Well that was a huge weekend of planning, set up, rehearsal and music making. Thanks to everyone involved with making it happen, and every one who watched! While we go into post production on the video and audio recording, you can still watch the recording of the live stream here until we get the official [...]
Category: phd
Live Concert Streaming – Sunday 7th April 7:30pm (NZDT)
My PhD Concert Showcase is taking place this Sunday (7th April) at 7:30pm New Zealand Time... If you aren't in Hamilton NZ, you can still watch the concert by checking out the live stream! Hopefully it will all work on the day... I have been doing some tests and it seems to be working okay. [...]
J.Mayall – Concert Showcase/Live Recording
At the end of this week I am putting on a concert of original music that I have written over the past couple of years as part of my PhD. I have been exploring the possibilities of cross-genre hybridity in new music composition! The concert will take place on April 7th 2013 from 7:30pm in [...]
Time for a catch up…
It has been a long time since I have posted here... this is disappointing because I was aiming to be more regular with these posts, and I seem to have done the opposite. But hopefully it will be up and up from here. Life does tend to get in the way a bit, but in [...]
They No Longer Sleep Alone – Now Online
This is my first major post for 2013. I have been busily working away in the studio crafting some new music for my PhD... lots of notes on paper, and sounds in the machine - but it is slowly coming together! But, as a treat for 2013, I want to present to you a film [...]
Lots going on!
At this time of year things seem to always get really hectic - christmas madness, end of year functions, last minute jobs etc. and this year hasn't been different. I have been taking on the role of full-time stay-at-home dad while my lovely wife is helping out at her old work during the crazy season, [...]
Into the Nocturnal Sunshine
For the past couple of years I have been asked to perform at the Waikato University Blues Awards. These awards recognition students who have excelled in either sports or creative and performing arts to national and international levels. It is an honour to be selected to receive one of these awards - and to perform [...]
To Entertain a Wolf
Earlier this year I was asked to write a piece for string quartet by my friend Adam Maha. His quartet was going to be competing in some competitions, and they wanted to play a brand new piece. So, I thought this would be a good chance to add another piece to my composition portfolio, and [...]
Tracking Forward – live performance
Here is some more of what I have been working on... This piece Tracking Forward was written as part of my PhD portfolio. It was written for the violist Adam Maha who was involved throughout its creation, giving me guidance as to what is and isn't possible, and how to get the best out of the instrument... [...]
Days filled with music
My days are either filled with looking after my boy or working on my PhD. Luckily, my PhD is a creative practice based portfolio/thesis that involves me composing a lot of new original music, and then writing about the music I have written. (Somewhere in that process I also get to perform that music with some [...]
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