Orchestration Online
Thanks to Orchestration Online for this nice comment about Composition Today and my blog: 'This website doesn’t screw around. It’s got up-to-date information about concerts, recordings, news affecting composers, and…
Sibelius, Staffpad, Surfaces and iPad Pros
There was much talk of doom after the close of the UK Sibelius Office in 2012. With hindsight, it now seems that it was justified. The next paid upgrade to the…
Organ workshop with Judith Weir and Thomas Trotter
Delighted that my prelude Warum Sollt has been selected for the Choir and Organ composition workshop on 10 September. The workshop takes place on Thursday 10 September at 2-5pm, on the new Richards,…
Sing We To This Merry Company
Many thanks to the Choir of St. James's Parish Church and conductor Robin Kimber for their performance of my new carol. A recording can be found at the 'Read more' link,…
New Carol for St. James’s, Sussex Gardens
My new carol, Sing We to this Merry Company, will be premièred by the choir of St. James's Church, Sussex Gardens at 6pm on 21st December as part of their candlelit Festival of Nine…
February Concert Diary
Peter Maxwell Davies described in a recent BBC interview how close he came to being struck with ‘the curse of the ninth’, having being diagnosed with leukemia that, without treatment, would have…
Robert Fokkens: Tracing Lines
Many composers are inspired by their roots, some so much so it would be hard to imagine how their music would sound if they had been born elsewhere. South African…