About us

Julia Haferkorn

Julia Haferkorn has been actively involved in new music for the past 15 years. Initially working at Peters Edition, she promoted the music of Cage, Kagel and Ferneyhough. In 1998, Julia founded the artist agency Haferkorn Associates. Since then she has worked with a range of new music artists, including the Arditti Quartet, Apartment House and Loré Lixenberg, and has set up concerts and tours all over Britain and Europe. She produced several conferences for the promoter consortium Sound Circuit and published a research project on new music activity in Great Britain. She studied at King’s College London, obtaining a BMus and an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis. Julia lives in London with 1 husband, 2 guinea pigs and 3 children.   Email Julia

Kate Halsall

Kate Halsall is a pianist, teacher and producer of new music events and plays with a number of ensembles including duoDorT and Andrew Poppy's Sustaining Ensemble. As a member of Piano Circus Kate performs internationally, with UK performances including John Cage Uncaged [Musicircus Barbican Centre], with the Michael Clark Dance Company [Oh My Goddess] and Proms 09 Family Intro to Multiple Piano Day. She is producer for Music Orbit, which runs a live series for developing artists at the start of their careers alongside leading players in contemporary and experimental music. Kate has been Projects Officer at spnm and was the founder and promoter of the Music and the Mind concert series at the Institute of Psychiatry.   Email Kate

Ed McKeon

Ed McKeon is an experienced music programmer, producer and commissioner, presenting nearly 200 events and commissioning over 100 works and new collaborations in the last 10 years across the range of new music. He is fascinated by the way music affects people and how society affects music. Ed has commissioned research on audiences and on music promotion in the UK, led the independent Sound Circuit consortium of promoters, was Development Manager for the London Sinfonietta, and ran both Oxford Contemporary Music and the Society for the Promotion of New Music. In addition to producing new work, he is an occasional lecturer and broadcaster. It perhaps says a lot that although he comes from Manchester, Ed supports Liverpool FC.   Email Ed