DPJ is an Edinburgh-based composer, pianist and vocalist. He has been creating work as a solo and collaborative artist across multi-artforms throughout Scotland, UK and internationally for over thirty years.
His music blends contemporary classical sensibilities with digital sound, exploring emotive and atmospheric soundworlds, from acoustic instrumental works, songs and larger-scale vocal works, to cinematic soundtracks and sound designs for theatre and dance.
A large body of his output is a series of soundtracks for some of Scotland’s leading theatre and dance companies including National Theatre Of Scotland, Traverse, Curious Seed, Vanishing Point, Dundee Rep and Catherine Wheels. He has been a member of the Grid Iron creative team for over twenty years.
His recorded work features on the Linn Record label. DPJ was awarded Best Music & Sound by the Critics Awards For Theatre In Scotland 2023 for his soundtrack to Love Beyond (Act Of Remembrance) by Raw Material & Vanishing Point. He is the recipient of the Glenfiddich Spirit Of Scotland Award for Music. Forthcoming works include a new song-cycle from the poetry of Kathleen Jamie. DPJ’s independent projects are kindly supported by Creative Scotland.
The Musical Theatre Writing Residency is a two-week international programme for emerging and established book writers, composers, and lyricists from the UK, India, and the United States.
The residency has been devised by Andrew Panton, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep Theatre, and will include facilitated sessions with Dramaturg Jeanie O’Hare (formerly Director of New Work Development at The Public Theater), Music Supervisor James McKeon (Musical Director: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, London), Donna Lynn Hilton, Artistic Director of Goodspeed Musicals, Connecticut and David Greig, Artistic Director of Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Shonagh Murray joins as Associate Musical Supervisor, with Imogen Stirling, supported by Playwright Studio Scotland, joining as Associate Dramaturg.
The creatives will also benefit from networking opportunities and workshop sessions, both in-person and digital, with industry-leading writers, composers, producers, directors, and other theatre practitioners – including Tony® Award-winning director John Doyle, Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs, Tony® Award-winning producer Rashad V. Chambers, and more.
Presented by Cove Park and Dundee Rep Theatre in partnership with Capital Theatres, Citizens Theatre, Macrobert Arts Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts – Mumbai, National Theatre of Scotland, Octopus Theatricals – New York City, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, and Traverse Theatre. Associate partners include A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, and Tron Theatre.
