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Ritual Flyers

Photos of the flyers from the tryout performance of Ritual on the 11 May at Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

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Ritual trailer

The trailer for Ritual, a new show I’m working on. The show was performed as a tryout at Composer’ Festival Amsterdam on the 11 May 2016.

Composers’ Festival Amsterdam

Composers’ Festival of Amsterdam is happening in T-minus two weeks at Conservatorium van Amsterdam. There’s 100 musicians, 14 composers, 25 pieces, 4 venues! Come check out lots of beautiful people who’ve made lots of beautiful things.

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What to do with a…

I’ve been working on a piece in collaboration with scenographer Hannah Krauß for the last while. The project is an interdepartmental project between the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and de Theaterschool. In it a composer and a scenographer are paired up to make something.  We’re working on a stage piece together combining music with set design and have decided to focus creating a piece from everyday objects which make sound, like table-fans, record players and balloons. We’ve been working together for about a month now throwing around ideas and are at about the half way point in the project. I’ve put together a video with some of the things we’ve been working with so far. It was a fun video to make and I hope you enjoy.

I’m interested to look back on this video when we’ve finished to see where our explorations lead. Just out of personal curiosity about where the collaborative process of making something can lead. Join us for the live staging at de Theaterschool at the end of April to see what we come up with.

Making contemporary music relevant

There was a palatable air of tension in the room as one of the other students confronted Leo, our business practice teacher, about the idea of a business plan. “I just don’t understand how this will help me be a better musician” seemed to be the undercurrent of his question. It’s not the point though.Making contemporary music relevant

I’ve been going to different entrepreneurial talks and courses for a few years now. I did a course in Trinity about monetising your research, one in UCD which was trying to get people back into the workforce and another at the So Percussion Summer Institute which was more focused on the arts. I got into them as I’m interested in building a business from my work as a musician. Read more

‘it shimmers in the air’ at the Muziekgebouw

'it shimmer in the air' by David Collier at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Last Saturday was the first performance of a piece I’d written since arriving in Amsterdam… and it happened in the Muziekgebouw! The piece called it shimmers in the air and was written for the Conservatorium van Amsterdam‘s newest ensemble Score Collective. It’s only the ensemble’s second performance and it’s an honour to have been asked to write for them.

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