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…
Education
Collaborative Sound Art – taster workshop
Lockdowns have led many of us have become more aware of how sound and silence shape our lives. We have also been obliged to spend less time making music together. Would you like to make music with the things around 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…
Education
Music Boat
During the first Covid-19 lockdown I launched Music Boat, a collaboration with outstanding musicians in the classcial traditions of Asia, in search of new ways of sharing repertoire in a rapidly-changing world. We are a collaborating team of Europe-based musicians 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.