‘A triumph (★★★★ The Guardian): Rave reviews for The Monstrous Child
Gavin’s first opera, The Monstrous Child, has received wide critical acclaim and overwhelming positive audience response after its premiere at the Royal Opera House. Conducted by …
‘Packs a huge emotional punch. Utterly brilliant’ – Dark Arteries album review
The Artsdesk have given Tredegar Town Band’s premiere recording of Gavins’ brass works a glowing review. Dark Arteries ‘packs a huge emotional punch’ while the …
British Composer Award nomination for A Dark Arteries Suite
A Dark Arteries Suite has been nominated for the 2018 British Composer Awards. This 15-minute suite of the ballet commissioned by Rambert Dance Company was …
RPS Music Award nomination
Gavin has been nominated for a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award. His score for the ballet Dark Arteries was nominated in the Large Scale Composition category. …
BBC Last Night of the Proms Commission 2014
Commissioned by the BBC to open the Last Night of the Proms 2014, Velocity was given its premiere performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra to a packed …
Gavin is appointed Composer in Association with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Following the critically acclaimed premiere of Rough Voices at this years BBC Proms, it has been announced that Gavin has been appointed the new Composer-in-Association with the …
Gavin’s new commission, Rough Voices, for the BBC Proms has been met with critical acclaim.
Gavin’s new commission, Rough Voices, for the BBC Proms has been met with critical acclaim. The Guardian called it a ‘grieving, fierce and dissonant, a howl of …