Times have been busy leading up to Christmas, but here is a quick update with some of the more recent things I have been doing. DV Bryant Trust 90th Celebration Film DV Bryant 90th Celebration Film: December 2014 from nimbus media on Vimeo. Lost Inside A track from an unused film score for a [...]
Tag: new music
A new musical tradition
It seems a new musical tradition is being set in motion. This time, one year ago I was lucky enough to spent a couple of days with a group of great musicians (Chris Lam Sam, Nick Granville, Nick Tipping, Jeremy Badger, Adam Page) creating and co-composing the soundtrack to the movie - Penny Black. This movie is [...]
L.O.Q.Shun
Yesterday marked the start of a week for premieres including: - He korokoro tūī : a soundscape for a site-specific dance work by Karen Barbour, featuring taonga puoro by Alistair Fraser. This will be premiered at a conference held at Waikato University. - Flutter and Cut Away the Masts on Saturday at the Otago Museum. But first, was [...]
Those Remarkable Peaks
I recently released my new album of music for piano and electronics called Imaginary Communications. A Dunedin-based filmmaker heard the track 'Those Remarkable Peaks' from that album and decided to make a landscape film with the track. You can watch the video here: R. from Merr Leslie on Vimeo.
PhD done + ‘Late Song’ live recording
Monday 22nd September was the day I submitted my PhD. After 4 years and 205 days; many hours of music; multiple thousands of words - I am very pleased to have this thing done... or at least done until the examiners look at it. Now that I have some extra time on my hands it [...]
Mozart Fellow 2015
I am very excited to have been awarded the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University for a second year! This means I will get to spent 2015 engaging in full time creative work. It is an absolute privilege to have received this position. You can read the announcement here: http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago078803.html Having another year to focus on composition [...]
Recent things
Things have been pretty hectic since the various concerts in the first week of August, so I figured now might be a good time to collate a few things. Films: - Recently completed the sound mix for the LAPWING short film. A fun little superhero project that I co-scored with the Scorelocks Collective. - Worked [...]
Imaginary Communication
My new album Imaginary Communication is available now! Click here to go to the download site to get the album: available as a pay-what-you-like digital download. All proceeds received from the download of this album will be donated to the Himalayan Trust founded by Sir Edmund Hillary. Check out the album artwork created by Paul Bradley. [...]
Sound and Light
On August 7th and 8th I am presenting a showcase concert of new multimedia work called "SOUND AND LIGHT" This performance will feature a number of premieres of new works I have composed throughout my time as the Mozart Fellow. Including: - Signature Asymmetry - for percussion and backing track. Performed by Robbie Craigie - Flare - an [...]
Seaward Moments
About a month ago I drove down to Invercargill to record in the Seaward Bush Reserve with woodwind maestro Adam Page. The recordings are part of a new album I am working on, to be released later in the year, but as part of the recording we did an extra track that is now available [...]
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