2022 is shaping up to be a big year for me compositionally! I am thrilled to have been selected as a festival compose for the Common Tone Music Festival in Moscow, Idaho (USA)
- as a composer I will be writing a new piece for the festival ensemble, which will be premiered during the festival week in June 2022. And that means.... I'll be going to America again!!

I am so excited that after what has felt like a huge career hiatus due to the COVID pandemic that I can get back to taking my music around the world and getting back and building the momentum of where my career was going before 2020 happened. 

More details to follow, but feel free to check out the festival info, and my artist profile with them:
https://www.instituteforcreativity.org/festcomposers

I am very excited to announce that I have been selected to become a member of the Millennium Composers Initiative. This organisation represents over 100 composers worldwide, and seeks to provide new experiences for audiences, performers, and artists everywhere. I am honoured to be a part of this initiative, and look forward to the next experiences and opportunities this will bring for my work. 

Check out my artist page with them below: 
https://www.mcicomposers.com/lydia-jane-pugh

I am delighted that I have been selected as a one of the composers for the February edition of East Chamber Music's Composer Festival Series; an online intensive workshop, writing for the 'flavour of the month' instrumentation, which for this coming workshop is Flute and Oboe duet. 

Each of our pieces will be workshopped over the weeklong intensive, and premiered and recorded next month, so watch this space!

https://www.eastchamber.com

These last couple of months since the release of 'DIVISION OF MEMORY' have been great, and it's been lovely seeing lots of positive response to both the album, and my piece. Back in November 'Carolina's Jig' was featured on WSMR Radio's show 'Modern Notebook', and most recently I was featured on PARMA Recordings blog 'The Inside Story' - click on the link below to read the blog in full

The album is available through all streaming platforms

https://www.parmarecordings.com/inside-story-lydia-jane-pugh-and-division-of-memory/

I am delighted to announce that 'DIVISION OF MEMORY', featuring my solo cello piece 'Carolina's Jig' has been released through Navona Records! Performed by Thomas Mesa, the album is an incredible display of both the cello and new music

The album is available through all major music streaming and download platforms - follow the link below to Navona's Catalogue Page to find your preferred platform 

https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6373/

I'm absolutely delighted to say that DIVISION OF MEMORY has a confirmed released date of OCTOBER 8th 2021 with Navona Records! The album will be available on all major music platforms and retailers.

This project has been essentially 2 years in the making, and the results are absolutely amazing. It has been wonderful working with Thomas Mesa and all the team at PARMA to and I cannot wait to share the final results with you all. 

Check out the following links for more information about the project: 

Carolina's Jig Promo Video:            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzYQqqcmaKo 
Division of Memory Album Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcH1enF99e4 
My Artist Page with Navona:           https://www.navonarecords.com/artists/lydia-jane-pugh/

After many months of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I'm delighted to say that my choral pieces 'My Hiding Place' and 'Adiraï' were recorded by The Kühn Choir in Prague on August 31st 2021, kicking off this amazing opportunity for myself and my music. As I did with the Thomas Mesa project (which is reaching it's conclusion very soon as well), I got to listen in and work with the recording team via Zoom and Audiomovers. It's so exciting to be at this creative stage in the project! 

I'm so thankful to PARMA and The Kühn Choir for this amazing opportunity, and thank you also to everyone who has supported me thus far for this project. For more details about the project and ways in which you can continue to help and contribute, please go to the recording project page. 

I had the great joy of discussing writing music for voices on the lovely podcast Total Choir Resources 

You can listen to the episode by following the link below:

https://www.totalchoirresources.com/207-writing-inspiring-music-for-voices-with-lydia-jane-pugh/?fbclid=IwAR1O338OL6ZG7fImae7CU1ozyxsJ6S1b1lo45eCrIBp-7yeton3WTQjBj48 

'All-Nighter' the musical was a huge success - it was quite unbelievable what we managed to pull together and produce in just a week. And riding on the back of the shows initial success, the writers Laura Simpson and Rickey Long decided to continue to develop the show, and asked us to commit to performing it again at the end of September, this time in the Performing Arts Centre, for a 2-night (and 4-show) run.   

The state of the performing arts industry is not great, let's be honest, so to be perhaps the only place in the world right now that can produce live theatre is amazing - not only that, but to be part of the creation of a brand new musical at all is wonderful, and I'm honoured to be involved. 

The show runs on Saturday 26th, and Sunday 27th September
- 6pm & 8pm performances
- At the Performing Arts Centre, Guernsey 

Tickets available from guernseytickets.gg
Head over to All-Nighter the Musical's website for more details about the production and it's development

I was utterly delighted to have been asked my my dear friends Laura Simpson and Rickey Long to perform in their new musical initiative.  

With theatres around the world still closed and arts industries in jeopardy, Laura and Rickey took the initiative to write and stage a brand new musical.... in the space of ONE WEEK! No mean feat, which saw a cast of 7 (including myself), a band of 4 and a production team of 3 write, rehearse, produce and bring alive a brand new music, playing to a packed house at the Avril Earl's Dance and Theatre Centre in Guernsey.  

It was an amazing event - a live recording of the premiere was filmed and will be posted shortly.  
However, this is not the end! The show is still in development, and there are some exciting things on the horizon. For more information, head over to All-Nighter the Musical's website