Interviews, Opinions, Collaborations & Updates
Archive for Category: Composer
An interview with Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Monday, April 22, 2013
Posted by : Steve
Posted by : Steve
We talk to Aaron Holloway-Nahum in the run up to the May 2013 concert to get to know him a bit better, hear about him as a composer and the inspiration behind the new piece he's written for the concert
An interview with Yuko Ohara
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
Yuko Ohara tells us about her background and about her piece Double Helix for solo flute which will receive it's UK premiere at our upcoming concert
Composition Competitions
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
Heather Roche and Lauren Redhead wrote blog posts in the past few days about composition competitions, which has made us think about our call for composers, how we run it and how it could be improved
Sam Messer rearranging a friend's furniture
Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
For our concert in November, Sam Messer is revising his piece duo music for violin and cello that was first played last year. He talks about the challenges with revisiting a piece and it feeling like visiting an old friend
Freedom, pauses and spectral jellyfish
Thursday, October 31, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
Jon Hargreaves, conductor of the Octandre Ensemble, talks about his experience of collaborating with the six composers who have written new pieces for our upcoming concert and gives a few tasting notes on the pieces.
Material?
Sunday, November 3, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
William Cheshire talks about what he means by "material" and how it's central to his compositional practice.
Starting over
Monday, November 11, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
Maxim Boon talks about how a life-changing event reignited his need to write music and how he's re-discovering his sound world
What will you do in 2014?
Sunday, December 15, 2013
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Posted by : Steve
Meryl Hicks talking about the unconscious and conscious biases causing the imbalance between male and female composers and asking what we will each do about it
Richard Uttley talking with Ed Nesbit
Sunday, February 9, 2014
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Posted by : Steve
Ed Nesbit's A Pretence of Wit was performed in the first New Dots concert (November 2012), and so it was very nice to see it shortlisted in the Vocal category for a British Composer Award last year. Richard Uttley caught up with him to get his thoughts on writing music and making a career as a composer.
Five Short Movements
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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Posted by : Steve
Composer Francesca Le Lohe gives some insight into the inspiration behind her piece "Saida Portraits", which she's in the middle of writing for our June concert as well as her experience of our recent workshop where she tested out a whole selection of percussion