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Flute & Piccolo Concert Dates 2026
A busy year is shaping up with flute and piccolo performances in and around Exeter. Here are some dates for your diary: Saturday 28th March – Exeter Symphony Orchestra – Smetana Vltava, Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2, Dvorak Carnival Overture, plus Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5. Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter. Tickets here. Saturday 18th… Continue reading
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News round-up
Amazing how a bit of sunshine focuses the mind! It’s been a while since I updated the website properly and, unsurprisingly, there’s been quite a bit happening since last summer. I have spent a lot of time “absorbing”. Most inspiration came, I think, from the CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) summer school in Bangor, North… Continue reading
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Thank you, Guildford!
Sunday was my first visit to Guildford Cathedral and I was delighted to arrive in time to hear the choristers doing a quick run-through of my piece before Evensong. ‘Come unto me’, which I was commissioned to write by Choir & Organ Magazine, was given a stunning first performance by the men and boys of… Continue reading
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A new commission
Hast thou not known? was premiered on Tuesday 17th May by the Royal College of Music Junior Department Chamber Choir at the beautiful Temple Church, London, in the finals of the King James Bible Composition Awards. It was a lovely evening of new choral music, each piece very different but equally exciting. I love listening… Continue reading
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King James Bible Composition Awards: Final
I received some exciting news last week: ‘Hast thou not known?’ has been shortlisted for the final of the King James Bible Composition Awards! It will be performed alongside the seven other shortlisted works (three others in the same category as me and four in the other category) at the beautiful Temple Church, London, on… Continue reading
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Experiments in form
Work began a few weeks ago on the third of my King James Bible 400th anniversary trilogy, When thou passest through the waters. This was to be an antedote to the whirlwind of Hast thou not known? and I decided on a simple melody. To make things interesting, this time the main area for experimentation… Continue reading
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