David Holyoake is a dual Australian/British composer now based in London and Brussels, whose music is published by Reed Music. He holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, and in 2006 became an Associate Artist of the Australian Music Centre. His output spans concert music, theatre, dance and film, with chamber works performed across Australia, the UK and Belgium. He is interested in music as deep language, the concept of duende, and new music as a vehicle for environmental activism. Commissions include Extinct Birds for London’s Ensemble Matisse, supported by Arts Council England, alongside more recent works such as Memory of a Mensch (2017) and Jaleo! (2023). He founded the nonprofit arts organisation Swarm Dynamics and works in climate-change law and policy.
