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 [...]
Tag: composition
Things are moving forward
Well, it has been a long road on this re-write of a piece for my PhD. Many changes and re-arrangements, constantly fine-tuning the mix, the video is being edited... and it is finally reaching a visible end point. Plus I have had some feedback from supervisors & colleagues saying that the piece is much stronger [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Birth (a performance piece)
I am currently in the process of finalising the video of my most recent composition for my PhD portfolio... it is sometimes a long process, but totally worth it to have a visual as well as aural record of my work. My PhD portfolio is aiming to explore the possibilities cross-genre hybridity in new music [...]
Jeremy Mayall 