I have been visiting New Haven, Connecticut for the American premiere of In the Land of Uz, performed by Yale Schola Cantorum under our...

As annually observed on the blog, my own Christmas starts effortfully in mid-November, when I’m summoned into Maida Vale Studios to look...

World premiere days are lifetime occasions for composers, but the sensation of hearing your brand new work exactly as you first imagined...

I took this commemorative snap of the side of my keyboard having finished my latest composition a few weeks ago. If you know your Bible,...

After two years of judging BBC Radio 3’s Carol Composing competition I am beginning to see the wood for the trees. A remarkable number of...

This was my first ever look inside St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, but as it’s a regular venue for the BBC Singers, I wasn’t at all...

After sitting behind the perfectly-engineered screens of Ty Cerdd's digital-audio studio on Monday, my recording venue on Friday was the...

It’s now so easy, and informative, to follow the Proms on the internet that I’m in danger of becoming the musical equivalent of that...

One more announcement - I have been appointed Associate Composer with the BBC Singers starting at the beginning of 2015. You can read the...