COnstructing PERFORMANCE SCENARIOS:

Exploring the Action, Ensemble and Arena Spaces of Performed Music, Through Composition

Creative Portfolio

PIECES

Mirror (2016)

Duration: 8 Minutes

Onstage Ensemble: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Percussion 1 (Ride Cymbal, Bass Drum, Tam-tam), Piano, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

Mezzo Soprano

Offstage Ensemble: Flute, Alto Saxophone, Bb Trumpet, Bass Trombone, Percussion 2 (Crash Cymbal on 23” Timpani, Ride Cymbal, Tam-tam, Bass Drum), Harp, Electric Guitar (with sustain pedal), Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello.

Recording Information: Audio Captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Please listen through headphones. Recorded at the World Premiere performance on the 2nd December 2016. Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls. Conductor: Gregory Rose. Performers: TL Contemporary Music Group.



Mixed Messages (2017)

Duration: 24 Minutes

Footage Information: Audio Captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Please listen through headphones. Footage Recorded at World Premiere performance on the 16th March 2017. Venue: St Alfege Church, Greenwich. Conductor: Mick Doran. Performers: Craig Lutton, George Pertwee, Rhys Davies, Rory Clark, Tom Daley, Tom Leech, Malgorzata Kepa, Matt Arnold, Henry Fynn and Connor Chambers. Cameras: Hollie Harding and Theo Finkel. Edit: Hollie Harding

Movement I

All players should select the following instruments: 1 x Wooden Sounding Object, 1 x Resonant Metal Sounding Object, 1 x Ridged Sounding Object, 1 x Winding Sounding Object

Movement II

Percussion 1: Woodblocks or Temple blocks - High, Mid and Low. Percussion 2: Cowbells -High, Mid and Low. Percussion 3: Cowbells - High, Mid and Low. Percussion 4: Woodblocks or Temple blocks - High, Mid and Low. Shared: 3 cymbals - High, Mid and Low

Movement III

Percussion 1: 5 x Temple Blocks (assembled in one row), Vibraphone, Vibra-Slap, D# Almglocken or Cow Bell (fixed to foot pedal). Percussion 2: Woodblock (high), Xylophone, A# Almglocken or Cow Bell (fixed to foot pedal). Percussion 3: Woodblock (low), Xylophone, F# Almglocken or Cow Bell (fixed to foot pedal). Percussion 4: 5 x Temple Blocks (assembled in one row), Vibraphone, Vibra-Slap, C Almglocken or Cow Bell (fixed to foot pedal).



by breath and bow (2017)

Duration: 8 minutes

Flute, Bb Clarinet, Violin and Cello

Footage Information: Audio captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Please listen through headphones. Footage Recorded at World Premiere performance on the 19th April 2017. Venue: Weimarer Fruhjahrstage fur Zeitgenossiche Musik, Mon Ami. Performers: Ensemble Via Nova Marianna Schürmann flute, Moritz Schneidewendt clarinet, Nikita Geller violin and Daniel Gutiérrez cello. Camera and Edit: Hollie Harding



bellows, breath and bow (2018)

Duration: 9 minutes

Flute, Bb Clarinet, Accordion, Violin and Cello

Footage Information: Audio captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Please listen through headphones. Footage Recorded at World Premiere performance on 24th March 2018. Venue: Cello Factory, London Ear Festival Commission. Performers: Ensemble Via Nova: Marianna Schürmann flute, Moritz Schneidewendt clarinet, Neža Torkar accordion, Maja Horvat violin and Daniel Gutiérrez cello. Cameras: Hollie Harding and Phil Stewart Edit: Hollie Harding.



