Working

Surprisingly almost finished the draft of my septet and what’s left to do I know exactly where its going to go so shouldn't be too long before doing the final version.

As for the other pieces, well they are getting done slowly but surely, I think.
Deadlines are starting to come closer so really need to seriously get them
finished.

The concert is going ahead, not sure on time yet but it will be the evening of 1st April in the Harty Room in Queen's. So far the line up is a Piano trio by Piers Hellawell, a Piano Duet by Eddie Zatriqi, a septet by Omar Zatriqi, a quartet by Daniel Barkley, and two trios by Joel Cathright and myself. Might change a little before then but I dont think by much.

Beyond the Tone and concert

At long last getting "Beyond the Tone" played on Tuesday by the artists in residence. The workshop was supposed to be in the afternoon but performers being who they are decided to get an early flight home meaning its now first thing in the morning! Still its a performance and so I should have a recording up by Tuesday evening *fingers crossed*.

Also have started making arrangements for putting on a concert on the 1st of April with bits of work from other composers in Queens and one of my lecturers (Piers Hellawell) which should be interesting if it all works out. So far there is going to be a Septet, piano duet, piano trio, a quartet and two trios maybe a little more depending on composers.

Also got more info on the short opera I'm meant to be writing. Had a meting with everyone on Monday and its looking very promising, the librettists ideas are really interesting. Looks like the opera needs to be almost finished by august to be performed in a festival but under the understanding that it is a work in progress and finished for September for an actual performance. There are 4 of us each writing a 10 min opera, Omar and Eddie Zatriqi, Connor Mitchell and myself.

I think thats about all the interesting stuff for now.

Quartet No. 1

Finally got my Quartet No. 1 recorded and sorted out. The recording went pretty well yesterday, only had 2 hours to get it rehearsed and recorded so for such a complicated piece everyone did really well getting it together. Would love to do it properly some time but it would need a few weeks of rehearsals which people just don't have the time for.
Have a listen and leave your comments.

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I gave up on trying to get comments working and decided to set up this blog instead, the benefit of it is I can post anywhere rather than just sitting at my mac but I dont know how often updates will come. You could be surprised.

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