Jasmine Morris - Astrophilia (2022)

Taking inspiration from ancient Viking cosmology, Astrophilia is the new album from composer Jasmine Morris. Jasmine illustrates a different mythical realm with each movement, creating otherworldly effects and textures with traditional Viking instruments, string quartet and electronic processing. The album features performances from the Tippett Quartet, vocalist Mieko Shimizu and Swedish folk musician and ethnographer Per Runberg.

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Jasmine Morris is a musician and composer currently studying at the Royal College of Music on a full BAME Scholarship under the tutelage of Simon Holt and Haris Kittos. In 2018 she joined the Purcell School of Music on the George Drexler Scholarship where she studied with Brian Elias and Joseph Phibbs. In 2019 she was selected to be one of the composers in residence of the National Youth Orchestra where she had her pieces premiered at the Barbican Centre. Since then she has worked with various UK based ensembles and has worked on projects with the Tate Modern where she had two works premiered to the public for the opening of the Boiler House. Her piece Sirens for Harp and Orchestra was selected to be performed by the Purcell Symphony Orchestra, and was one of the winning entries for the BBC Young Composer’s Competition 2020.