Join The Hermes Experiment to celebrate their 5th Birthday Friday 11th January at Crypt on the Green (Farringdon, London). We will perform works by Giles Swayne, Josephine Stephenson, Emily Hall, William Cole, Misha Mullov-Abbado and Stevie Wishart, alongside our collaborative … Continued
Our Hermes Experiment Open Ear concert at LSO St Luke’s back in June was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 last week and you can now listen on iPlayer HERE – we’re on right at the start (“Double Fiesta” by Meredith … Continued
Listen to my quartet The Hermes Experiment on iPlayer HERE as part of The Arts Hour Backstage on BBC World Service presented by Nikki Bedi (17:00 performing & discussing Josephine Stephenson’s piece and 27:24 discussing & performing Joel Rust’s piece). … Continued
Hello! I’m excited to share an extract from my new piece « The Other Side of the Sea » – video shot & directed by Jessie Rodger (in her garden!) This section combines poetry by Octavia Bright with a text … Continued
The Other Side of the Sea is a contemporary piece for solo performer that uses music, poetry, and projection to explore the relationship between language, memory, and identity. The sea provides a central motif through which to consider the way … Continued
I am thrilled to announce that I am the recipient of a Michael Cuddigan Trust Award 2018 for my new one-woman opera The Other Side of the Sea. All details on their site here. The first performances will take place this … Continued
Some news! 1. Some lovely funding news for my contemporary quartet The Hermes Experiment: -we’re amongst the latest recipients of the PRSF Open Fund – in support of our upcoming collaboration with award-winning artist Mira Calix and composer Alex Mills (premiere … Continued
COMPOSITION PROJECTS: This month, The Hermes Experiment will be working with postgraduate compositions at both The Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, culminating in performances at the respective colleges in March: 16 January: The … Continued
Such a fantastic week performing at the Spitalfields Festival – heatfelt thanks to everyone who made it all happen, in particular Artistic curator André de Ridder, producer Rachel Caccia, my partner in crime harpist Anne Denholm, and composer Josephine Stephenson … Continued
Here’s a short film Snape Maltings put together about my residency back in July working on my new one-woman show with the wonderful Octavia Bright, Jessie Rodger and mentor Zoe Martlew: