“Bastard Assignments are a welcome reminder of the value of risk in artistic creation” – Tim Rutherford-Johnson, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

“one of the most exciting forces in contemporary music” – Financial Times

Bastard Assignments are Timothy Cape, Edward Henderson, Caitlin Rowley and Josh Spear, four composer-performers making experimental music. We work collaboratively and have developed a shared practice encompassing concert music, movement work, online pieces, text, video and improvisation. Our members met while studying composition at Trinity Laban and in 2013 started organising performances of our own work and providing a platform for other artists in London.

In 2025 and 2026 we are touring PIGSPIGSPIGS, a musiktheater piece commissioned by Borealis – a festival for experimental music (NO), Spor Festival (DK) and Wigmore Hall (UK) as well as presenting HOUSE, a music installation commissioned by Musik Installationen Nürnberg (DE).

Bastard Assignments has performed around England, Ireland, Germany, the USA and Scandinavia, and has both performed live and created recordings for various programmes on BBC Radio, as well being profiled on Deutschlandfunk.

For more information on our members and their other projects, visit these websites:

• https://timothycape.net/
• https://edward-henderson.com/
• https://caitlinrowley.com/
• https://thejoshspear.com/