Music in Renaissance Scotland
Posted: 20/11/24 09:56 | 3 Comments
Composer Neil Tòmas Smith discusses the dialogue with the Scottish Renaissance in his new work for Orchestra, Baroque Orchestra and Soprano.
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OCA Music: Telling a Story about your Own Work
Posted: 31/10/24 12:38 | 0 Comments
Composer Neil Tòmas Smith reflects on being selected to write a piece for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Dunedin Consort, and soprano Anna Dennis.
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Music and Maths 4: Probability and Composition
Posted: 13/02/21 09:26 | 1 Comments
In the last blog post we looked at how strict processes can be used in composition, taking examples mostly from minimalist composers. In this post we’ll be looking at a more open-ended type of process: probabilistic decision making. In the process music we looked at last time, each rule had a single possible interpretation, exactly […]
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Foundations Music: Resources
Posted: 05/02/21 09:08 | 0 Comments
Sometimes during study we can hit a stumbling block which we can’t immediately solve by ourselves. When this happens, please don’t suffer in silence or let your studies fall by the wayside. Instead, reach out to your fellow students or your tutor if you’ve hit a brick wall and don’t know how to overcome it. […]
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Composition Competitions
Posted: 02/12/20 12:17 | 0 Comments
December sees the latest awards ceremony for the Ivors Composer Awards, celebrating new works in jazz, classical and sound art by UK based composers which have had a UK première within the last year. The Ivors is one of the largest UK competitions with one of the widest application remits and as such attracts a […]
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Solo flute quartet
Posted: 02/10/19 09:16 | 0 Comments
In October I will be undertaking an exciting tour of new work for solo flute and electronics. The works have been created in collaboration with composers from the UK, USA and Ireland, and each piece creates a unique sound environment with the flute placed at the centre.
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