I’m very pleased to have been selected to work with the Pop-Up Quartet at this year’s Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy, on the workshopping and performance of a new piece. The bespoke quartet will consist of Alex Wilson (piano), Simon Limbrick (percussion), Joel Bell (electric guitar) and Christian Forshaw (saxophone), and will be performing their newly commissioned …
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May 13
BTR, NYC
My tune ‘El Churro’, along with the music of a broad selection of Brighton Bands and solo artists (including Le Juki), is featured on New York radio show Breakthru Radio this month, led by host DJ Lottie. You can hear the show here… http://www.breakthruradio.com/#/post/?dj=djlottie&post=3993&blog=30&autoplay=1
May 13
‘The Sword Of Freedom’ by Helen Glavin
I’ll be playing guitar in a new work for male voice choir by Helen Glavin called ‘The Sword Of Freedom’, commemorating the 750th anniversary of the Battle Of Lewes. According to a sussexpast.co.uk… “The Battle of Lewes, won by Simon de Montfort on May 14,1264, was part of an English civil war aimed at getting better, fairer …
May 02
Triangle – Ensemble
May 01
SaM ‘New Voices’ Composers 2014-2015
I’m enormously pleased to be able to count myself amongst Sound and Music’s ‘New Voices’ composers for the period 2014-2015. New Voices consists of all the selected Portfolio and Embedded composers from the last two years, what SaM deem to be “some of the most exciting early to mid-career composers working in Britain today”, and there are …
Mar 02
‘A Hidden Order’ CD Out NOW!!!!
Good people of the multiverse, I’m very, very pleased to present to you my first release in some time – ‘A Hidden Order’, a collaboration with geometer Sama Mara. The project, in essence, is a study on the relationship between music and geometry. Through the use of a new system devised by Sama whereby music …
Feb 04
Octagon I – Flute & Marimba
Here’s the first video from the exhibition/album ‘A Hidden Order’, a collaboration between myself and geometer Sama Mara. The exhibition will run between 19th-28th March @ The Prince’s School Of Traditional Arts, Shoreditch, with live performances on 20th & 28th March. The album ‘A Hidden Order’ will be available for download right here from the …
Jan 30
‘Dear Little Emmie’ Trailer Coming Very Soon….
I’ve just this minute been sent the first full render of the trailer for ‘Dear Little Emmie’, an animation by Adam Oehlers (yes indeedy, the very same man who did the artwork for my debut album ‘To Sleep’) featuring music by yours truly. I’m assured that the final cut is only days away, and I …
Jan 15
Sound And Music ‘Portfolio’ Homepage + ‘New Voices’ Featured Composer
Here is a link to the Sound And Music ‘Portfolio’ scheme homepage, through which I’ve been commissioned to write a new work for London-based choir MusArc, for performance this Summer in The Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey. Lots of other cool composers and improvisers on the scheme, so check it out. http://soundandmusic.org/projects/portfolio-2013-14 In conjunction with this, Sound …