It has been awhile... I always intend to keep more regular blog posts, but things get in the way - mostly it's good things like getting caught up in the studio working on new music, so I can't really complain. Since last time there has been a bunch of stuff that I thought I would [...]
Tag: PHD
Flare (and a doctoral footnote)
Last year I worked on an experimental dance film with Dan Inglis and Dujon Cullingford. The piece is kind of an exploration of breakdancing in an unusual way. It is always a privilege to collaborate with other artists of such high calibre! The final product is now online for your viewing pleasure. Check out 'FLARE' online [...]
Things have been happening
It has been a little while since I posted here - things have been busy! Since the last update I have: 1. Hybrid Philosophies This album is "Hybrid Philosophies" - a collection of music written as part of my doctoral studies. You can get a copy from the link above. You can also find all my [...]
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 [...]
2013 Reflections
It is the beginning of 2014, a new calendar year and I am sitting next to my son while he plays 'endless alphabet' on the iPad with concentrated skill and fury. I find myself thinking about everything that happened over the last year - it has been a pretty hectic 365 days! Some of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 - [...]
Jeremy Mayall 