Having been travelling to Milan over the last few months as part of the Niccolò Castiglioni Prize, I have now been selected for the final of the competition, and will write a chamber work for members of Trio Magritte and clarinettist Paolo Beltramini. The piece will be for clarinet, cello and piano, and will be premiered at a concert on...
Seven Face Pictures won a Philip Bates Prize at Birmingham Conservatoire a few weeks ago. The prize was awarded by the Philip Bates Trust after a great performance by Georgina Stalbow, Alice Purton and Agatha Yim (members of Opera Viscera) at the Conservatoire's Recital Hall. You can now hear audio of that performance (cycle through the movements with the arrow...
Seven Face Pictures has been selected for the final of the Philip Bates Prize for vocal composition, and will be performed by members of Opera Viscera (Georgina Stalbow, Alice Purton and Agatha Yim) at Birmingham Conservatoire's Recital Hall on the 4th November. Last year's prize saw three composers competing, including fellow University of Manchester graduate Michael Betteridge, whose competition piece...
On Sunday 23rd October I will conduct Opera Viscera in the sixth performance of Narcissus & Echo. We have been selected for the 'Rough For Opera' platform run by opera group Second Movement. The evening, held at London's Cockpit Theatre, sees three new works being presented, and each company will receive feedback on their work as well as a...
Two upcoming events to tell you about. On Saturday pianist Andrew Wilson-Dickson will workshop a short new piece of mine at Cardiff's Canton Uniting Church, as part of the Primavera Crossing Borders day. 'Graham's Orrery' is the name of my piece, and you can read about its planetary inspiration here. Andrew will be workshopping 13 new pieces and performing a...
I have been selected as a candidate for the inaugural Niccolò Castiglioni Prize, run by the Centro Culturale San Fedele in association with the Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. I will be attending a series of weekends in Milan to receive tuition from composers including Helmut Lachenmann, Stefano Gervasoni, Johannes Schöllhorn and Alessandro Solbiati. Between 4 and 6 finalists will then be...
I have been appointed as 'Young Composer-in-Residence' for the Lancashire Sinfonietta's 2011/12 season, having won their Christopher Brooks Memorial Prize 2011. The residency will involve me working on education projects in the region, writing some chamber music, and culminating in the premiere of a commission for the full orchestra. The concert featuring my piece will be held at the Lancaster...
Narcissus & Echo is being performed as part of the Arcola Theatre's 'Grimeborn' season on Tuesday. Having performed the piece at OPEN Ealing and the Secret Garden Party Festival last month, Opera Viscera will be adapting the show to fit the theatre space. Tickets will be £10 on the door, or can be pre-booked on the Arcola website. 'A modern opera...
'Narcissus & Echo', the collaborative opera written by myself alongside Rachel Jackson, Jasmin Rodgman and Hannah Taylor was performed by Opera Viscera this week. I conducted the ensemble and cast first in Wednesday's premiere at our rehearsal space, OPEN Ealing art gallery, London, then in two performances at the Secret Garden Party Festival in Huntingdon. The cast starred Hannah Eve...