Composer and concert producer based in Glasgow. https://www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk/biography/
This does really seem to be a weekly blog. This week hasn’t involved anything too exciting. Just working and going to concerts. Went to seven concerts this week, six of them part of Sonorities Festival at Queen’s and one of… Read More »Friday Again
I always end up posting blogs at the end of the week, hmmm. Anyway, this week has been rather hectic even with an extra day off at the start just work work more work oh and 3 concerts and a… Read More »This Week
The arts are the mirror on society. Is this why society can never accept contemporary art? Art that shows the truth that people don’t want to see. When looking back at history the music of each period perfectly fits the… Read More »The Mirror of Art
Back to uni tomorrow after being off for about 3wks. Got most of the work at least started thankfully and got my septet (now named The Space Within) pretty much finished. I think I’ll go over it a bit more… Read More »This Week
This week has been an amazing, though stressful week. Monday and Tuesday was preparing for the Queen’s Composers’ Concert on Wednesday final rehearsels, getting programs printed and all that kind of stuff. The concert on Wed was a great success,… Read More »This Week
Had my first rehearsal yesterday of Quartet No. 1 went really well, really happy with the players I have :). Though one of them couldn’t make it, he was flying over the Irish sea at the time so a decent… Read More »First Rehearsal
My aim for this weekend was to get at least one piece finished and I managed to do it with time to spare for another. I got Catherine’s trumpet solo done and sent to her. Just a short piano and… Read More »Commissions!
Surprisingly almost finished the draft of my septet and what’s left to do I know exactly where its going to go so shouldn’t be too long before doing the final version. As for the other pieces, well they are getting… Read More »Working
At long last getting “Beyond the Tone” played on Tuesday by the artists in residence. The workshop was supposed to be in the afternoon but performers being who they are decided to get an early flight home meaning its now… Read More »Beyond the Tone and Concert