July has come bursting in with storms and fierce sunshine. Let’s hope the music is just as dramatic with these aural snippets of my life as a freelance composer.
July 2015 Fade-Ins
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June 2015 Fade-Ins
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June has burst upon us and hopefully with it there’ll be lots of new musical ideas bursting too. This is a sound and music diary of the day-to-day life of a freelance composer.
May 2015 Fade-Ins
Categories: Composery Life
Now spring is here, no doubt new compositions will be bursting into life. You can track their progress here during the month of May.
April 2015 Fade-Ins
Categories: Composery Life
March was one of the busiest months on record for this composer. I wonder what April will bring. Here will be 30 fade-ins that tell us what!
March 2015 Fade-Ins
Categories: Composery Life
More daily musical and other sound treats from the month of March.
February 2015 Fade-Ins
Categories: Composery Life
30-40 second sound snippets of the musical things I get up to during February.
January 2015 Fade-ins
Categories: Composery Life
It is my intention during 2015 to do something creative each day. As I am principally concerned in my work with music and sound, this will feature in the snippets or fade-ins that I share with you on this blog.
Aubade: Sunrises and a Marimba
Categories: Composery Life
I have brought together two creative endeavours 365 photos of 2014’s sunrises and my Marimba Concerto “In The Teeth Of It” as a New Year’s Eve task today in this video. I have loved 2014. I hope 2015’s just as creative, cheerful and productive for us and for you.
Crocodilus Niloticus and the Ration Book. Boo!
Categories: Composery Life, Music Teaching Activities (Primary)
I’ve returned to the classroom for the last few weeks and have composed new music for youngsters on the themes of Ancient Egypt and World War 2!
Song Stories: Henry Hotspur Percy
Categories: Composery Life, Song Stories
During the Hotspur Festival of 2009, celebrating 700 years of the Percy family at Alnwick Castle, I wrote this 3-way partner song for a local school to perform in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland.
