Exploring the points where different traditions and sound worlds meet…
A clarinettist, bass clarinet and eb clarinet player working between the worlds of music, theatre and dance.
What I do…
I’m involved in a wide variety of performance projects combining audio visual elements, dance and theatre as well as chamber music, orchestral and solo work. I have been supported by the Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, PRS Open Fund, Transmission Fund (Help Musicians UK), Worshipful Company of Musicians and Countess of Munster. I also teach and run various chamber music and creative courses.
Writing music…
As an artist in residence at Snape Maltings Open Space '16-'18, and at the Sage Gateshead Summer Studios in '18, I used this time to develop the ensemble Propellor alongside some of my favourite musicians. The Snape residency led to writing our first hour long touring work Loom along with five miniatures for different combinations within the group, and in turn, gave me the confidence to start a series of new writing projects…
Photographs by Marcin Sz, Elly Lucas, Craig Roberts and Ian West at Sage Gateshead