Rachel Beckles Willson

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Manchester Art Gallery sound work

Following the bombing of the Manchester Arena in 2017, people of Manchester gathered tributes in an enormous spontaneous memorial, which was subsequently collected and stored by the Manchester Art Gallery. Now known as the ‘Manchester Together Archive’, this collection serves as a reference point for the way the city came Read more…

By rachel, 5 months3 months ago
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New work! Unwept Tears

What happens to our secrets? What happens to our hidden stories? Eventually they find their way out. Unwept Tears began as a story and became a piece of music before turning into a film. Text and music by Rachel Beckles Willson Narration, oud, udu and sampled voice: Rachel Beckles WIllson Read more…

By rachel, 11 months3 months ago
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connective tissue

a playfully serious mixed-media collaboration

By rachel, 1 year3 months ago
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Be water, be light

An audio visual poem about civil disobedience

By rachel, 1 year3 months ago
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Teatime! (Did you think I was here to make the tea?)

A wry hearing of a kitchen in 1950s England

By rachel, 1 year5 months ago
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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 and Pears’ housekeeper. It had a beautiful acoustic, and I Read more…

By rachel, 2 years ago
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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

By rachel, 2 years2 years ago
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Beyond Mode in SOAS Concert Series

We were thrilled that Beyond Mode was featured in the SOAS Concert Series 2019-2020.

By rachel, 2 years2 years ago
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Live TV Broadcast, BBC Persian

An opportunity to present one of my own compositions, Acem Kurdi Saz Semai, live for the BBC, with a mysteriously dramatic background – not really in line with the melancholy of the piece! Please contact me if you would like a copy of the score.  

By rachel, 3 years3 years ago
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Reid Concert Hall

A concert of Ottoman court music along with my song cycle “Sing no Sad Songs with Me”, in the elegant Reid Concert Hall of Edinburgh University.

By rachel, 3 years3 years ago

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  • Manchester Art Gallery sound work

    Manchester Art Gallery sound work

    Following the bombing of the Manchester Arena in 2017, people of Manchester gathered tributes in …
  • New Mixed-Media Work! “Fundamentals of the New Normal”

    New Mixed-Media Work! “Fundamentals of the New Normal”

    I composed this mixed-media work for bassist James Banner. It responds to the radical uncertainty …
  • Oud lessons in Manchester

    Oud lessons in Manchester

    Are you interested in learning oud? I teach Arabic, Persian and Turkish traditions as part …
  • New work! Unwept Tears

    New work! Unwept Tears

    What happens to our secrets? What happens to our hidden stories? Eventually they find their …
  • Kronberg Academy Guest Seminar

    Kronberg Academy Guest Seminar

    I am honoured to have been invited to join Kirill Gerstein in the distinguished online …
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