Delighted that my new piece – Between Pictures – has received the First Prize at Computer Space digital arts competition in Sofia. Computer Space invited me to attend the award ceremony last week, where I was presented with the following trophy: During the event, I delivered an hour-long talk about the piece, and enjoyed an…
Sounds of the Wetlands – first reviews in
The first reviews are starting to come in following the publication of our compilation album ‘Sounds of the Wetlands’. My favourite, thus far, comes from Richard Allen in ‘A Closer Listen’, who writes: “This collection is so good that it may make prompt a move to the wetlands. The double album is the result of…
Encircled published by Gruenrekorder
I am really excited to announce that my new work, Encircled, has been published on a compilation album curated by myself and my friend and colleague Felipe Otondo. This album is the result of a collaboration between composers and sound artists based in Valdivia, Chile, and London, UK. It was inspired by the long-running SoundLapse…
Between Pictures – finalist in Prix Russolo
Between Pictures has been selected as a finalist in the Prix Russolo. This is one of my favourite competitions, since the selected finalists then tour a Prix Russolo concert around various different cities and concerts – it is wonderful to be a part of that. This year, concerts are being planned in France, Switzerland, Italy,…
Between Pictures – 3rd Prize in ULJUS
I’m a little late with posting this… but I was incredibly proud that my new piece ‘Between Pictures’ received the 3rd Prize in the ULJUS international composition competition. My good friends Joao Pedro Oliveira and Berk Yagli received the 1st and 2nd prizes respectively – so I’m really happy to be in great company!!
Between Pictures at the ICMC
My most recent piece – Between Pictures – has been selected for the ICMC 2025, in Boston. It is always really nice when a new piece is accepted for something – particularly a very significant conference/festival such as the International Computer Music Conference. The piece received its premiere at Ignite the Arts festival, Canada 2025,…
Sounds of the Wetlands
In early 2025, staff and students from the Sound and Music Programme, LCC, travelled to the London Wetlands Centre (part of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)) to make recordings of the site and its surrounding areas. The project was inspired the long-running SoundLapse project at the Universidad Austral de Chile, where recordings of the wetlands around Valdivia have inspired ecological, educational, and creative research. During the course our project, we met with our counterparts in Chile and learned about their interests,…
A Clockwork Underpass – new funded project
Late last year, Darria Baiocchi and I co-wrote a funding application that was subsequently submitted to the Wandsworth Fringe. We proposed a large-scale AV work based on the cinematic history of Wandsworth – inspired by the Trinity Road Underpass in Wandsworth where Stanley Kubrick filmed scenes for A Clockwork Orange. We were successful with you…
Award from KHN
I am very pleased and honoured to have received the Kimmel Harding Nelson Centre for the Arts Award – this is what the centre say on their website: “The mission of the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts is to support established and emerging writers, visual artists and composers by providing working and living environments that…
Performances in Spain and Germany
I was really happy to hear that that two of my pieces were played, over the past few weeks, in Spain and Germany. To US.S..S… was performed at AKUSMA Concierto, in the Conservatorio Jesús Guridi Kontserbatorioa on the 16th Nov 2024… And Ctrl C was performed at Ars Acusmatica, MEbU, in Münster, on the 1st Nov…