Bruno Newman
Associate Lecturer in Music
About
Bruno Newman is an award-winning composer, orchestrator, arranger, and conductor whose music has been described as both “fresh and powerful” and “intensely emotional.”
His compositions span orchestral, choral, chamber, and electronic forms, often blurring the boundaries between classical instrumentation and contemporary sonic environments.
Following over two decades as founder and creative lead at London’s Resident Recording Studios (2001–2023), Bruno now works full-time as a composer, musical educator, and researcher.
His orchestrations and productions have featured internationally, recognised for their rich harmonic language, dynamic pacing, and the fusion of acoustic and analogue synthesis.
Bruno studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later earned an MA in Orchestration for Film, Games and Television (Distinction) and a Licentiate of Trinity College London in Composition.
He is currently undertaking a PhD in Composition at the University of Chichester, where his research explores musical liminality through gesture-controlled synthesis and modular systems.
He teaches composition, orchestration, harmony, and theory at the University of Chichester and privately.
He also remains active as a freelance conductor and music journalist. Bruno serves on the Board of Directors for the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and is a member of the Ivors Academy and the Association of British Choral Directors.
Research
Bruno’s practice-led PhD project Undine: A Sonic Ecosystem investigates liminality, threshold states, and transformation through modular synthesis, environmental sensing, and gestural performance systems.
His work integrates philosophical inquiry (including quantum metaphors, posthumanism, and embodiment theory) with original hardware and compositional development.
In 2025, he was awarded the University of Chichester’s Research and Innovation Fund to support this pioneering research.
Other department members
Alison Bell
Performance Administrator
