Composer / Producer / Guitarist
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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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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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 …
(Originally posted 1st May 2014)
The Liverpool University Players worked with videographer and editor Sarah Pollitt to create this film about how we created the music for their production of The Canterbury Tales. Featuring interviews with myself and producer/harpist Sarah Peverley, we discuss authenticity, collaboration and realisation in this short documentary. Learn more about the production in this online version of the …
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(Originally posted on 16th April 2014) When The Canterbury Tales ended, I found myself with a desire to take the ideas I'd discovered during that process a little bit further. Writing the music purely for a live context shaped the sound and the performances in a very particular way. The compositions were really effective in …
(Originally posted on 7th March 2014) It's great to be working again with the passionate theatre community of the University of Liverpool. Some of you may remember the otherworldly Goblin Market put on by award-winning LUDS and my eerie Balalaika-infused score that went with it. Well, this time they're teaming up with The Liverpool University Players to …
Continue reading "The Canterbury Tales – my second foray into theatre"
(Originally posted 7th September 2013) A couple of bits of exciting news from the past month or so, and some others concerned with what's coming next. First off, the piece 'Transitions', written by myself and Sarah Peverley for harp and piano, is going to be featured on BBC Radio 3's Words and Music programme on …
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(Originally posted on 24th July 2013) As has already been mentioned on the blog a while back, I have been working with the award-winning Liverpool University Drama Society and historian/harpist Dr Sarah Peverley on a re-imagination of Christina Rossetti's dark fairy tale 'Goblin Market'. The play will feature both live and recorded music composed and …
Continue reading "LUDS presents ‘Goblin Market’ – Liverpool Preview 30th July 2013"
Alex Cottrell 