Zaratan AIR residency With much excitement I can announce that this coming November I will be in residency at Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa, Portugal, as part of their Zaratan AIR residency programme. These past months I have been in Tumanyan, Lori Region, Armenia, beginning work on this project. This work and the residency is being supported by Help Musicians and the Mejlis Institute.
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 | Next week I look forward to being on the Entrepreneurship and Covid-19 discussion panel at the Association Européenne des Conservatoires online conference. >> Further info <<  |
I'm honoured to be premiering "Oil Coal and Gas for Three Cellos" by Climate Symphony, at the We Make Tomorrow Summit, an event organised by the Serpentine Gallery's General Ecology Project in partnership with Julie's Bicycle. The day will address the current climate crisis, including speakers such as Brian Eno and Frances Morris.
>> Tickets and full event programme here <<
>> Tickets and full event programme here <<
The New Maker Ensemble will be joining 840 to celebrate their 5th anniversary this year at Café OTO, performing pieces composed for us in 2016 for our collaborative programme with 840: 'Masking Set' by Georgia Rodgers and 'HarM' by Nicholas Peters.
Look back on the full concert programme here!
Event page and tickets are here.
Look back on the full concert programme here!
Event page and tickets are here.
I am excited to announce that I will be taking part in the METRIC IP Conference in January 2020, at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. METRIC is dedicated to the development of the the understanding of Improvisation, and the conference will be a large-scale exchange between European Conservatoires, through multiple workshops, masterclasses, lectures, discussion panels and concerts.
More info can be found here:
About METRIC
METRIC IP January 2020
More info can be found here:
About METRIC
METRIC IP January 2020
SISTEMA comes to London with pieces that toured Madeira Island last year, created with the support from Funchal City Council and The Portuguese Regional Cultural Bureau (DRC).
Tickets available here
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Very happy and proud to announce that myself and my duo partner Kristjan Kannukene won the Gladys Puttick Improvisation Competition yesterday!
You can listen to our improvisation here, which was based on "Orakei Korako", a poem by Andrew Ball.
"This was a real journey...transcending the conventional use of instruments. There was an involving sense of ebb and flow. Highly charged, colourful and striking." - adjudicators' comments, Linda Hurst & Ian Mitchell
You can listen to our improvisation here, which was based on "Orakei Korako", a poem by Andrew Ball.
"This was a real journey...transcending the conventional use of instruments. There was an involving sense of ebb and flow. Highly charged, colourful and striking." - adjudicators' comments, Linda Hurst & Ian Mitchell
Lewisham Live is an annual festival which supports and encourages the creativity of young musicians. In the lead up to this years events, I have been running composition workshops alongside Sarah Freestone for A-Level music students, and they will have the chance to present their final works at Blackheath Halls!
I would encourage all my young students to come along, especially those who will be potentially choosing music for their GCSEs or A-Level!
Find out more information here.
And tickets for the event here.
Diário de Notícias: Artes Concert at Teatro Baltazar Dias closes 'Sistema' by Paulo Henriques
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Jornal da Madeira: Artes por Dentro 'Sistema' to 'open the guts' by Susana de Figueiredo
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Jornal da Madeira: Artes por Dentro 'Sistema' to 'open the guts' by Susana de Figueiredo
This summer the NME: New Maker Ensemble will be touring Madeira island, Portugal. Click here for the full programme information! - More Info
"No.53 Take 2 - Something that Roxie said, not quite long enough to be a piece"
by Rodrigo B. Camacho, arr. Roxanna Albayati
Listen to the original piece here!
by Rodrigo B. Camacho, arr. Roxanna Albayati
Listen to the original piece here!