Have a read of this interview I did with Richard Bond for the university's Student News section. I graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2013, and here I talk about my changing music and business practises since then. Enjoy!
Video Jam at Bury Art Gallery
Brébeuf and my live score for psaltery is going to be performed once more at Bury Art Gallery on 18th February! If you missed it at Manchester Jewish Museum in November last year then now is your chance to see it at this brilliant free live event. Video Jam will be bringing together some of their …
Brébeuf – hear my score with the film
I have finally got round to recording my film score for Stephen Broomer's 'Brébeuf' which was commissioned by Video Jam and performed at Manchester Jewish Museum on the 12th November 2015. If you missed the performance, then now is your chance to hear what it sounded like - enjoy! You can read more about my …
‘Bisclavret’ phase 2 – The Audio Play
After a successful day of performances on 14th November at The Walker Art Gallery, The Liverpool Players decided to take their production of Marie de France's Bisclavret one step further and put together an audio-only version of the play. After creating the music and sounds for the live show, I too had been thinking whether …
Scoring ‘Brébeuf’ for Video Jam
The Video Jam event at Manchester Jewish Museum draws closer. Next Thursday (12th) I will be joining Flamingods, Metaphysical Human, Layfullstop and the Sacred Sounds Women's Choir in performing a live score for a selection of short films and extracts, all focussing around a brief of faith and ritual. I've been assigned to write for Brébeuf …
‘Bisclavret’ at Being Human 2015 – a festival of the humanities – 14th Nov
If you reach back into the intervallic archive of my blog (which is to say, 2 posts ago but back in July), you'll have your memory jogged that I've been writing some more music for The Liverpool University Players. In fact, I recently finished the score for the Players' latest production of Bisclavret - a …
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Video Jam – Manchester Jewish Museum – 12th November
This November, I will be performing an audio-visual piece live in collaboration with Video Jam - a community that looks to bring film-makers and local musicians together in unique settings. The performance will be at the Manchester Jewish Museum on the 12th of November and will focus around the themes of faith, worship and ritual. …
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2015 – the halfway point: an update
Goodness, it's been some months since I posted on here. Which is not to say that I haven't had anything to talk about, just a lack of time to talk about it. A mixture of events and obstacles - some work related, some not - as well as moving house, has kept me from setting …
A message from Montreal – Antarctic Art and Music
Quite a while back now, I wrote a piece for moving image as part of my portfolio I was creating at university. It was a 'wide-eyed' and adventurous orchestral arrangement, accompanying some footage of Antarctica (the source of which I have never been able to find.) It's proven a fairly agreeable piece of music amongst …
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Turn Northward – an experiment in interactive music composition
I've uploaded a couple of new tunes to my Soundcloud, including this one: I've been collaborating with Canadian composer and sound designer Andrew McDermid to experiment with an interactive music showcase, using gameplay from Bethesda's hit RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. What you'll hear in the Soundcloud player is a 'full' version of a piece …
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