Marie Schreer on her new project ‘Belonging’

For some time now, Violinist Marie Schreer has been developing a (frankly) extraordinary project on home & belonging, for which I am honoured to be contributing a new (20′) piece. The project has been supported by HCMF Shorts (2024), and has recently received funding from the PRS Foundations Open Fund. 

Marie has written a lovely introduction to the project here.

It’s always personal when a friend writes music for you, but Aaron’s If I Am From Somewhere I Am From There for violin, video, and electronics has not only kickstarted the journey of this project but for the tape part he asked my family to speak about their memories of me as a child. Knowing that they will be a part of this in such a direct and lasting way is something truly special. When the ideas for Aaron’s piece and my ruminations on home and belonging began to come together, I knew I wanted to build a programme around it. From here, it began to grow into a much larger and much more broadly relevant project than I could have imagined.