Gavin Osborn is a flautist, composer, interdisciplinary artist & teacher based in the Northwest UK. He studied flute with Clare Southworth, Peter Lloyd & Evelyn Frank, & composition with John Casken.
Active for over 20 years as a performer, Gavin specialises in new music, whether acoustic or electroacoustic, through-composed, open-form, graphic or improvised. As a flautist he predominantly works with composers, commissioning & performing new works. To date this includes works by Nina Whiteman, Manuella Blackburn, Andrew Garbett, Sarah Keirle, Elizabeth Ditmanson, Kelly Jayne Jones, Rachel Graff, Richard Whalley, Camden Reeves, & others). He is also flautist with Trio Atem, a flute/mezzo/cello trio likewise specialising in new music.
Collaboration is at the heart of his work, whether with composers, other performing musicians, or across disciplines with dancers (Charlotte Spencer, Jennifer-Lyn Crawford), visual & performance artists (Michael Mayhew, Clare Wardman, Lisa Gorton, Karen McLeod) & others.
As a composer, he creates works for the concert hall & elsewhere, often combining musical notation with text & visual image.
In the last decade, a particular focus has been collaborative interdisciplinary work. Beginning with Beacons of Sound (with Heather Bamforth), more recently this has included creating works with Elizabeth Ditmanson as geode, & with a number of different collaborators for the time-trace-place projects. He is a frequent collaborator with the Vonnegut Collective, for whom he also serves as a trustee.
Gavin is a flute tutor at the University of Manchester, where he also coaches chamber ensembles & gives classes/workshops. He has also taught flute for the Universities of York & Huddersfield as a special consultant, & for Manchester Metropolitan University. He also teaches flute for primary & secondary school children.
Active for over 20 years as a performer, Gavin specialises in new music, whether acoustic or electroacoustic, through-composed, open-form, graphic or improvised. As a flautist he predominantly works with composers, commissioning & performing new works. To date this includes works by Nina Whiteman, Manuella Blackburn, Andrew Garbett, Sarah Keirle, Elizabeth Ditmanson, Kelly Jayne Jones, Rachel Graff, Richard Whalley, Camden Reeves, & others). He is also flautist with Trio Atem, a flute/mezzo/cello trio likewise specialising in new music.
Collaboration is at the heart of his work, whether with composers, other performing musicians, or across disciplines with dancers (Charlotte Spencer, Jennifer-Lyn Crawford), visual & performance artists (Michael Mayhew, Clare Wardman, Lisa Gorton, Karen McLeod) & others.
As a composer, he creates works for the concert hall & elsewhere, often combining musical notation with text & visual image.
In the last decade, a particular focus has been collaborative interdisciplinary work. Beginning with Beacons of Sound (with Heather Bamforth), more recently this has included creating works with Elizabeth Ditmanson as geode, & with a number of different collaborators for the time-trace-place projects. He is a frequent collaborator with the Vonnegut Collective, for whom he also serves as a trustee.
Gavin is a flute tutor at the University of Manchester, where he also coaches chamber ensembles & gives classes/workshops. He has also taught flute for the Universities of York & Huddersfield as a special consultant, & for Manchester Metropolitan University. He also teaches flute for primary & secondary school children.
