'When I begin a collaboration, I don’t put any goals on that initially, other than: to engage with the person, to try and get an understanding of what it is that they do, to the best that I can.' Zakiya Leeming on collaborating with scientists - read now:
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Applications for ABRSM's composer mentoring programme, 'Writing for Music Education', are open until 24 June. Find out more about the six-month programme for early-career composers to explore various aspects of composing music for educational settings.
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The May edition of PRXLUDES is out today, which features my interview with composer, improviser and University of Leeds PhD researcher Mia Windsor.

Read in full here: prxludes.net/2024/05/20/mia…

'The DIY scene just has much more of a community element to it; everyone just helps each other out. It’s given me an outlet to just perform and not feel too much pressure to do the best thing ever...' Mia Windsor on DIY scenes, spectralism + more - read:
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🚀 NEW PRXLUDES OUT NOW - MAY 2024 🚀

Four new interviews and features with cutting-edge composers, ensembles, and organisations at the forefront of contemporary music - read now on PRXLUDES:
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Our May issue of PRXLUDES publishes this Monday 20th - sign up to our mailing list and don't miss out... 👀
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'The piece is not a “you have to perform it”... ...it’s a thing that you can do with yourself. It’s a flexible thing; you can perform it, you can not perform it, you can do it with your friends… a participatory experience.' 🌸 Carla Ng ✨🇵🇸
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Trailblazing string quartet Vulva Voce bring their genre-defying performance to through the noise this Saturday at the Jago, Dalston 🔥 🔥 🔥 learn more about Vulva Voce on PRXLUDES:
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'I really like to start with a very strong cell of material — one sound played by one performer, or something in unison, a cluster, a chord, a texture. I repeat that a couple of times, but within each repeat there are small changes that make it fluid...'
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'I really struggle to write music that’s abstract; the idea of “abstract” music I’ve found less appealing than music that’s about something. For me, the idea behind the music always comes first; I don’t think of the music and then the idea comes second.'
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TONIGHT! standard issue premiere two new works by composers Mathis Saunier Mathis Saunier and Anna Disley-Simpson Anna Disley-Simpson in London - learn more about Standard Issue on PRXLUDES:
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'Live composition within the context of restriction appeals to me as a way to generate ideas, think musically “on my feet” and to stretch the notion of what the instrument and I are capable of.' Ailís Ní Ríain🦻🏻
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'Even though [I’ve] gone away from the classical tradition, there’s still a weird kind of link with that; you can create these systems and ideas, you can have rock musicians, jazz musicians, classical, they can all approach it with a level playing field.'
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ICYMI: check out our conversation with London-based contemporary ensemble standard issue - read now on PRXLUDES:
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'I don’t always expect people to “understand” my music in a very narrative way; I just want to give people imagination, as in oriental theatre. How to transpose the thinking [of] oriental theatre to music.' Zhenyan Li
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