Sam Buttler
@sambuttler.bsky.social
Composer, general music nerd.
PhD Composer at King's College, London
There will be bread.
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PhD Composer at King's College, London
There will be bread.
🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (he/they)
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/samrbuttler
My brand new piece 'Who Has Seen', written at this year's Cheltenham Festival Composers Academy and performed by @thecaricesingers.bsky.social and George Parris is out now! They did such an incredible job and I can't wait for you all to hear it 😀😀
youtu.be/59r69vke42Q?...
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Who Has Seen
YouTube video by Sam Buttler
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August 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
My brand new piece 'Who Has Seen', written at this year's Cheltenham Festival Composers Academy and performed by @thecaricesingers.bsky.social and George Parris is out now! They did such an incredible job and I can't wait for you all to hear it 😀😀
youtu.be/59r69vke42Q?...
youtu.be/59r69vke42Q?...
Colours in the Sky is out now!!!! 🌈🌈🌈 Ever wondered what it would sound like if Vikings played Mario Kart? WONDER NO MORE!
Could not be happier with this piece, and a real baptism of fire into playing the oboe again! Thank you so much to Miles for his incredible piano playing on this!
Could not be happier with this piece, and a real baptism of fire into playing the oboe again! Thank you so much to Miles for his incredible piano playing on this!
July 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Colours in the Sky is out now!!!! 🌈🌈🌈 Ever wondered what it would sound like if Vikings played Mario Kart? WONDER NO MORE!
Could not be happier with this piece, and a real baptism of fire into playing the oboe again! Thank you so much to Miles for his incredible piano playing on this!
Could not be happier with this piece, and a real baptism of fire into playing the oboe again! Thank you so much to Miles for his incredible piano playing on this!
Guess who just submitted their PhD....
July 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Guess who just submitted their PhD....
Such a pleasure to present some of my PhD research at the KCL-UNC Graduate Music Conference! Thank you to everyone who came and listened to my talk and The Choir of King's College London and Joseph Fort's performance of 'Two Eagles and Empty Skies".
May 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Such a pleasure to present some of my PhD research at the KCL-UNC Graduate Music Conference! Thank you to everyone who came and listened to my talk and The Choir of King's College London and Joseph Fort's performance of 'Two Eagles and Empty Skies".
Today's bread
Few things better than fresh bread in the morning
Few things better than fresh bread in the morning
February 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today's bread
Few things better than fresh bread in the morning
Few things better than fresh bread in the morning
Longest run ever... How people do full marathons is beyond me!
February 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Longest run ever... How people do full marathons is beyond me!
Reposted by Sam Buttler
The Vice Chancellor's comments on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning about the 'competition' between RWCMD and CU School of Music were ill-informed and simply wrong. The facilities, methodologies, learners, outcomes, opportunities and staff are different. That's okay. But they are NOT interchangeable.
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Vice Chancellor's comments on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning about the 'competition' between RWCMD and CU School of Music were ill-informed and simply wrong. The facilities, methodologies, learners, outcomes, opportunities and staff are different. That's okay. But they are NOT interchangeable.
A little piece for your Sunday afternoons: soundcloud.com/sam-buttler-...
Pterosaur Soar
Pterosaur Soar for Violin and Piano
Recorded as part of the Peter Reynolds Composer Studio at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2023
soundcloud.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A little piece for your Sunday afternoons: soundcloud.com/sam-buttler-...
Obligatory snow picture ❄️❄️❄️
January 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Obligatory snow picture ❄️❄️❄️
And here we have it, my TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2024! There were some last minute cuts and albums that just didn't make it, but these were the projects that I kept going back to all year. Give them a listen, you might enjoy them!
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December 30, 2024 at 4:31 PM
And here we have it, my TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2024! There were some last minute cuts and albums that just didn't make it, but these were the projects that I kept going back to all year. Give them a listen, you might enjoy them!
www.instagram.com/reel/DENVtkR...
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Merry Christmas Eve!
