HarrisonParrott & Polyarts launch Birdsong Music Publishing

HarrisonParrott and Polyarts are delighted to launch Birdsong Music Publishing, a publishing service for composers. Through HarrisonParrott’s long experience managing artists and composers, we are in a unique position to be able to provide a full, bespoke publishing service that is tailored to the composer’s needs, and through Polyarts, will enable Birdsong to support composers working across genres.

Our aim is to nurture development and encourage creativity whilst protecting and exploiting copyright. Our dedicated team of publishing and music management experts can provide a unique 360° approach to composer’s careers, offering individual support to the composer and genre-specific expertise that can alleviate the administrative burden placed on composers allowing them to focus on their music whilst giving access to the extensive HarrisonParrott management network to bring new opportunities for composers.

Jasper Parrott, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of HarrisonParrott says:

?“throughout over 55 years of my life in music, composers of our times have been an indispensable part of my and my colleagues’ work and at the heart of the mission of HarrisonParrott to contribute to the renewal of the canon of live performance and the enrichment of the great heritage repertoire with which we are richly gifted. The launch of Birdsong is the realisation of an ambition we have had for many years and it is exciting that this symbolically important step should chime with the urgent need to support creativity in the post COVID music world “

Lorna Aizlewood, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel says:

“Jasper and I have felt that there is a gap in the market for this kind of bespoke publishing service for over 15 years and so we’re delighted that through the entrepreneurial, innovative approach that HarrisonParrott and Polyarts foster we are able to announce the launch of Birdsong. We look forward to working with the amazingly talented composers we are announcing today and to others in the future to open more opportunities for the creation of new works, new performances and new experiences for composers, artists and audiences.”

We are thrilled to introduce our first six fantastic composers: Charlotte Bray, Jimmy López Bellido,  Ben Rowarth , Christian Schumann, Freya Waley-Cohen and Sauli Zinovjev. 

The Birdsong Team consists of Lorna Aizlewood, Milly Paine (Publishing Manager), Jane Brown, Lydia Connolly, Moema Parrott and consultant Marco Feklistoff, with Charlie-Rose Blockley returning from maternity leave to a new role as Composer Manager in January 2022.

For more information please contact Lorna.Aizlewood@harrisonparrott.co.uk (Birdsong Team Lead) or Milly.Paine@harrisonparrott.co.uk (Publishing Manager).