Music/sound design for dance – working with Company of Others
After an amazing week working with teenage lasses in the North East (see previous post: Making Waves Hexagon Experiment electronic music summer school as part of Great Exhibition North), I now return to Newcastle for another marvellous opportunity as composer/sound...
Making Waves – a summer school project at Sage Gateshead as part of Great Exhibition of the North
I'm excited to be returning to my musical nest, Newcastle-upon-Tyne this summer to work with fellow Manchester based artists and audio nerds Afrodeutsche, Mandy Wigby and Vicky Clarke. We'll be working with a group of young lasses making electronic music and...
Lawr I’r Mor/Down to the Sea – electronic music for dance in Cearnarfon
Welcome to the online listening version of "Lawr I'r Mor/DownToTheSea" - A dance and music performance commissioned as part of Castell 03 Arts Festival in Caernarfon, North Wales in June 2018. This is not the performance version (the performance version has a minute...
Lawr I’r Mor/Down to the Sea – new music for dance at Caernarfon Castle
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS for this event I am very excited and grateful for another wonderful creative opportunity - a sound/music commission collaborating with dancer Rosalind Holgate-Smith to take place at Caernarfon Castle in North Wales. 'Lawr...
Next live performance – Bridgewater Hall A little Bite Music
I'm rather excited that my next live performance will be at the mighty Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK. It's always a joy when they let me into such places with my wayward brand of electronic music. As part of their "A Little Bite Music" lunchtime concert series, I...
New electronic music for contemporary dance – Dreamers
It's nice to still have firsts. And this is the first time I have worked with dancers and choreographers. Making music for contemporary dance students at Manchester College as they respond to the "Dreamers" sculpture by Elisa Artesero with choreographer Belinda...
Ableton Push electronic music Initiative in secondary schools is go
I'm excited to be getting started with a pilot initiative I have developed with One Education Music. We are doing a live music performance project using Ableton Live software and their Push controller in a few secondary schools in Manchester. The project gives...
A short film about electronic music composer Delia Derbyshire – by kids!
I wanted to share this wonderful film made by schoolchildren in Manchester. In my capacity with electronic music heritage charity Delia Derbyshire Day, we helped the children be the first to tell the world about the late great electronic music composer who they were...
Sharing new work: a sonic response to Hayling Island
To close an action packed and creatively rich 2017, I want to share with you a new piece: Nissology (which means the study of islands on their own terms). Commissioned by writer Michelle Green and supported by Arts Council England, this experimental electronic music...
Artists in Archives – an event in Manchester Tues 5 Dec 2017
In my role as instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day, we have an event coming up that explores the realm of artists in archives. Called "For Interest Only", this free event is supported by Heritage Lottery Fund and co-curated...