As the year draws to a close, here are some songs that have been on repeat for me in 2024. This is just my opinion and I really struggled to narrow it down even to 11... They are, in no particular order:
Good Luck Babe - Chappel Roan
open.spotify.com/track/0WbMK4...
As the year draws to a close, here are some songs that have been on repeat for me in 2024. This is just my opinion and I really struggled to narrow it down even to 11... They are, in no particular order:
Good Luck Babe - Chappel Roan
open.spotify.com/track/0WbMK4...
Good Luck, Babe!
Chappell Roan · Good Luck, Babe! · Song · 2024
open.spotify.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Merry Christmas Eve!
As the year draws to a close, here are some songs that have been on repeat for me in 2024. This is just my opinion and I really struggled to narrow it down even to 11... They are, in no particular order:
Good Luck Babe - Chappel Roan
open.spotify.com/track/0WbMK4...
As the year draws to a close, here are some songs that have been on repeat for me in 2024. This is just my opinion and I really struggled to narrow it down even to 11... They are, in no particular order:
Good Luck Babe - Chappel Roan
open.spotify.com/track/0WbMK4...
A travesty... A TRAVESTY I TELLS YA!
Girls5Eva was a breath of fresh air, a musical comedy that didn't seem embarrassed to be a musical.
Netflix did it so dirty by doing essentially no promotion for it when they took it on... And now one of the best comedies is done 😭
Girls5Eva was a breath of fresh air, a musical comedy that didn't seem embarrassed to be a musical.
Netflix did it so dirty by doing essentially no promotion for it when they took it on... And now one of the best comedies is done 😭
December 18, 2024 at 8:32 PM
A travesty... A TRAVESTY I TELLS YA!
Girls5Eva was a breath of fresh air, a musical comedy that didn't seem embarrassed to be a musical.
Netflix did it so dirty by doing essentially no promotion for it when they took it on... And now one of the best comedies is done 😭
Girls5Eva was a breath of fresh air, a musical comedy that didn't seem embarrassed to be a musical.
Netflix did it so dirty by doing essentially no promotion for it when they took it on... And now one of the best comedies is done 😭
Ooooo bread.... Groundbreaking
December 17, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Ooooo bread.... Groundbreaking
Spotify Wrapped is really coming up with new and creative ways to call me gay... 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Spotify Wrapped is really coming up with new and creative ways to call me gay... 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It's December... You know what time it is....
December 1, 2024 at 10:43 AM
It's December... You know what time it is....
Doing some PhD colour coding/diagram making/colouring in
November 30, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Doing some PhD colour coding/diagram making/colouring in
Safe to say today's loaf is looking stunning
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Safe to say today's loaf is looking stunning
Reposted by Sam Buttler
I want all young composers to know that rejection is the norm. I reckon 85% of my ideas never come to fruition because I can’t engage an orchestra, soloist, festival, commissioner, funding body etc. It’s exhausting, but keep going. Don’t give up! It’s their loss, not yours!
November 25, 2024 at 12:36 PM
I want all young composers to know that rejection is the norm. I reckon 85% of my ideas never come to fruition because I can’t engage an orchestra, soloist, festival, commissioner, funding body etc. It’s exhausting, but keep going. Don’t give up! It’s their loss, not yours!
Is there anything better on a freezing morning than the smell of fresh bread?
November 20, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Is there anything better on a freezing morning than the smell of fresh bread?
A pre-weekend weekend in York
Went to Jorvik, the Railway Museum, wandered round the gorgeous city, and went on a carousel. All in all, a fab time
Not pictured: an excellent pie and many cocktails
Went to Jorvik, the Railway Museum, wandered round the gorgeous city, and went on a carousel. All in all, a fab time
Not pictured: an excellent pie and many cocktails
November 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A pre-weekend weekend in York
Went to Jorvik, the Railway Museum, wandered round the gorgeous city, and went on a carousel. All in all, a fab time
Not pictured: an excellent pie and many cocktails
Went to Jorvik, the Railway Museum, wandered round the gorgeous city, and went on a carousel. All in all, a fab time
Not pictured: an excellent pie and many cocktails
We met Paddington! Totally star struck
November 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
We met Paddington! Totally star struck