Score Follower: Days, Distance, Days
A new score follower video of my Trombone Concerto Days, Distance, Days is available here.
Score Follower: Everything Around Me…
A new score follower video of my double harp concerto “Everything Around Me is Crying to Be Gone” is now available here.
New Video: Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale
Hub New Music toured my work for them Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale and produced a new video recording, which you can hear over at their YouTube channel.
Conducting: Manson Ensemble in Tenerife
I am hugely looking forward to leading the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble in two concerts in the Canary Islands as part of the espacio La Granja festival. I’ll be coaching chamber work, and conducting world premieres from Sun KeTing and Philip Cashian, and Edmund Finnis‘ Unfolds.
Autumn Dates: Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale
My recent quartet Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale will receive a quartet of performances this Autumn! Three come from the commissioning ensemble Hub New Music in California (07.11) and in North Carolina (16.11) and South Carolina (18.11). The pieces will also be performed by Riot Ensemble as part of the […]
Conduting: Aldeburgh Festival
It was an absolute pleasure to be a part of Riot Ensemble’s debut at the Aldeburgh Festival with premieres from Farzia Fallah, Soosan Lolavar and Zoe Martlew, alongside Liza Lim’s extraordinary Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus.
NEW WORK: Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale
This new work – for quartet (fl.cl.vln.vc) and electronics, was commissioned by Hub New Music and premiered on 30th April 2022 by them. Listen – and see the full score – here.
NEW WORK: the heavens can make light and flame and ice and water
This new work – for solo accordion and electronics, was commissioned as part of the Royal Academy of Music #200pieces project, and premiered on 15th March 2022 by Iñigo Mikeleiz. Listen – and see the full score – here.
HCMF with Riot Ensemble
It was (as it always is) a pleasure to conduct Riot Ensemble in another HCMF programme this year. Pieces from Chaya Czernowin, Clara Iannotta, Bara Gisladottir and Jenny Hettne have been absolute lifelines during these past months and years, and it was a pleasure to give all three a premiere. […]
At the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Awards on behalf of Riot Ensemble
It was a tremendous honour to be at last week’s Siemens Music Foundation Prize Ceremony, on behalf of Riot Ensemble (who were awarded one of the inaugural Ensemble Prizes). Unusually, this year’s concert featured six young composers, as those who were awarded last year were also recognised at this year’s event.
