2021 is well underway and a lot has happened in my life recently, both musically and personally! So naturally I felt like writing it all down in a blog post. BYE BYE AUCKLAND! As a tiny house enthusiast I was very excited to come across one that was affordable to rent and parked in a lovely spot …
SOUNZ Community Commission – my latest project!
I'm excited to have been selected for the SOUNZ Community Commission for 2020 to create a new choral work in collaboration with the Nelson Bays Harmony Chorus. This project will see me work with the chorus to compose a piece for SSAA a cappella women's choir, which they will premiere in 2021. …
Working towards guilt-free productivity
Over the past month I've been working on a commission to write the musical score for a new childrens play by a local playwright. This involves composing 14 musical numbers of various lengths, making rehearsal scores, demo tracks and probably some further workshopping down the track. I got the …
New year, new opportunities #2019
Having already made our way into the second month of the New Year, I feel like it's time to stock of what has happened so far. January was an interesting month. It wasn't as productive as I had hoped but that may have been due to the New Year holiday period, my mid-month 8-day trip to the North …
String quartet ‘threads’ – premiere
I was lucky enough to have my string quartet piece 'threads' performed as part of the final concert of the annual Nelson Composer's Workshop run by the Composers Association of New Zealand, held at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts in July this year. It was a super interesting experience getting to …