So, today I reach the 30 year old milestone. Today as I was driving home I was reflecting on the last 30 years and realised I have had the opportunity to do some really cool stuff and spend time with some really awesome people. Here are some of the highlights of the past 30 years. [...]
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Nearly the end of November.
Again it has been awhile between posts. Life always gets hectic at this time of year... and it seems especially so when trying to finish a PhD, pack up the house into storage, and teach summer school among everything else. But oh well, by christmas time I will have time for a break. In the [...]
Reconstructions
As part of my phd work I writing, reading and refining a lot of text. But I also have been thinking about, and revisiting, my music. As part of that process, I have been working on a reconstruction of my piece "The Foggy Field". This is still a work in progress, but I thought I [...]
Where things are at…
It has been a hectic past few weeks... and looks to be more of the same until October. Things that have been going on recently: You can now find all of the videos from my PhD Concert Showcase collected in one handy little vimeo channel. You can find those videos here. Writing more words for [...]
Mozart Fellowship 2014
It has now been officially announced and I can share with everyone that I have been appointed the University of Otago Mozart Fellowship for 2014. You can read about it here: http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago053784.html This is such an exciting opportunity! Live in Dunedin for a year, have an office space at the uni, and get to focus completely [...]
Watch it here (The Long White Cloud)
The Long White Cloud from Jeremy Mayall on Vimeo.
The Long White Cloud (video)
This is the final video from the concert recordings. At the concert this piece was performed under the title "They say a word is dead". But after some discussions, and a long timing thinking about possibilities... the piece was re-worked, re-arranged and had some new parts written to make the piece better suited to support [...]
The Norse Suite (video)
This is the second to last piece from the concert videos, and there are two different versions of the piece available to be watched: The Norse Suite - concert version & The Norse Suite - final version The difference between the two videos is that after the premiere performance (concert version), I made some revisions [...]
The Foggy Field (video)
The next installment from the concert videos is here. Writing a piece like this is always fun, because being partly improvised - you know that there will be some stuff that will happen as expected, and then there will be somethings that happen in the moment that really stop you in your tracks. Working with [...]
Push for Miles (video)
Now, continuing on with concert videos... For my PhD composition portfolio, I have had the honour and privilege of writing for a range of specific (and extremely talented) musicians. This means I have been able to work with each person throughout the creation of the piece, writing something that works with their playing style - [...]
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