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September update:
There is the tiniest tinge of Autumn in the air, and I’m continuing to focus on my research work at RCS and delving deeper into the composer development programme, In Motion with Sound and Music. There is also a lot of plotting and planning going on, with meetings and new developments afoot, which is exciting.
Sonic Bothy Ensemble rehearsals resume this month, and we are working towards a residency at Sound Festival in Aberdeen in October. We’re starting to create a new work and building a set for the performance there.
I have a pre-recorded talk and some music being played at the DARCI conference, being held online and in person at York University from 10th to 12th September. My work is part of a session, ‘Frequencies of Being: Sounding the Unspoken,’ by Amble Skuse, on September 10th at 6 pm. Tickets for the conference can be purchased here.
Current Project
Chamber Music Scotland EDI fund
I am one of the awardees of the Chamber Music Scotland EDI fund 2025, which promotes diversity and inclusion in Scotland’s classical music sector. With this project, I am exploring the application of descriptive live captioning in music and bringing this to a broader audience of musicians and other interested folks. This month, I’m meeting with musicians Ali Robertson and Nichola Scrutton, and captioner Eluned Charnley to plan an online workshop that will bring live descriptive captioning to a wider audience. Watch out for a date for this soon.
PERFORMANCE
Click to watch a performance of new Illuminate commissioned work The Goddess of Ballachulish which took place at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow in December 2024. A new work commissioned by Illuminate Women’s Music 2024/25 and performed by soprano Stephanie Lamprea and cellist Jessica Kerr. A 2,500-year-old five-foot tall wooden effigy of a woman was dug up in the 1880s by Loch Leven in Scotland. This work imagines her reawakening.
I also wrote a blog about this commission which you can read by clicking here.
coming up
A webinar that aims to bring live descriptive captioning in music improvisation to a wider audience is due to take place in October, hosted by Chamber Music Scotland.