maia harding // composer

maia [may • ah] is a multidisciplinary early career artist, composer and theatre maker. At age 25, she has won awards, released multiple albums and produced various highly-acclaimed theatre projects.

Her practice interweaves field recording, synthesis, and live performance, with a strong emphasis on devising, creative collaboration and improvisation. She also writes for spoken word.

maia is an associate artist at Brave Mirror Productions, an exciting emerging theatre company with a focus on platforming other early-career artists in London and Bristol. Read more about Brave Mirror >> here <<

She is also a filmmaker, animator and videographer. She has worked as a sound recordist, sound designer, music editor, line editor, and production assistant across various high-budget productions. Her work on climate communications has been shown at various conferences including UNGA77, COP26 and COP27.

Born in Bristol, UK, maia works across much of England and Scotland. She is currently based in Glasgow. If you would like to support her, you can do so via her >> ko-fi page <<

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//releases

THE TEMPEST: THIS ISLAND (2025)

A Brave Mirror Production // Dir. by Jamie Saul

An island humming with a thousand noises. Written, performed, mixed and mastered by maia harding. Recorded at home, 2025. 'The Tempest: This Island' showed at The Cockpit, Marylebone, London, in April 2025. A Brave Mirror Production.

2022, as if in waking dream (2024)

//single

An abyssal garden centre. Various FM synthesisers patched through procedural node networks, designed and built by maia harding. Performed in realtime by a macbook, then interpreted, mixed and mastered by maia harding.

IL,CD (2023)

//collected works

Notes from a microchip. Generated via procedural node networks, built by maia harding. Performed in realtime by a macbook, then interpreted, mixed and mastered by maia harding. These ideas didn't make it out of 2023.

THE SIXTH HEART (2022)

A Brave Mirror Production // Dir. by Jamie Saul

Music for a bunker that no-one else is in. Written, performed, mixed and mastered by maia harding. Vocal contributions by Amelia Hilton. Additional input from Jamie Saul and Natalie Beddows. Recorded at home, 2022. 'The Sixth Heart' showed at Cotham Church, Bristol, in June 2022. A Brave Mirror Production. Supported by Arts Council England.

CANCER OF THE BLOOD: A COMEDY (2022)

A Brave Mirror Production // Dir. by Minnie Cunningham

Acerbic, skittering, wine-drunk living room bebop. Written, performed, mixed and mastered by maia harding. Additional saxophone by Louiza Charalambous. Vocal contributions by Minnie Cunningham. Recorded at home, 2021-2022. 'Cancer of the Blood: A Comedy' showed at The Alma Tavern, Bristol, in March 2022. A Brave Mirror Production.

ANTIGONE (2021)

A Brave Mirror Production // Dir. by Jamie Saul

Drum corps beamed through a broken laptop. Written, performed, mixed and mastered by maia harding. Recorded at home, 2021. 'Antigone' premiered online in March 2021. A Brave Mirror Production.

THE TEMPEST (2019)

A Brave Mirror Production // Dir. by Jamie Saul

Symphonic march, three feet in the air. Written, mixed and mastered by maia harding. Violin performed by Chloe Henshaw. Additional piano & arrangement by Joe Goodlad. Recorded at Cotham Parish Church, Bristol, 2019. 'The Tempest' showed at The Island, Bristol, in December 2019. A Brave Mirror Production.

ORLANDO (2018)

A Falstaff Production // Dir. by Jasmine Silk

Chimes across a snow field. Written, performed, mixed and mastered by maia harding with additional arrangement by Joe Goodlad. Recorded at home, 2019. 'Orlando' showed at The Pegg Theatre, Bristol, in May 2019. A Falstaff Theatre production.

For a complete catalog of releases, see maiaharding.uk/releases

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//credits

ACTIVATING THE ARCHIVE: 'PALIMPSEST' (2025)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / Audio Walk / Composer / Sound Designer

MADE IN SCOTLAND: 'FLOAT' (2025)

F-Bomb / Theatre / Composer / Sound Designer / Edinburgh Fringe

'THE TEMPEST: THIS ISLAND' (2025)

Brave Mirror / Theatre / Composer

'ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS' (2024)

Brave Mirror / Theatre / Composer / Music Director

'ATTENTION SPAN' (2023)