Jabberwocky Music Video

On 31st March I’ll be making a music video of my setting of Lewis Caroll’s Jabberwocky. The Film will be made by Jack Patterson of Clean Films http://cleanfilm.co/ and should be really interesting. Rosie Middleton is singing Soprano along with Miriam Levenson on Bassoon, Steve Haynes on electric bass and me on electric guitar. ...

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composing at the National Theatre

I’m currently writing music for a new play at the National Theatre directed by Nadia Fall. I can’t say much about it as yet other than it follows the stories of various youths at a shelter for people who would otherwise be homeless. It will be playing in The Shed, the National’s new experimental performance space, in August.

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‘Brief Journey’ Premiere

This Thursday the 19th I’ll be conducting the premiere of George Holloway’s ‘Brief Journey’, for soprano, string ensemble and piano at St. Michael’s Church Southampton. The fantastic mezzo Lucy Williams is singing so it’s going to be a really special event. It starts at 7pm and I think tickets are £8

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Jabberwocky Premiere

My setting of Lewis Caroll’s The Jabberwocky is being premiered by WOLF PACK on Saturday 14 July at Hoxton Hall in London. It’s scored for Soprano, Bassoon, Electric Bass and Electric Guitar, and is a funky creature.

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Aditi Singers Premiere

On the 21st June the Aditi Singers will be premiering my SATB setting of an anonymous 9th century Old English poem, ‘The Wayfarer’. I found the text in a lecture given by Jorge Luis Borges, and have tried to reflect some of the austere beauty present in the poem and the music of that time. The concert is in Christ Church ...

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Composer’s Group Concert

On Sunday the Art House Composers’ Group will be giving their first concert. This is a voluntary project I’ve been running at the Southampton Art House for the last eight weeks, open to any keen amateur composers who would like some guidance and an opportunity to showcase their work. They’ve been writing away like mad to make ...

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Etao Shin string arrangements

I’ll be conducting Etao Shin and a string quartet for a couple of songs at their gig in Southampton’s Bargate on 20th May. Etao Shin are a south coast band making a stir with their amazing African influenced grooves and the occasional Bach pastiche. Check them out on Spotify! www.myspace.com/etaoshin

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