http://www.benolivermusic.com Composer, Conductor and Pianist Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:02:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 'Schism' for bass clarinet, violin and piano will be performed for the third time at the London New Wind Festival at St Cyprian's Church on 28th September at 7.30.  It promises to be a great concert with an interesting and diverse programme. http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/08/london-new-wind-festival-performance-of-schism-28th-september-730pm/ I'm currently working on a new piece for the ICP ensemble as part of the 'International Composer Pyramid' run by Sounds New and Coups de Vents.  I had a good weekend in Canterbury a few weeks ago where we had some interesting panel discussions, instrument sessions and sessions with our ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/08/icp/ I had a brilliant day yesterday working with the Musarc choir at St. Stephen Walbrook Church.  The choir commissioned three composers, Neil Luck, Tom Chant and myself to work with the choir on new pieces.  I wrote a new piece 'Interplay II' for choir, piano and live electronics.  The choir ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/07/musarc-workshop-and-performance/ I am working on a new piece for choir, piano and live electronics which the Musarc choir will workshop and perform at St. Stephen Walbrook on 1st July.  I'm really excited to be working with Musarc and in such a fantastic space!  Please come either to be involved in the ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/06/on-air-musarc-workshop-and-concert-at-st-stephen-walbrook-4pm-1st-july-2010/ Young Jazz Hackney will be performing both mine and Chris Ash's second commissions from the HMDT as part of the PRS Foundation Young Composers' Scheme at 6.15 on 29th June at the Mermaid Theatre.  The Young Jazz Hackney performance is the warm-up for 'Shadowball', a new jazz opera by Julian ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/06/phils-tune-performance-by-young-jazz-hackney-29th-june-2010/ This is a recording of 'The Dino Rescue Team' with Dafydd Williams directing!  Enjoy! The Dino Rescue Team by Ben Oliver http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/06/recording-of-the-dino-rescue-team/ My new piece 'The Dino Rescue Team' will be performed by the Hackney CYM Red and Yellow Choirs, Oliver Senton (narrator), Mobius String Quartet, Caz Wolfson (percussion) and me (piano) in Shoreditch Church at 2pm this Saturday.  The piece was written as part of HMDT's PRS Foundation Young Composers' Scheme.  ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/06/the-dino-rescue-team-spitalfields-festival-12th-june-2010/ A few weeks ago I was delighted to work on the R&D work of 'Flight of Hope' with the Strike a Chord Theatre Company.  I was in charge of the recorded and live electronics for this show which explores some of the issues asylum seekers face in the UK and ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/06/flight-of-hope-rd-documentation-video/ Had a great week in Apeldoorn last week at the International Composers Meeting 2010 in The Netherlands.  This is a recording of my piece, 'Broken Society', played by orkest de ereprijs. Shannon K. McKenzie came up with a fantastic response to the piece.  Many thanks to her for letting me post ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/02/broken-society-recording-from-ycm-2010-in-apeldoorn/ I'm off to the International Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn in a few weeks which is pretty exciting!  I've written a new piece, Broken Society, especially for the meeting for 'orkest de ereprijs'.  If anyone wants to come and lives in Holland then the concert featuring all fifteen works by young ... http://www.benolivermusic.com/2010/02/international-young-composers-meeting-2010-apeldoorn/