My time as Mozart Fellow at Otago University is now officially over. It has been a hugely productive and enjoyable time. An absolute pleasure to spend those two years in Dunedin, working with the brilliant people and expending my own experiences as a composer and collaborative researcher. I put together some thoughts on the fellowship which you [...]
Category: Mozart Fellow
Amazing Universe
Over the past couple of months I have been composing the soundtrack to a brand new full dome planetarium show - "AMAZING UNIVERSE" - made by the team at the Otago Museum. It has been a fascinating project to work on, and has resulted in a really amazing immersive journey through the solar system and [...]
It Will Remember Itself
"It Will Remember Itself" by Narrowing Weeks is now available! Narrowing Weeks is a collaborative project between: Jeremy Mayall (various keys and electronics), Chris Lam Sam (various keys), Nick Granville (guitar), Rob Burns (bass), Robbie Craigie (percussion). On one day we got together to make music. To communicate. To share ideas through sound. This album is a representation [...]
New album and a short soundscape
In between furiously working away on finalising the score for the new "Amazing Universe" show at the Otago Museum Perpetual Guardian Planetarium (opens December 4th!), I have been preparing a new album for release (29/11/15) - that album is "it will remember itself" by Narrowing Weeks. Narrowing Weeks is a collaborative project with Chris Lam [...]
653 days and other things
It was a busy but hugely rewarding weekend. Two concerts. It was excellent to work with a number of brilliant performers on these two events. Here are some pictures of various things. Some other information about the concerts: this article and also this interview: There were a few [...]
Albums, Concerts and a Speech.
Lots of things going on... still working away on some galactic music for a project... in the meantime here is a quick update on things that have been going on. Penny Black (an independent feature film) had it's official premiere at the Arohanui Film Festival on Friday evening to a sold-out house! (Also Lapwing and [...]
Concerts, Albums and a Dollhouse
On Sunday afternoon (4th oct) at 2pm I will be presenting a concert of live multimedia at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. It will feature some brilliantly talented local performers - Nick Hollamby, Ian Chapman, John Egenes, and Sophie Morris. If you are in town come along. Sound the Ocean (a Hamilton based band) has [...]
‘Then we fall’ and other announcements
I am currently working on the editing and mixing of a new album recorded/composed/improvised in real time in the Albany Street Studios by myself, Chris Lam Sam, Nick Granville, Rob Burns, and Robbie Craigie. The session was engineered by Mike Holland. While working through those tracks I found this tune recorded at sound check while [...]
Silent Image
As part of a project Mike Holland was running with his studio production third year class at Otago University, he asked me if I would like to get something recorded in the studio. So I wrote this piece, 'Silent Image' - a kind of minimalism meets funk groove thing... lots of tuned percussion, synths and [...]
Recent Releases
Just in case you missed them, here is a collection of the recordings I have released in the past year! Film soundtracks and a 'poppy' back catalogue thing:
Jeremy Mayall 