I’m looking forward to joining Sheffield’s new professional orchestra, The Brigantes, for a performance of Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto on October 15th. The Finzi is my favourite clarinet concerto and it’s …
Read MoreChristmas Variations
Delighted to announce that my Variations on We Wish You A Merry Christmas is available from Encore Publishing now. There is a version for clarinet and piano as well as …
Read MoreWhat are adjudicators looking for?
I have been invited to adjudicate on numerous panels recently (must be my age…) so I thought it might be helpful if I wrote a blog giving guidance to any …
Read MoreCobbett medal for chamber music
It was a great honour to be presented with the Cobbett Medal by the Musicians’ Company Guild in London last week. The prize was set up in 1924 by Walter …
Read MoreThinking of Christmas in Spring!
I’m working hard preparing the music for my Christmas disc with Gloucester Cathedral choir. These recording sessions have had to be postponed twice due to Covid but with any luck …
Read MoreIn Praise of Music
‘Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. To soften rocks, or bend the knotted oak’ William Congreve. Music never ceases to astonish me. With its power to sweep listeners …
Read MoreWishing everyone a good festive season!
Here are my own variations (not variants….) on We Wish You A Merry Christmas, played live with Laurence T Stannard, piano, at Lambeth Palace last week! https://youtu.be/loMAAoPFzMs
Read MoreChristmas Concerts
It would be great if you can join me for my Christmas collaborations with choirs!: in Guildford with Corra Sound https://www.corrasound.co.uk/ and at Gloucester Cathedral with the Cathedral Youth Choir https://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/events/concerts/christmas-coffee-concert-.php …
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