Geoff Eales

Photo by Seán Kelly

Born in Aberbargoed, pianist, composer and improviser Geoff Eales has enjoyed an incredibly varied music career. At Cardiff University he studied composition with Alun Hoddinott and piano with Martin Jones. He was awarded a Ph.D for his large-scale work An American Symphony and his setting of Dylan Thomas’ poem In the Beginning for tenor, horn and piano. Geoff has also written a piano concerto, string quartet, brass quintet and A Sussex Rhapsody, the latter commissioned by the BBC.

Over the Edge

Over The Edge trio consists of Marcello Magliocchi (drums, percussion), Adrian Northover (soprano saxophone), and Domenico Saccente (accordion, piano). The trio, formed in 2025, has completed two concert tours in Italy and will tour the UK in July 2026, where they will be joined by double bass virtuoso John Edwards, who has had a long standing musical relationship with Magliocchi and Northover.

Barry John Edwards

Born in Chester, Barry John Edwards, also known as Bazmatronics is a musician, composer and improviser based in Wales, U.K. He is a graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in jazz and regular contributor to the improvisational scene in both the U.K and Spain. Barry is known for his music contribution to the Netflix series Spy Ops.

Milo Fell

Photo by Mike Stemberg

Milo Fell lived and played in the Manchester for seven years, playing with many local bands and musicians such as John Ellis’ Big Bang, Jon Thorne, Pocket Central, Isthmus and Rare Birds. He also played with some of the best jazz soloists in the UK - Don Weller, Bobby Wellins, Peter King, Alan Barnes and Jean Toussaint.

Susanna Ferrar

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Susanna Ferrar is a violinist with a special interest in site-specific improvisation. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and one of HT Ferrar’s grandchildren. She undertook her Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies (PCAS) at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 2011-12, and, during this time, saw many of the places first visited and named by the men of “Discovery”. She has played her violin in Scott’s hut in Antarctica.

Robin Foster

Robin Foster is a musician and researcher from Bristol, UK. Most active in the fields of improvisation and noise music, his work often makes use of found objects, and is concerned with the relationship of humans to the things they surround themselves with.

Sharon Gal

Sharon Gal is an interdisciplinary artist, performer & vocalist specialising in free improvisation, experimental participatory large group compositions.

George Garford

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George is a saxophonist, composer and improviser active in the UK’s contemporary jazz and free improvisation scenes.

Gus Garside

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Gus Garside is concentrating these days on improvised music, free jazz and contemporary music, double bassist plays in several different groupings including his longstanding string trio Arc (with Sylvia Hallett and Danny Kingshill).

Harry Gilonis

Harry is a poet, editor, publisher and critic writing on art, poetry and music. Recent books include Forty Fungi, poems about common English mushrooms illustrated by the artist Erica van Horn (Coracle Press) and eye-blink, from Veer Books (deliberately ‘faithless’ translations of T’ang Dynasty Chinese poetry). He is the only living poet published on the lawn of London’s Serpentine Gallery.