 3 as part of the Classical Breakfast Show with Martin Handley. 

The piece was originally composed in 1987 for Plymouth College OPM and freelance producer and Artistic Director of Beauville Arts, Jonathan Mallalieu. 

Clive Jenkins was educated at Plymouth College as a young pupil and furthered his education at Pembroke College, Oxford University and read Modern Languages. He then continued his passion for music by becoming a conductor of the City of Plymouth Light Orchestra for many years and wrote and presented programmes about West Country music for the BBC in Devon and Cornwall. 

After studying at Plymouth College, Jonathan Mallalieu then studied at Oxford University and worked as a freelance musician before following post-graduate studies at London University and later St. Andrew's University. Jonathan has had a distiguished career in the world of Performing Arts and has been Director of Music in several schools within the UK. He has extensive experience as a Theatrical Director, having produced over thirty shows including Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Oliver, The Insect Play, Grease and West Side Story. Jonathan has composed TV theme songs, cinema adverts, documentaries, video and short films in the UK, Europe and the US and has written many songs, piano pieces, orchestral works, educational music and even a musical. He is now a freelance composer, musician and producer as well as Artistic Director of Beauville Arts.

Listen to the BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Show HERE