Ruthless Jabiru is to work with British composer Christopher Fox through the orchestra’s creative partnership with Sound and Music. Fox will join the project as a mentor to Ruthless Jabiru’s three Portfolio scheme composers: Eugene Birman, Michael Cryne, and Egidija Medekšaitė, who will participate in their first workshop with the ensemble this week.

Hailed by The Wire as “a tantalising figure in British music”, Fox has been a longstanding member of the composition faculties at Darmstadt New Music Summer School, University of Huddersfield, and Brunel University, and writes regularly for publications including The Guardian and The Journal of Music.