For once a blog that isn’t on a friday night! I feel its time for an update since it has been ages since the last one. Not too much has happened recently, went to Download music festival for a week… Read More »
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Opera
The last few weeks have been a little hectic, too hectic to post here. Mainly because of finishing off my septet The Space Within but its done and handed in. Would love to hear it played properly but don’t know… Read More »Opera
Friday Again
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
This Week
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 Mirror of Art
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
This Week
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
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
First Rehearsal
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
Commissions!
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!
Working
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