Lovely music for piano and striking clock
September 22, 2008
[audio src=“https://tedthetrumpet.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/reveal_chime.mp3”][/audio] reveal_chime.mp3 Some music I’m working on for a puppet show…
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The Whirlies – early sketches
August 16, 2008
I have a commission for another piece from the Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra, for a concert at Òran Mór in Glasgow on 17 November. It’s going to be called ‘The Whirlies’, which is a famous roundabout in East Kilbride; to be the first movement of a suite dedicated to the, er, roundabouts of East Kilbride! The piece is essentially for strings, but - and I haven’t exactly told them this yet - I intend to turn up and do some live electro-junk impro along with the piece as well. ...
Great review for ‘Schaduwee’
May 4, 2006
Well, Gareth and I got a really excellent review for our concert last night from Michael Tumelty in the Glasgow Herald; ‘Let’s not mess about. Never mind technical shortcomings, rough edges, the fractured tenor who was clearly in discomfort. Last night’s offering by RSAMD students in the academy’s festival of new music, Plug, gets five stars for the originality of creative thought that flowed from student composers Simon van der Walt and Gareth Williams into two new works for theatrical performance. ...