Holding – a commission for The Verb on BBC Radio 3
"Holding" is a commission for The Verb on BBC Radio 3 featuring the Yoruba words of fellow Verb guest Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún. I adapted a track in progress from my forthcoming album "Electric Mountain" due out later this year. You can...
An interview with the second women electronic music composer in the UK
I am excited to share a wonderful chat I had with Janet Beat. Aged 81 and based in Scotland, Janet describes herself as "the second woman electronic music composer in the UK". Only in the timeline of best known professional composers. Daphne Oram came first, then...
Trailer for “In The Footsteps” – a collaboration with Madelon Hooykaas
I am excited to share the trailer for the first performance of "In The Footsteps" which took place at Manchester Art Gallery in March 2019. The performance wad filmed and trailer produced by Luna Film. Trailer - In the Footsteps (of Delia Derbyshire and Li Yuan-chia),...
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...
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...
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...
Electronic Music Initiative – 24 schools covered!
For a few years now, I have designed and been delivering an introduction to electronic music and music technology in partnership with One Education Music. For academic years 2015-2017 the course has been subsidised by Manchester Music Hub as a New Initiative, making...
Nature, Skin and Bones – music and sound design for sculpture
After performing Mammoth Mountain live at a friend's birthday party, sculptor Sarah Smith invited me to bring my sound(s) to a new scultpure exhibition Nature, skin and bones which will show at The Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes, Yorkshire Dales from 3 October -...
Music technology courses in schools in Manchester 2015-2016
I am very pleased that Manchester Music Hub has taken on my Delia Derbyshire inspired Music Technology courses as a 'New Initiative' for the academic year 2015-2016. This means that we can offer our refined 5 week courses for upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 & 6) in up to...