I’ve loved sharing some of my experiences of life as a young composer with you over the past year, and I really hope that you have enjoyed reading them…
Read MoreThese few months are an exciting time for ORA Singers, as they look ahead to hosting their first Composition Competition Final Concert…
Read MoreIn this blog post I wanted to talk briefly about notation. Notation is a part of composing that I lack confidence in…
Read MorePicture the scene… For weeks, you’ve been lying awake at night with concepts and ideas flooding your head. You’ve spent hours writing this piece of music, and now it’s finally finished.
Read MoreThis week I’ve arrived back to Durham for my final term as a music undergraduate. I have very mixed emotions about it!
Read MoreMaybe it’s just me, but I’ve really felt like Spring has sprung this past week! I’ve been back home in Belfast for a few weeks now…
Read MoreI thought in this week’s blog I would talk about Composer-in-Residences, and specifically tell you about my experience of holding such a role with a national youth choir…
Read MoreLast week was International Women’s Week, and it was an especially great time within the music sphere to see so many people celebrating the work of women composers, conductors and performers…
Read MoreAs well as being a composer, I’m a singer, and I especially love choral singing…
Read MoreFollowing on from my blog post about studying Music at university, I thought I would talk about one of the specific ways I’ve received composition tuition, which is through workshops…
Read MoreIn this week’s blog post, I thought I would share some my experiences of studying Composition at university…
Read MoreI found Rory’s last blog post on text so interesting, so I thought I would continue in a similar direction and share some of my own tips on text…
Read MoreHappy New Year!! If you have made it one of your resolutions of 2019 to compose more music, then you have come to the right place…
Read MoreFor my first blog post I just thought I would give you a little bit of an introduction into who I am…
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