Composer and concert producer based in Glasgow. https://www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk/biography/
This is a transcript of a talk giving at R-Space Gallery in Lisburn on the 10th October 2013 at part of Firing Sound with ceramicist Andrew Cooke. I thought it would be a good idea to put the transcript on… Read More »R-Space Talk Transcript
As promised to those today here is a link to download the various drafts of what I said at the talk. Its a zip file which contains 6 different versions: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37637874/RCS%20Will%20We%20See%20Light%20Talk.zip
I’ve spend the last month or so working on ideas for the percussion and electronics piece for Glynn. The initial idea I had was for a 7 min piece for drum kit and marimba. The piece began with a cymbal… Read More »Percussion part 2
Yesterday I had my first meeting with Glynn Forrest about a piece for percussion and live electronics I’m going to be writing him for the next Edit-Point concert. I hadn’t planned on going in with any preconceived ideas I simply… Read More »Initial Thoughts Percussion and Electronics
This opera lark is a weird thing. When I was writing Puddle Wonderful I talked to the librettist, James Johnson, he wrote the words, I wrote the music, there was a bit of tooing and froing between us while I… Read More »Blocking Ideas
I’m just back from my first time at the proms and feel the need to write something about them more than just being a great experience. My first impression of the hall itself was simply ‘wow’, it just seems right.… Read More »BBC Proms 2010 Prom 46
Sometimes you have a craving. This craving manifests itself as a physical impulse, your body tells your mind ‘satisfy this craving’. Easily done if the craving is quite a general one ‘give me water’ or ‘give me food’ but what… Read More »Sometimes you have a craving…
This is a very quick blog simply because I only have abotu 5 mins of internet left. Sitting in a hostel in amsterdam after visiting paris and heading to berlin tonight. In paris we lost one of our group: he… Read More »Quick Post
With a new website I’m going to start a new blog though with this one, instead of me talking about just my music, I’m going to tie it into my new thing on SubCity Radio co-hosting the Vile Arts Radio… Read More »Vile Arts first co-hosting
This is the week of PLUG in RSAMD. Ten concerts in five days and most of the music being played are premiers by the composers within the composition department. I have two pieces being played both on Thursday. The first… Read More »Plug 2011