Category Archives: Gigs

‘The Virus Within: Hearing HIV’ Premiere – 15 Feb 2018

I’m just putting the finishing touches on the first two movements (of three) of my 30-minute new piece for Workers Union Ensemble, The Virus Within: Hearing HIV. Workers (with two new lovely babies!) are coming for a November weekend in Southampton to rehearse the piece and do some recording for the electronics that will be involved in the piece. Then I have a few months to sort out the electronics stuff and write the short final movement for the premiere on 15 February at the Chapel of Thomas Guy, King’s College London (KCL).

I’m excited about this piece. It’s been great to collaborate closely with KCL virologist Chad Swanson in developing the music and I can’t wait to see it all come together.

‘Piano Trio (with whistles)’ performance in November

I’m delighted that Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Alice Purton (‘cello) and Mark Knoop (piano) will perform a slightly revised version of my Piano Trio (with whistles) at Turner Sims, Southampton, on 27 November as part of the University of Southampton Music Department Professional Lunchtime Concert Series. Deal Festival commissioned this work in 2015 and the main change I’ve made is deleting the second movement! The trio will also be performing Klarenz Barlow’s 1981 and Walter Zimmerman’s Ephemer.

Aisha Orazbayeva

Liz Kenny performs ‘Extending from the inside’ in Canada

Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo/lute player extraordinaire) played my ‘Extending from the inside’ in Victoria, Canada, this week. It was part of a concert presented as part of the Lute Society of America West Workshop 2017, staged by the Ancient Music Society of Victoria and the Lute Society of America. Liz was a member of the teaching faculty of the workshop.

Liz and I are exploring a potential collaboration with some other exciting musicians for 2018 so watch this space on that!

Elizabeth Kenny @ The Age of Lutes – University of Victoria – Victoria, BC – 11/08/17

What
Elizabeth Kenny @ The Age of Lutes
When
Friday, August 11, 2017
7:30pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
University of Victoria (map)
800 Finnerty Rd,

Victoria, BC , Canada V8P 5C2
Other Info
Ancient Music Society of Victoria and the Lute Society of America are jointly presenting two exciting concerts as part of the Lute Society of America West Workshop 2017. Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), who is a member of the teaching faculty for the workshop, will perform my 'Extending from the inside' (2014) at the concert on 11 August.

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‘Loop Concerto’ Video

In February the incredible Ivo Neame (piano), Jasper Høiby (bass) and Jon Scott (drums) came to play a new version of my ‘Loop Concerto’ with the HARTLEY Loop Orchestra at Turner Sims. It was brilliant to work with the trio and University of Southampton students putting the project together and big thanks must go to the Music Department at the University and Turner Sims for backing it. A video has been made and is now up on youtube. One issue is that there is very little footage of Ivo as the camera footage corrupted…

Yshani Perinpanayagam @ Turner Sims – Turner Sims Concert Hall – Southampton – 08/05/17

What
Yshani Perinpanayagam @ Turner Sims
When
Monday, May 8, 2017
1:00pm - All Ages
Where
Turner Sims Concert Hall (map)
University of Southampton
Southampton
Other Info
Yshani Perinpanayagam performs 'Mr Turquoise Synth' for solo piano and 1-bit synthesizer (made in collaboration with Blake Troise) as part of her 'Piano Play: Power-Up' project.

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‘Mr. Turquoise Synth’ @ Turner Sims

On Monday 8 May at Turner Sims the fantastic Yshani Perinpanayagam will play my newest piece, Mr. Turquoise Synth, as part of her Piano Play: Power Up programme. The concert, which is part of the University of Southampton Music Department Professional lunchtime concert series, also features works by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Southampton PhD composer Blake Troise (aka PROTODOME). Each of the pieces engages in some way with the sounds and tech of retro-gaming.

Full details here.

Here’s a short video of my piece from the rehearsal at Kammer Klang on Tuesday: