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Posted on 09 Sep 2014

This Thursday 11 September, violinist Sarah Hill will perform a new piece of mine, entitled Sparking & Slipping, at her final Masters recital at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. The piece is a virtuosic showpiece for violin soloist, accompanied by piano, harp & percussion – the accompagnato ensemble will be comprised of pianist Hannah Ely, harpist Anne Denholm and percussionist Henry Fynn, and...

Posted on 15 Aug 2014

The London Sinfonietta have made a little portrait film of me after they commissioned Études Nos. 3 & 4 for solo violin, performed by Jonathan Morton last week. Have a look! ...

Posted on 23 Jul 2014

My new Études Nos. 3 & 4 for solo violin, commissioned by London Sinfonietta as part of their 'Sinfonietta Shorts' series, were premiered on the 23rd July at King's Place's Rotunda Room. The two new études, lasting around five minutes in total, were played wonderfully by the Sinfonietta's principal violinist Jonathan Morton to invited guests at one of the Sinfonietta's...

Posted on 11 Jun 2014

It's the 67th Aldeburgh Festival this month, and my piece Rainbow-Shooting Cloud Contraption for 15 players is being performed on Saturday 21st by the Britten-Pears Composers Ensemble, conducted by Gregory Charette. The piece was written at Aldeburgh's Contemporary Composition course last year, run by Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews and Michael Gandolfi. The concert is at 6pm at the Britten Studio...

Posted on 30 Apr 2014

I am part of the first group of composers involved in the re-launch of Sound and Music's 'New Voices' scheme for 2014/15. The scheme sees an annual group of emerging composers selected to have their work showcased by Sound and Music and the British Music Collection. It basically serves as a platform for the composers, and as a curated selection...

Posted on 24 Apr 2014

An update about some recent education work I've been doing – alongside violinist Sarah Hill, I organised a two-day composition course for 9-14 year olds, held at Pembroke House in South London. The course was inspired by George Crumb's piece Eleven Echoes of Autumn, extracts of which we performed during the course with flautist Jenny Dyson, pianist Dasol Lee and...

Posted on 10 Mar 2014

This Friday, the Bangor New Music Festival will play host to the premiere of a new piece of mine for chamber orchestra, entitled Antic Rounds. The piece will be performed by the Orchestra of the Swan, conducted by their director David Curtis, in a concert also featuring a premiere by festival director Guto Puw and pieces by Robert Saxton, Huw...

Posted on 22 Feb 2014

I have been selected for the 'Opera Creation' workshops at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence this summer. The workshops are being run by playwright Martin Crimp, with contributions from his operatic collaborator (and my composition teacher) George Benjamin. I will take part in seminars and workshops alongside other young composers, librettists and directors, and will also attend festival operas and concerts. The...

Posted on 16 Jan 2014

I have been commissioned, with funds from the William Alwyn Foundation, to write a piece for the Britten Sinfonia for their 2014/15 season. The piece, scored for string orchestra, will be premiered in March 2015 in concerts at Cambridge's West Road Concert Hall, Norwich's Theatre Royal, and the Barbican's Milton Court Concert Hall in London. All concerts will feature Thomas...