Writings

Here are links to some blogs and articles I’ve written over the years. Click on the titles or the images to be taken to the webpages that host them…

 

‘Barricades’ – Remembering Cable Street

Written for: Making Music
Date: 06/10/16
About: My final blog about working with the East London Community Band as part of the ‘Adopt A Composer’ scheme.

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Intraversing – An Autobiography Of The Bassoon

Written for: LSO
Date: 25/07/16
About: A short blog I wrote about my piece ‘Intraversing’ for three bassoons, which was composed for Phase I of the LSO Soundhub scheme.

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‘How I Compose’ series – I – Lee Westwood

Written for: British Music Collection
Date: 21/07/16
About: In this first article for the ‘How I Compose’ series, I discuss how I went about writing ‘…and the stars were like pinpricks in the black fabric of night…’

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Lee Westwood – ‘How I Compose’ series – The secret art(s) of composition

Written for: British Music Collection
Date: 20/05/16
About: Introductory article for the ‘How I Compose’ series.

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Meet The Artist… Lee Westwood, Composer & Guitarist

Written for: The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Date: 23/06/16
About: An interview for the Cross-Eyed Pianist.

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Meet The Composer: Lee Westwood

Written for: LSO
Date: 20/05/16
About: An interview for Phase I of the LSO Soundhub.

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Carols, conductor games, & community wind bands

Written for: Making Music
Date: 14/01/16
About: My first blog for the Adopt A Composer scheme, whilst working with the East London Community Band.

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Questions: After Cage, After Study, After All…

Written for: Sound and Music
Date: 18/08/15
About: This was a piece I wrote during my time composing a new work for vibraphonist Joby Burgess on Sound and Music’s Portfolio scheme ‘Aluminium Music’.

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Lee Westwood on MusArc

Written for: Sound and Music
Date: 09/12/14
About: I wrote this piece in the run-up to MusArc’s premiere of ‘The Artchitect’, a piece I wrote for them under Sound and Music’s Portfolio scheme.

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A Hidden Order

Written for: Sound and Music
Date: 09/06/14
About: An article I wrote for Sound and Music about my project ‘A Hidden Order’ and the relationship between Music and Geometry.

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