I've enjoyed having a listen! A really wonderful album 😀

Our Composition students at Leeds Conservatoire get so much out of working with Opera North - great for them to get experience working with conductors of William's calibre!

Just met and listened to the most ridiculously talented busker SaxManDiggle incredible! Go and seek him out.

Last year, I did some recordings in Leeds Minster and then made a piece about the wonderful Leeds Cross, housed within. Here it is:

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I've tried to capture both the Christian and pagan iconography, present on the cross itself.

LISTEN TO THIS😛It's a piece I made about my experience studying at École Philippe Gaulier, featuring frogs, right-wing academics, trumpets, shouting, duct tape, preachers, Thatcher...

I performed it at a manchester jazz festival showcase a couple of weeks ago.

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There's still time to apply for #mjf2024 👯

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Deadline: 15th April 🪩

This really is something!

I prefer the new purple version.

V v good gig.

Magical day at manchester jazz festival

Last minute recording session before I perform at the manchester jazz festival hothouse showcase in a few days.

March 1 2024. The day I became a full professor at Leeds Conservatoire, the day I finished Bouffon classes at École Philippe Gaulier, and the day Matthew Schellhorn gave my Sand House piece a Swiss premiere. A good day.

This is a big loss. Corey is amazing.

Really good video, here. Emerging composers - do watch!

I'm in Etamps, studying Bouffon at École Philippe Gaulier and having the BEST time. No pictures allowed from inside the studio, so here's an image of a statue I liked.

Great tip, here.

The bells at Leeds Minster sounding particularly beautiful this morning. I've spent the whole week in bed, ill with a monstrous cold, so it's lovely to get out and hear some ringing!

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It's Mozart's birthday today (and Schubert's soon) so one of my Leeds Conservatoire students baked birthday cakes for everyone. Awesome!

Amazing.