Extension (2018)

Duration: 4 minutes

Solo Cello

Footage Information: Recorded in the Angela Burgess Recital Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, London. 1st December 2018. Performer: Amy Jolly

 


Motion (2018)

Duration: 7 minutes

Solo Cello

Footage Information: Recorded in the Angela Burgess Recital Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, London. 1st December 2018. Performer: Amy Jolly

 


Melting, Shifting, Liquid World (2019)

Duration: 32 Minutes

Solo Electric Viola, Electronics, String Ensemble [6.5.4.4.2] and Fixed Media delivered over Bone-Conduction Headsets Footage Information: Footage from World Premiere Performances on the 16th March 2019. Venue: Great Map, National Maritime Museum. Performers: Nic Pendlebury, Electric Viola Solo with Trinity Laban String Ensemble. Audio Recording: Chris Tanton. Cameras and Edit: David McCormick.



STUDIES

CoMA Studies (2017-2018)

Extracts of footage from workshops and performances of five Open Score studies written for and devised with, CoMA Ensemble.

Spatial Study on D (2017), 230 Strings (2017), Spatial Study on Rotation (2017) - Premiered by CoMA London Ensemble, St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch. Conductor Gregory Rose.Cameras: Chris Tanton. Edit: Hollie Harding.

Graphic Score II (2017) - Premiered by CoMA Summer School Participants, Orkney. Camera and Edit: Chris Adams for CoMA

Traverse the Score (2018) - Premiered by Festival of Contemporary Music for All Participants, Committee Rooms, Shoreditch Town Hall. Camera and Edit: Freya and Steve Hellier for CoMA.

Full footage and scores for all pieces, can also be found below.



Spatial Study on D (2017)

Binaural recording captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Listen through headphones. Footage recorded at the world premiere performance on the 8th July 2017. Part of the Movements in Space project curated by Hollie Harding. Venue: St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

Conductor: Gregory Rose. Performers: Alice Watson, Adrienne Harris, Becky Abrahams, Chris Cowie, Chris Shurety, Gavin McCabe, Graham Knight, Hollie Harding, John Huttlestron, Jonathan Ticher, Josh Kaye, Liz Herbert, Louise Rendle, Mick Kahn, Nick King, Richard Gartner, Simon Kallow, Tom Whitehouse.

Cameras: Chris Tanton. Audio and Edit: Hollie Harding.



230 Strings (2017)

Binaural recording captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Listen through headphones. Footage recorded at the world premiere performance on the 8th July 2017. Part of the Movements in Space project curated by Hollie Harding. Venue: St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

Conductor: Gregory Rose. Piano Solo: Charlotte Way. Ensemble: Alice Watson, Adrienne Harris, Becky Abrahams, Chris Cowie, Chris Shurety, Gavin McCabe, Graham Knight, Hollie Harding, John Huttlestron, Jonathan Ticher, Josh Kaye, Liz Herbert, Louise Rendle, Mick Kahn, Nick King, Richard Gartner, Simon Kallow, Tom Whitehouse

Cameras: Chris Tanton. Audio and Edit: Hollie Harding.



Spatial Study on Rotation (2017)

Binaural recording captured using 3dio Free Space Binaural Microphone. Listen through headphones. Footage recorded at the world premiere performance on the 8th July 2017. Part of the Movements in Space project curated by Hollie Harding. Venue: St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

Conductor: Gregory Rose. Performers: Alice Watson, Adrienne Harris, Becky Abrahams, Charlotte Way, Chris Cowie, Chris Shurety, Gavin McCabe, Graham Knight, Hollie Harding, John Huttlestron, Jonathan Ticher, Josh Kaye, Liz Herbert, Louise Rendle, Mick Kahn, Nick King, Richard Gartner, Simon Kallow, Tom Whitehouse.

Cameras: Chris Tanton. Audio and Edit: Hollie Harding.



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Graphic Score - II (2017)

Footage recorded at workshop on the 28th July, 2017. Part of the CoMA Summer School in Orkney, 2017. Venue: Kirkwall Grammar School, Atrium, Orkney.

Performed by CoMA Summer School Participants.

Camera and Audio: Chris Adams.



Traverse the Score (2018)

Footage recorded at workshop on the 3rd March, 2018. Part of the Festival of Contemporary Music for All 2018. Venue: Committee Rooms, Shoreditch Town Hall.

Performed by Festival of Contemporary Music for All Participants.

Camera and Audio: Freya and Steve Hellier.