The second movement of my suite of Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra (‘Parallels’) is receiving its premiere this Friday (5th Dec) @ St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton,  by the University Of Sussex Symphony Orchestra. It should be a fun gig, so come along if you’re about

Since I last posted about the project, ‘A Hidden Order’ has had the great pleasure to travel out to some wonderful places, including Abu Dhabi Art and Contemporary Istanbul with the Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, and a group show at the Seyhoun Gallery in LA. To finish off the year, some of our work is currently in Florida at SCOPE Miami Beach 2014 with Kashya Hildebrand. More info on this art fair here –

http://scope-art.com/shows/miami-beach-2014/about/

This has been a massively exciting year for us, since our debut show back in March. We’ll be returning with more shows (and hopefully some new works for your minds) in 2015, so keep your eyes on www.musicalforms.com

I was very fortunate to have the wonderful Riot Ensemble perform a number of my Vignettes (arranged for flute and clarinet) this October in Brighton. Here are a couple of recordings made at the concert of this premiere performance

Two works from the ‘A Hidden Order’ collection are currently out in Korea at KIAF 2014, with the Kashya Hildebrand Gallery. Mega excited about making our Asian debut today! Check out more about ‘A Hidden Order’ at www.musicalforms.com

I’m mega excited to hear The Riot Ensemble’s Timothy Orpen and Kate Walter premiere a selection of my ‘Vignettes’, arranged for flute and clarinet, this October in Brighton. The works will be performed alongside a selection of other works by NMB composers, as well as Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Augusta Read Thomas, Helen Grimes, Luke Styles and Jorg Widmann The event will take place at the Friend’s Meeting House, Oct.14th, 7.30pm.

Click on the image below for the event page

The ‘A Hidden Order’ exhibition at the Kashya Hildebrand gallery was launched last night with our multimedia live show, performed to a full house! We’re massively grateful to all who came down and shared the night with us, and to the musicians who made the magic happen. The show will be running from 10th September – 11th October, so make sure you pay us a visit over the month!

Find out more about the show at http://www.kashyahildebrand.org/new_site/exhibitions/mara_westwood/index.html

Debut work from the ‘A Hidden Order’ suite…

The ‘A Hidden Order’ exhibition is currently making its international debut at the Athr Gallery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Our work is being exhibited as part of the ‘Language Of Human Consciousness’ show, which runs from July 10th – Oct 10th. If you’re in the area, come check it out…

Sound and Music have published my blog on ‘A Hidden Order’, in anticipation of our exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery’s START Art Fair, June 26-29. The SaM Sampler contains blogs by many up-and-coming and established composers, alongside SaM staff, on all sorts of topics ranging throughout contemporary music and the arts. You can read my article here –

The ‘A Hidden Order’ exhibition will be up at the Saatchi Gallery this month (26-29) as the exclusive representatives of the Prince’s School Of Traditional Arts in the Saatchi’s START Art Fair. We’re mega chuffed to be working at such a prestigious space for what will be our second exhibition ever, so please come along and say hi!

In the meantime, here’s a little something from our premiere exhibition at the Prince’s School earlier this year…