Performances

2024

MARCH

14: CAMBRIDGE FESTIVAL, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY more info

electro//acoustic day – performance of Breathe

6: THE MAHTANI/MAPP DUO, CROSSCURRENTS FESTIVAL, LAPWORTH MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY more info

Live performance with the IKO loudspeaker.

2: INFERNO, WITH NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

The University’s New Music Ensemble and BEAST give the premiere performance of a thrilling suite of new works based on Dante’s Inferno from The Divine Comedy.

2023

NOVEMBER

10: SOUND/IMAGE FESTIVAL, UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH

Performance of Breathe

AUGUST

6: AURE SONORE 2, AZET (HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES, FRANCE)

Performance of Aeolian. Programme includes works by Jonty Harrison, Pete Stollery and Julien Guillamat.

4: AURE SONORE 1, AZET (HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES, FRANCE)

Premiere of Reflections of Azet. Programme includes new works by Jonty Harrison, Pete Stollery and Julien Guillamat.

JUNE

29: BEAST UNFESTIVAL, BRAMALL MUSIC BUILDING, BIRMINGHAM, UK more info

Performance of Breathe in main concert alongside music by Gabriel Prokofiev, Erik Nyström, Rani Jambak and more. Workshop introducing the capabilities of the large-scale multichannel BEAST system in the Elgar Concert Hall.

MAY

18: 7 INCH CINEMA: 20 GLORIOUS YEARS, FLATPACK FESTIVAL, HARE & HOUNDS, KINGS HEATH more info

Live improv with Chris Mapp.

MARCH

8: PERFORMANCE, VISIONES SONORAS 19, MORELIA, MEXICO more info

Performance of Breathe

8: PRESENTATION, VISIONES SONORAS 19, MORELIA, MEXICO more info

Hidden Sounds: field recording and responses to climate change

7: FIELD RECORDING WORKSHOP, VISIONES SONORAS 19, MORELIA, MEXICO

2022

OCTOBER

30: SONIC CARTOGRAPHY: SOUNDSCAPE, SIMULATION AND RE-ENACTMENT, CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARDS more info

Performance of Breathe on the MAAST diffusion system.

AUGUST

1: FIELD RECORDING RESIDENCY, AZET, HAUTE-PYRÉNÉES, FRANCE

Field recording residency and concert performing ‘Round Midnight

JULY

1: BEAST FEAST 2022, RESONANCES, BRAMALL MUSIC BUILDING, BIRMINGHAM, UK more info

Premiere of new ambisonic work Breathe in festival celebrating 40 years of BEAST.

MARCH

9: PRESENTATION: SOUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

2021

NOVEMBER

5: NEW MUSIC SHOW, COP26 SPECIAL, GLASGOW, UK

Live performance of Breathe (Parts 1 & 2) recorded for BBC Radio 3 New Music Show broadcast on 6 November 2021.

OCTOBER

14: CARLOS CURATES: R&J REIMAGINED, BIRMINGHAM, UK

Performances of Romeo + Juliet as part of a double bill with Birmingham Royal Ballet.

SEPTEMBER

8: ROMEO + JULIET, ROSIE KAY DANCE COMPANY, BIRMINGHAM, UK more info

Premiere performance of Romeo + Juliet at Birmingham Hippodrome.

AUGUST

18: FIZZLE PRESENTS: NEW WORKS BY GEORGIA DENHAM, AARON DIAZ AND ANNA PALMER, BIRMINGHAM, UK

Written and developed with a new Birmingham collective of Composer-Performer-Improvisers, these 3 new works were premiered at GAP Arts’ upstairs Cafe, Balsall Heath, Birmingham.

JULY

8: DIALOGUES FESTIVAL, EDINBURGH, UK more info

Live ambisonic performance of Fractals.

JUNE

25: FIZZLE AND TDE PROMOTIONS, ONLINE

Live improvisation with Sarah Farmer recorded in Sansom Studios, Birmingham in April 2021.

2019

OCTOBER

26: MANTIS FESTIVAL, MANCHESTER, UK

Concert of multichannel works including Racines tordues, Aeolian and Past Links.

15: CITY UNIVERSITY, LONDON, UK more info

Concert of multichannel works including Racines tordues, Aeolian and Past Links.

SEPTEMBER

25: ROSIE KAY'S FANTASIA, PATRICK CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME, UK more info

Premiere performances of the new production from Rosie Kay Dance Company.

14: CONVERGENCE CONFERENCE, LEICESTER, UK more info

Performance of Racines tordues in the PACE building, De Montfort University, Leicester.

JUNE

6: KLANG! ÉLECTROACOUSTIQUE 2019, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE more info

Performance of Racines tordues on the Klang! Acousmonium. Salle Molière, Opéra Orchestra National de Montpellier.

MAY

22: THE TRAVELLING EAR, RADIOPHRENIA more info

Ilha Verde No.1 and Aeolian broadcast across Glasgow and on Resonance Extra as part of SOUNDkitchen’s programme The Travelling Ear.

21: 10 SOLDIERS, BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME, UK more info

An expansion of the award winning work 5 Soldiers, Rosie Kay Dance Company brings 10 Soldiers to the main stage.

7: BIRMINGHAM IMPROVISORS ORCHESTRA, PART 2

Second workshop / performance at Fizzle, The Lamp Tavern, Birmingham.

4: BEAST FEaST, BIRMINGHAM, UK more info

Performance of Racines tordues on the 90-loudspeaker BEAST diffusion system.

APRIL

23: BIRMINGHAM IMPROVISORS ORCHESTRA, PART 1

An open workshop and rehearsal of the Birmingham Improvisors Orchestra directed by Mark Sanders.

MARCH

27: LOUDSPEAKER ORCHESTRA CONCERT, GREENWICH, UK more info

25: WANDERLUST ON CASHMERE RADIO

Broadcast of Ilha Verde on Cashmere Radio at 22:00 CET.

16: PULS: R1 REAKTORHALLEN, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN more info

Inversions is being performed as part of this concert curated by Savannah Agger.

7: HEARO DIFFUSION CONCERT, HULL, UK

Premiere of new ambisonic work Racines tordues and performance of Past Links.

FEBRUARY

3: EUROPA META-ORCHESTRA, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE more info

The first performance of the Europa Meta-Orchestra following the orchestra’s first residency in Montpellier, France.

1: EXPO SERIES: MASH MARATHON, OXFORD more info

Past Links performed as part of this evening-long festival concert of experimental music, live electronics, contemporary classical instrumental music and video.