John Lely is a composer and performer based in the UK. He studied at Goldsmiths with Roger Redgate, Dave Smith and John Tilbury, and privately with Michael Parsons. In 2007 he was a resident composer at Ostrava New Music Days. His music has been featured internationally at festivals such as MaerzMusik, Ultima, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Cutting Edge and Open Sound Systems (Tate Modern, London). Broadcasts have included BBC 4 Television, BBC Radio 3, DeutschlandRadio and Resonance FM. He performs in groups Apartment House and LelyWhite. Alongside composers Tim Parkinson and Markus Trunk, he curates the annual Music We'd Like to Hear concert series. He is currently working with James Saunders on a book about verbal notation, to be published by Continuum in 2011. He also teaches a course in experimental sound at Chelsea College of Arts. Hobbies include counting and balancing.
listen:
The Harmonics of Real Strings (2006) (perf. James Klopfleisch, CalArts 2010)