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…

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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…

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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…

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It feels like a lifetime ago, but last month I had the enormous pleasure of travelling to Morelia, Mexico, where I joined the 20th edition of their wonderful festival – Visiones Sonoras. It was an incredibly valuable experience for me – I heard some wonderful music, met some great people, and enjoyed being back in…

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Big thanks to Andrew Lewis for performing my music at Musicacoustica festival in China. I wasn’t able to travel, sadly, but have heard many amazing things about this festival… hopefully another year…

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I’m SUPER proud that my latest piece ‘Unto the Sea’ has been selected for the finals at the Métamorphoses composition competition. The finals of the competition, organised by Musique et Recherches, is taking place in a public concert at the start of L’Espace du Son on 16th Oct 2024. I’m really excited to attend once…

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Last week, I attended NoiseFloor in Lisbon. Although it usually takes place at Staffordshire University, this year it was hosted by the Lisbon School of Music, (Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa). It was a brilliant event – some excellent papers and pieces from start to finish. I enjoyed performing two pieces – To US.S..S……

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I’m super happy to announce that TO US.S..S… has been selected as a finalist at the MA/IN awards, based in Italy. I’ve never had a chance to visit – but it looks like they run amazing concerts, in a very beautiful location, and I have my fingers crossed to be selected for the next round!!!…

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I’m very happy to share the news that Berk Yagli – one of my PhD researchers at UAL – has received third prize in the Uljus Composition Competition, based in Serbia. To my surprise, they also sent me a diploma (to acknowledge my role of Berk’s tutor/supervisor) – that’s a first for me, but actually…

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In 2023, several of my pieces were selected and performed at MUSLAB, in Ecuador and Argentina. From those, To US.S..S… was subsequently selected to be part of a collective release on Cero Records. The release had now been… well… released, and is available in both digital and physical formats. Here is an online link to…

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