Alex Mills

Coming soon: my Debut album on Delphian records

Listen to a sneak preview of my forthcoming Wigmore Hall premiere, performed live on radio 3 yesterday by Jess Dandy and Dylan Perez.

On Monday, January 20th, long-term collaborators and dear friends of mine Jess Dandy (contralto) and Dylan Perez (pianist) will premiere three brand new songs of mine as part of a thrilling recital at Wigmore Hall entitled “In the dark times will there still be singing?”

A new song cycle for baritone and chamber orchestra 

A major new choral work setting *previously unseen* poetry by R.S. Thomas

A new, intimate production of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater - interspersed with a specially-written set of interludes by Alex Mills

It’s been a privilege to contribute an article to ‘Draughtswoman’ - a new book about the work and practice of artist Macarena Rojas Osterling

This week I’ve been recording a new album project: The Book of Hours - a 55-minute song cycle written for two serial collaborators of mine

This week I’ve been recording a new album project: The Book of Hours - a 55-minute song cycle written for two serial collaborators of mine

An open laboratory space located at the intersection of music, art, wellbeing, spirituality, self-expression, physical and mental health.

The 25 minute choral piece is a musical meditation where singers move through the music to the rhythm of their own breath

This was a particularly special commission for me as I grew up very close to St David’s and the piece concerns itself with a very unique part of Pembrokeshire history

'All Now Went Still’ is a peace song for Ukraine

The project is particularly close to my heart as it combines my love of nature with my passion for improving and supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing through the arts.

The Le Page Trio will give the world premiere of my new trio, “Look How Brightly The Universe Shines”, on Wednesday 14th July.

My piece is for solo cello + looping station, and is a meditation on an ancient Syrian melody.

The piece lists all of the bird species of New South Wales which are either endangered or on the verge of extinction because of the recent wild fires.

The concert will be live-streamed and features a packed programme including pieces from Anna Meredith, Lili Boulanger, Freya Waley-Cohen and Emily Hall.

The project will run across 2021 and I can’t wait to share the music with you as it’s developed.

The music is inspired by the oldest known melody in the world - the Hurrian Hymn from c.1,400BC

We created the piece during lockdown in Spring 2020.

A new chamber opera exploring the queer life of Leonardo da Vinci in the 500th anniversary of his death.

The opera explores timely issues of birth control and women’s bodily freedom