Jeremy Dale Roberts is a distinguished composer. He began deputizing for Herbert Howells at The Royal College of music in the 1970s and was Head of Composition between 1992 to 1997.

He studied with William Alwyn and Priaulx Rainier at the Royal Academy of Music, London. His compositions have been performed worldwide at the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals, the Venice Biennale, the Diorama de Geneve, and the festivals of Avignon and Paris.

They include the cello concerto Deathwatch, written for Rohan de Saram; Tombeau for Stephen Kovacevich; Croquis for string trio, written for members of the Arditti Quartet (BBC commission); In the Same Space, nine poems of Constantin Cavafy, written for Stephen Varcoe; Lines of Life, lyric episodes for ensemble, written for Lontano (BBC commission); and Casidas y Sonetos — del amor oscuro, for solo guitar (Arts Council commission) for Charles Ramierez.

He has recently completed a set of Stele for organ; and Tristia for violin and piano, which is due to be released on CD by NMC next year, along with Croquis and the Capriccio for Violin and Piano.