Word Events book published

As the picture shows, the book on verbal notation John Lely and I wrote over the past three years is now published! This is a pre-release copy, so it may be a couple of weeks before it’s available, and I

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Word Events book published

As the picture shows, the book on verbal notation John Lely and I wrote over the past three years is now published! This is a pre-release copy, so it may be a couple of weeks before it’s available, and I

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Interview with Richard Ayres

I’ve just uploaded an old email interview with Richard Ayres which we made in 2004-5. You can read it here.

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Interview with Richard Ayres

I’ve just uploaded an old email interview with Richard Ayres which we made in 2004-5. You can read it here.

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template (with alterations) at the wulf

A version of my piece template (with alterations) was performed at the wulf in Los Angeles in March, in an event organised by Christine Tavolacci. Here’s a short video of the performance, played by Brian Walsh (clarinet), Cassia Streb (viola) and Antares

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template (with alterations) at the wulf

A version of my piece template (with alterations) was performed at the wulf in Los Angeles in March, in an event organised by Christine Tavolacci. Here’s a short video of the performance, played by Brian Walsh (clarinet), Cassia Streb (viola) and Antares

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old interviews added

I’ve uploaded some old email interviews that were originally completed in 1999 to my new interview page. So far I’ve added the interviews with Liza Lim and Tom Johnson, and there may be a couple more in the next few

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old interviews added

I’ve uploaded some old email interviews that were originally completed in 1999 to my new interview page. So far I’ve added the interviews with Liza Lim and Tom Johnson, and there may be a couple more in the next few

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Interview with Joanna Bailie

All of Joanna Bailie’s recent music uses field recordings as a starting point, drawing on the sonic environment of Brussels, the city she has lived in since 2001, as well as other locations. Recent pieces, such as Symphony-Street-Souvenir (2009/2010) and

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Interview with Joanna Bailie

All of Joanna Bailie’s recent music uses field recordings as a starting point, drawing on the sonic environment of Brussels, the city she has lived in since 2001, as well as other locations. Recent pieces, such as Symphony-Street-Souvenir (2009/2010) and

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performance in Paris

Dedalus ensemble are performing my piece location composite #1: Portbury Wharf in Paris as part of their Semaine Wandelweiser series at Bois de Vincennes on 29 April. The piece takes verbal descriptions of a location near where I live, written by

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performance in Paris

Dedalus ensemble are performing my piece location composite #1: Portbury Wharf in Paris as part of their Semaine Wandelweiser series at Bois de Vincennes on 29 April. The piece takes verbal descriptions of a location near where I live, written by

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book and journal nearly ready

The outcomes of the two writing projects I’ve been working on over the past three years look likely to appear at around the same time. The book Word Events: Perspectives on Verbal Notation which I wrote with John Lely, supported by

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book and journal nearly ready

The outcomes of the two writing projects I’ve been working on over the past three years look likely to appear at around the same time. The book Word Events: Perspectives on Verbal Notation which I wrote with John Lely, supported by

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Interview with Craig Shepard

Although I didn’t end up meeting Craig Shepard until about 2006 when I was in Zürich for a concert (and he kindly gave me some expert advice on selecting chocolate), I’d been aware of his work for a while, and

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Interview with Craig Shepard

Although I didn’t end up meeting Craig Shepard until about 2006 when I was in Zürich for a concert (and he kindly gave me some expert advice on selecting chocolate), I’d been aware of his work for a while, and

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new interviews

I’m just about to start a new set of interviews with composers after a break of a couple of years. I did a set of 14 which ended up in the Ashgate book (of which two have recently appeared in

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new interviews

I’m just about to start a new set of interviews with composers after a break of a couple of years. I did a set of 14 which ended up in the Ashgate book (of which two have recently appeared in

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nothing reveals itself without at the same time concealing something else

Here’s another video from the recent Audiograft festival in Oxford, featuring a lovely performance by [rout] of the piece I wrote for them last year called nothing reveals itself without at the same time concealing something else. The piece involves the

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nothing reveals itself without at the same time concealing something else

Here’s another video from the recent Audiograft festival in Oxford, featuring a lovely performance by [rout] of the piece I wrote for them last year called nothing reveals itself without at the same time concealing something else. The piece involves the

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