Compositions
Teatime! (Did you think I was here to make the tea?)
A wry hearing of a kitchen in 1950s England
Education
Study World Music!
Do you want to study world music traditions? To play and sing music of the Middle East? Of India? My new Music Boat may be for you. It brings together a team of outstanding musicians in the classcial traditions of Asia, Read more…
Compositions
Residency with Wild Plum Arts and Britten Pears
My compositional work had great support this month as I was privelaged to have a residency at The Red House, formerly the home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. I stayed in Cosy Nook, the cottage of Nellie Hudson, Britten Read more…
Performances
Hear the Women Out! – a Covid-19 concert
A lockdown event: a lovingly-selected programme emphasising the beauty in hidden voices and stories of women, taking listeners on a journey from Afghanistan to Sicily with stops in Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Greece.
Compositions
New course: Mediterranean Modal Improvisation and Composition
As part of the SOAS Summer School I am thrilled to lead an experimental online course in modal creative work
Compositions
Michael Kennedy International Lecture-Recital
Creative Migrations with the Oud: Technology, Memory and Musical Storytelling.
Performances
Beyond Mode in SOAS Concert Series
We were thrilled that Beyond Mode was featured in the SOAS Concert Series 2019-2020.
Events
New Year’s Resolutions and Culture Declares Emergency
What are your resolutions for 2020? My own resolutions follow my decision to add my voice to Culture Declares Emergency, and to shape my life and work in response to the climate and ecological emergency unfolding around us. It means Read more…
Performances
Lecture-recital in Cremona
In the series Dal local al globale I presented a lecture-recital in Cremona in the beautiful Dipartimento di Musicologia e Beni Culturali, leading the audience on a journey through modal music practices of the Arab, Ottoman and Persian traditions.