Last week, I shared one of my WIPs with you all. This week, you get to see the finished product! It is composed for flautist Gavin Osborn, who will be giving the world premiere performance at the Congleton festival on Saturday 3rd March (more details coming soon!). Here is the first page of 'Caution. You [...]
Composition deadlines have coincided with a boost in my instrumental teaching...which means I've got scraps of paper full of ideas hastily scribbled between lessons. It also means that this will be another short post. I just wanted to share something that I've been working on. This is a piece for flautist Gavin Osborn. I'm experimenting [...]
Just a quick post today because I'm swimming in deadlines for compositions! (A nice, if stressful, way to be) Yesterday, in order to keep up with everything I need to finish, I found myself composing in a Morrisons in Eccles between music tuition. I got some interesting looks, but I nearly completed a whole page! [...]
A few weeks ago I travelled to Essex to see Talliston House & Gardens, a possible venue for the time-trace-place project that I am part of (more details on this project will be coming very soon). Talliston is extraordinary - each room takes you to a different time and place. It took twenty-five years for the owner, John [...]
Today is the release of The Mortal Path, a Dungeons and Dragons podcast run by the wonderful Yubi. I've known Yubi for nearly seven years and anyone who knows them could tell you that they're great at telling stories. Seriously, I could (and have) listen to them tell stories of their everyday life for hours. [...]
Last week I shared my New Years Resolutions with you and I got some good feedback - some of you said it was an interesting way to make resolutions and you might give it a try! Unfortunately, it hasn't worked... Actually, it might be more accurate to say it isn't working for some resolutions. My [...]
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone reading this is having a good start to 2018. Over the last few years, I had given up on New Years Resolutions. It felt like simply deciding something was a resolution meant I would fail to do it. However, in December I attended a webinar run by the [...]
I often use relaxation music to de-stress - so I thought why not compose some myself? This time of year can be stressful, so whether you listen to this or not take some time to look after yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4cBcZJAbZM If you’re enjoying my content here and want to support me you can give me [...]
Ah, December. People cosy and warm in big winter coats, twinkling lights making the early sunset more bearable and, of course, Christmas music. Christmas music everywhere. In the streets, in the shops, on the radio, at any concert you go to... As a musician, I've usually had my fill of Christmas music by December 1st. [...]
As anyone who lives in the UK will know, this week was cold. The joys of working from home and not being able to afford the heating all day long led to this ridiculous situation: In that picture, I'm working on a piece for Crystal Chords. Usually when I'm writing something for voice, I find the [...]
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