Faculty of Education Society & Creative Industries (9MAP)
Organisation:
University of Sunderland
Biography
Expertise:
Composer, Conductor, Woodwind
Job title:
Senior Lecturer of Music
Biography:
Hayley Jenkins is a composer and researcher whose work focuses on chamber music and solo repertoire, often exploring themes of brevity and lyricism. She has collaborated with organisations such as Streetwise Opera and worked closely with performers and ensembles including Delta Saxophone Quartet, Duncan Honeybourne, and Plus Minus Ensemble. Her music has been featured at the London Song Festival and Barnes Festival, and has been broadcast internationally on radio stations in the UK, Belgium, and Australia. Recent recordings include works on Death and Entrances: New Song Settings of Dylan Thomas, (2026) D’apres Satie: Music Towards a Future Past, (2026) and Late Music (2023).
Jenkins also has a keen interest in field recording and deep listening practices. She is currently exploring how more...
Hayley Jenkins is a composer and researcher whose work focuses on chamber music and solo repertoire, often exploring themes of brevity and lyricism. She has collaborated with organisations such as Streetwise Opera and worked closely with performers and ensembles including Delta Saxophone Quartet, Duncan Honeybourne, and Plus Minus Ensemble. Her music has been featured at the London Song Festival and Barnes Festival, and has been broadcast internationally on radio stations in the UK, Belgium, and Australia. Recent recordings include works on Death and Entrances: New Song Settings of Dylan Thomas, (2026) D’apres Satie: Music Towards a Future Past, (2026) and Late Music (2023).
Jenkins also has a keen interest in field recording and deep listening practices. She is currently exploring how to integrate these approaches into live concert performance through her new work, The Land and the Sea, for flutes, clarinets, voice, percussion, and field recordings. The work is scheduled to be premiered in Edinburgh in Spring 20267.
Qualifications:
BA (Hons) Music
MA Music Composition
PGCE Post-Compulsory Education and Training
PhD (Pending) Music Composition