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Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering a masterclass and concert on the beautiful island of Corfu. I was a great experience, and I am extremely grateful for the invitation, support and help of Dimitrios Savva, Andreas Mniestis, and Nikos Kanel. Hard to believe. but the white building in the center of this photos…
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I’m very excited about next week, where I’ll be delivering a solo concert and masterclass in Corfu. I’ve pasted my abstract below… State Changes: composing with contrasting sound materials Over the past ten years, I have been developing a compositional method for work with contrasting sound materials. This started back in 2009 when I composed…
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On Sat evening, I performed a new piece – Hymn without Words – at Sound Junction. The piece is a present for my one-time tutor (then colleague and now friend) Dale Jonathan Perkins, and the title a play on his amazing suite of pieces Voice without Words. Sound Junction was again spectacular – with performances…
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I’m delighted to announce that I applied for – and received – funding from the French Embassy to coordinate a workshop run by the Group de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in Paris. The GRM will be travelling to Sheffield at some point in June, to take a part in the workshop which, as currently planned, will…
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I have just received the draft programme of the Royal Music Association and Music and Philosophy Study Group, who have a conference in London in July. I’m delighted to be delivering a paper at the event, on Thursday 11th July, with the following title: The Musical Work-Concept and the Problem of its Identity Crisis.
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I’m really happy that my latest piece – Helix: circle of fifths – has been shortlisted for Sound Spaces 2019. It didn’t win the competition, but was picked from the shortlist for performance in their concert in Malmö. For more details, see: https://hertzbreakerz.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/sound-spaces-2019-call-for-music-results/
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This year, the ICMC is taking place in New York, alongside the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. I’m not sure whether I shall be able to attend… but I’m very excited to have had my piece accepted!
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Vishal Shah emailed me a few days ago from Dubai, to share photos of the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar. To my surprise, our film EPOH (Vishal directed, I composed) is featured in one of the reviews; it has been on a month-long screening in Dubai. Here are the images:
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A few months ago, Adrian Moore and I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Watson, when he visited his home town of Sheffield to receive an Honorary Doctorate from our university. Chris (Dr. Watson) visited our department with his lovely family, and spend a little time listening to pieces from PhD students in our department.…
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I have just returned from Linz, Austria, where I gave a concert of my own works, alongside those of my PhD students and my colleague Adrian Moore. I was the guest of Andreas Weixler, who has realised brilliant facilities for electroacoustic music at the Bruckner Private University and was extremely generous with his time and…