Description: Joe Cavanagh studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music where his tutors were Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies, Sir Lennox Berkeley, Petr Eben.
Joe Cavanagh studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music where his tutors were Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies, Sir Lennox Berkeley, Petr Eben, and Tony Gilbert. His studies were interrupted by Granada Television, where he worked as a session keyboards player, and as an associate musical director. He was the house pianist at Band on the Wall, Manchesters premiere Jazz venue, his band Line-Up did many UK tours.
Joe spent 6 years living and working in London, where he was a session musician. He wrote music for Baker and Smith Advertising agency, clients included Roland, British Telecom and Whitbread.
Along with his writing partner Azhaar Saffar , he received a publishing and production deal with Barry Blue . He worked intensively with Barry for 3 years and honed his production and arranging skills at Barry’s state of the art Aosis studio.