Tag Archives: Music

Life and Creative Life

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

Just noticed that fruit is far more plentiful at the moment and it is over two months since I posted anything although to me it seems like last week. Apologies to any followers, you have probably now found a more … Continue reading →

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The Long and Winding (and Enjoyable) Creative Road

Posted on May 14, 2017 by

This first part of the process was interesting and enjoyable, creating new music and revisiting compositions from the nearly forgotten past, Continue reading →

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The Power of Three

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

The experience of teaching percussion in junior schools has made me aware of a new Power of Three to add to… Continue reading →

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Pioneer – the Rotherham musical. Ambition and reality from a composer’s perspective.

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

The plan was simple, stage the performance of the musical in March 2017 starting from reading the script the previous September. Continue reading →

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The composing of Rotherham’s Pioneers the musical

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

I am encouraged by the amount of composition that was created during the visits and would like to continue with the concept in other areas of the country Continue reading →

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Part-time PhD and amendments

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

there seems to be an inevitable stage for the new Doctor to then be required to complete some more paragraphs that further explain, Continue reading →

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50 years of jazz/light music

Posted on October 11, 2015 by

Reading the posts on Facebook from Peter Ind regarding the origins of the jazz or ‘light music’ course at Leeds College of Music fifty years ago brought back some memories of Scarborough in 1981 which was my second summer season … Continue reading →

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