henrymcpherson

Henry McPherson (b.1995) is a UK-based composer, improviser, artist, and researcher. Originally from Herefordshire, since 2013 he has lived and worked between Scotland and the north of England.

Henry's work is rooted in improvisation as a relational, ecological performance practice. Moving fluidly between composed and improvised sound, text and graphic scores, live performance and installation, he investigates how musical attentiveness reframes relationships between human and more-than-human beings. His works frequently explore the lifeworlds of plants and animals, and the rhythms and cycles of natural phenomena. He is particularly inspired by plant ecologies, forested and oceanic biomes, night and nocturnal atmospheres, and deep geological time. 

Henry's work has been presented in festivals, galleries, installations and broadcasts across the UK, France, Switzerland, Greece, the USA, the Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Ireland, and China. Past collaborators include the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (UK), Scottish Opera (UK), NGallery (GR), Zilan Liao/Psappha (UK), Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble (USA), Galérie Analix Forever (CH), Despina Gallery (BR), Fruitmarket Gallery (UK), hcmf// (UK), Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (UK), and Ensemble Modern (DE). He is a founding member of the interdisciplinary arts collective The Noisebringers, and plays folk-infused experimental improvisation with guitarist Joe Brooks in the duo Fecund Mulch. As a performer, he appears regularly as a pianist, recorderist, and DIY instrumentalist with a wide range of improvising collaborators.