Category Archives: General
Parade Recording with BBC NOW
Tonight I listened to BBC NOW recording Satie’s ‘Parade’, conducted by Martin Yates. I will be using the recording as the basis for a new work written for Marc Rees and National Dance Company Wales. I will be posting much more about this event over the next few weeks and this recording session marks the start of a lot of studio work for me! The first performances are on the 24th and 25th of October in the WMC in Cardiff with performances in Pontio, Bangor shortly afterwards.
Newport Legends Concert
The Operasonic concert on Sunday 2nd July was fantastic! All the legends came together for the first time and it was great to see and hear what everyone had been working on for so long. Many of the young singers put in an excellent performance and it was agreed by the audience that the night was a great success. It was lovely working with Polly Graham on this, and lovely to meet so many enthusiastic music makers!
Maindee Legends starts today!
Today we start our community chorus in Maindee Library – 1pm – 4pm Saturday 17th June. The next rehearsal is 1pm – 4pm Saturday 24th June rehearsal at Maindee Library, Newport. On Saturday 1st July performance at Maindee Festival and 12pm – 6pm Sunday 2nd July performance at The Riverfront Theatre. The other legends are coming together for these performances so it will be a great concert!
Cinderella soundtrack now available
I have just made the soundtrack to the ballet ‘Cinderella’, which was commissioned by Ballet Cymru, available here. It was such a pleasure to work on music for a whole production and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Guest Editor at ‘The Sampler’
This month I am guest editing Sound and Music’s ‘The Sampler’. I have written a blog, edited a playlist, and commissioned content from Hafdis Bjarnadottir and Enrico Bertelli. Go to https://thesampler.org to see more this month’s musical offerings!
Music Is Everything!
I’ve just uploaded some pictures from the LMM concert ‘Music Is Everything’ in which my piece ‘Flutter’ received its premiere. It was a great day and the audience loved the event and were clearly moved by all the staff and children’s hard work and dedication.
Islands (Ynysoedd) in Iceland video!
I am so thrilled to be able to share a wonderful recording of The South Iceland Chamber Choir performing ‘Islands (Ynysoedd)’ at their recent concert. I need to say a big thank you to Brian FitzGibbon and Árni Möller for this, in addition to Hilmar Örn Agnarsson, Björg Þórhallsdóttir, and the SICC.
Islands/Ynysoedd in Iceland
On Tuesday 21st this week, the South Iceland Chamber Choir (or Kammerkór Suðurlands to those fluent in Icelandic) performed my piece Islands/Ynysoedd at a concert in Reykjavik. I believe the concert was to promote a new CD which the choir has just released, more details to follow…
Music is Everything! Saturday 4th March
This Saturday my new piece ‘Flutter’ will be performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The piece will be part of the concert performed by 350 children from 7 London primary schools. Tickets are free and can be booked on using the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-is-everything-tickets-29851885794?aff=es2
The concert starts at 17.00 and will be my first performance of a piece through the London Music Masters composition award for 2016/2107. I look forward to seeing you there! (photo credit copyright: Morley von Sternberg).
Jack White 