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18. May 2019 – 2, 3, and 4pm – performances of Amir Konjani’s To Be Someone Else is a Battle, Barbican’s Sound Unbound Festival
20-22 May 2019 Apartment House Residency at Cafe Oto
June 15, University of Durham, with Eva Zöllner
June 18, Venice Biennale (German Pavillon), with Eva Zöllner, Elnaz Seyedi’s Nach Neuen Meeren
August 4-11 Kalv Composers Academy, Sweden, with Mimitabu
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Category Archives: on collaboration & composition
Five Pre-1950 Orchestral Pieces by Women for Your Conducting Workshop
The Royal Philharmonic Society has recently announced a workshop for professional women musicians new to conducting. A great idea, featuring an afternoon of conducting and lectures on business and leadership, and a small class size with only 10 women invited. … Continue reading
Posted in advice, on collaboration & composition, performance, repertoire
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10 Female Composers You Should Know (and their clarinet pieces)
If this post was useful for you, please consider becoming a Patron. For as little as $1 per blog post you can help! I noticed that this was making the rounds on Twitter again this morning, and I thought that … Continue reading
How to Apply for a (Composition) Competition
If you follow the blog, you’re probably aware that recently I successfully raised funds with crowdfunding in order to fund a competition for young composers. Here is the first blog post in a series documenting the competition process! The application … Continue reading
on chamber music
A few weeks ago, as part of a week long residency at Bangor University (specifically to play a rockin’ concert with Xenia Pestova and Carla Rees), I was asked to lead a workshop on chamber music performance. I don’t teach … Continue reading
competitions: some ramblings and a few questions
Recently, I’ve been asked to consider the reasons why I participate in composition competitions. I really wanted to address some of the problems with competitions, but instead I’ve just rambled positively about one of my favourite projects in the hope … Continue reading
Posted in on collaboration & composition, performance
Tagged composers, contemporary music, new music, performance
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