I have recently returned from Oslo, working with the Pinquins percussion trio. We spent our time working out instrumentation for my new piece ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon’. The piece will be developed around a Norwegian folk tale of the same title. The Pinquins’ workshop was a treasure chest of percussive toys, including a really cool ‘Waldteufel’ and a set of tuned goblets (top, above). We also experimented with synchronising hits from coins being thrown onto a snare drum. This action will have metaphorical significance in the piece, so keep updated for how all these strands will be worked together! The Pinquins were fantastic company and I am very excited about the piece we will create together.

I am very excited to get the opportunity to travel to Norway to work with the percussion trio ‘The Pinquins’.  We will be working on a piece taking influence from the Norwegian folk tale ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon’.  This exchange will be part of a wider set of connections facilitated through Curated Place.  I would like to try and incorporate some of the recordings I made in Iceland last year into the electronic sections of this piece.  I will also be working with the trio to incorporate some of their more experimental ensemble work.  If you click on the picture you can visit their website to check out their latest concert recordings.