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November update:
October was a busy month, and I’m looking forward to a quieter time ahead. I’m continuing to focus on my work as a researcher/performer at RCS, as well as delving deeper into the Composer Development Programme, In Motion with Sound and Music. These two things overlap as I’m working on a new project, which is funded by Sound and Music and forms part of my creative research portfolio at RCS. For this project, I’m writing in a completely unfamiliar form, namely, a musical. In this iteration, we will rehearse and record a performance for streaming entirely on Zoom. I will be writing the musical over the winter months, which should keep me out of mischief!
I have started a short course with RCS, ‘An Introduction to Playwriting,’ as I haven’t really written anything with developed characters, narrative, and a script before. It’s really fascinating to learn about this, and I’m certain it will help me to write the musical. Here’s hoping anyway ….
Current Project
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
I will be busy writing a musical and completing my research at RCS over the next few months.