Dear Alma, A close and trusted friend who is a professional musician invited me to write a short chamber piece for his ensemble. I agreed to write it for no fee if the concert was […]
Lorca Federico Garcia Lorca was born 127 years ago today, on June 5th, 1898, and he died, violently, on August 19th, 1936, killed by a Fascist firing squad in the early days of the Spanish […]
The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival has named ‘trans, queer’ Sarah Hennies as this year’s composer in residence, affirming its hard-won fringe status. From a recent profile: Sarah Hennies is a minimalist composer who focuses on […]