My piece 'The Land Where I was Born' for choir and piano was selected to be featured on the blog 'Listening to Ladies' - this blog features female composers from all over the globe with a view to getting their…
May 17 2016
Apr 1 2016
'WINNER OF THE JOHN OWEN JONES AWARD', April 2016
I am incredibly proud and excited to announce that I have been awarded the John Owen Jones Award, a scholarship from VIDLA (Vocal International Distance Learning Academy) to study for the Advanced Diploma in Teaching Contemporary Singing. Even more excited to…
Apr 1 2016
LEHIGH CHORAL COMPOSERS FORUM, March 2016
I am delighted to announce that I have been selected to take part in the Lehigh Choral Composers Forum 2016, which takes place at the end of June in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA. This is a workshop in where I will…
Apr 1 2016
'SONGBIRDS TO BE PERFORMED IN THE USA', February 2016
Songbirds received International premieres in the USA back in 2015, and it has been selected again to be performed by the Tallahassee Classical Revolution in Florida, USA on the 26th April 2016
Jan 27 2016
'NORTHERN STAR' FEATURED ON CD RELEASE, December 2015
Back in 2014 I was utterly thrilled that my choral piece for male voice choir, 'Northern Star' made the finals of the Australian Boys Choir Choral Composing Competition. The piece was premiered in Melbourne by the Australian Boys Choir Vocal Consort, and…
Dec 9 2015
NATIONAL PREMIERE OF 'CAN IT BE TRUE?' December 2015
At the Guernsey Eisteddfod 2015, my piece 'Can it Be True?' (words by Mary Hill) won the Composition Class (over 18), and the adjudicator Ian Hytch asked me for permission to perform the piece with his choir at Christmas - The…
Jul 9 2015
FEATURED ON LYREKA.COM AS EXPERT SONGWRITER / COMPOSER: July 2015
Whilst in the USA for the Charlotte New Music Festival 2015 I was approached to be featured on lyreka.com, putting forward my top tips for budding songwriters
You can read my (and the 10 other) tips by following the link…
You can read my (and the 10 other) tips by following the link…
Jul 8 2015
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES IN CHARLOTTE, USA, June 2015
In June 2015 I was selected to take part in the Charlotte New Music Festival, in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
As part of the festival I was commissioned to write a new work for the Great Noise Ensemble, which was…
As part of the festival I was commissioned to write a new work for the Great Noise Ensemble, which was…
May 11 2015
SELECTED FOR USA CONCERTS, March 2015
My chamber piece 'Songbirds' was selected to be part of a series of concerts in the USA by Dr Elizabeth Robinson. The first concert was 13th March at Kansas State University, and the second 20th March 2015 at South Dakota…
May 11 2015
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: "NORTHERN STAR", August 2014
Selected as a Finalist for the 'Australian Boys Choir Choral Composing Competition' 2014, my male-voice choral piece 'Northern Star' was performed on the 17th August at the Melbourne Recital Centre at their gala concert. The competition winner was Danny Gray…
May 11 2015
SUMMER FESTIVALS 2014
Had a fantastic time on my mini-tour of UK festivals, including:
- Alderney Performing Arts Festival 23rd-25th May
- How the Light Gets In Festival, Hay-On-Wye 28th-29th May
- Sark Folk Festival 2014, 4th-6th July
- Alderney Performing Arts Festival 23rd-25th May
- How the Light Gets In Festival, Hay-On-Wye 28th-29th May
- Sark Folk Festival 2014, 4th-6th July
Hay-On-Wye: 'How the Light…
May 11 2015
PREMIERE: "CONCERTO FOR ELECTRIC BASS" August, 2013
My 'Concerto for Electric Bass Guitar (accompanied by rhythmic string orchestra)' received it's world premiere at St James concert hall in Guernsey on 31st August 2013 - Conducted by Sebastian Grand, the soloist was Dave Pugh
You can watch the premiere…
You can watch the premiere…