sequoiaduo3 days ago2 minthe ebb - Stuart MacRaeParadoxically for a piece about the sea, the first ideas for the ebb came into my mind while I was walking through a forest! But what I...
sequoiaduoDec 13, 20212 minLochbroom - Mairearad GreenI was so delighted when Sonia and Alice from Sequoia asked me to write a piece for Water Music source to sea. ‘A sonic imagining of the...
sequoiaduoNov 17, 20215 minWhale, Bow, Echo - Alex SouthWhale, Bow, Echo for Violin, Cello and Fixed Media, Humpback Whale recorded off Mo’orea 25.09.2019 Whale, Bow, Echo (2021) is the most...
sequoiaduoOct 30, 20213 minClōta’s Song - Lisa RobertsonThe initial stimulus for this piece occurred when I came across the origins of the River Clyde’s name. It is thought to have derived from...
Alice RickardsOct 22, 20191 minGrowing wilderBetween June and September we have had the most enjoyable couple of days working with high school students and exploring gardens. With...
Alice RickardsMar 5, 20181 minTransplanted onto CDOur recording of Changeless and the Changed by David Fennessy has been included on new music::new Ireland 3, a promotional CD produced by...
Sonia CromartyJun 2, 20163 minThe Grand Finale!The 1st of June was the grand finale of our TRANSPLANTED project with the children in p. 5 and p.6 at Carntyne Primary School. We spent...
Alice RickardsMay 19, 20162 minComposers at workWe started work on 9 graphic scores today. Before our young composers put pen to paper we looked at at a beautiful long graphic score...
Sonia CromartyMay 12, 20162 minWeek 3 @ Carntyne PrimaryAnother beautiful morning greeted us- we're beginning to think it is always sunny at Carntyne Primary School! The children were as...
Alice RickardsApr 28, 20163 minWeek 2 @ Carntyne PrimaryMain Aims Continuing on from last week, show how composers can describe the many characteristics of plants Introduce concept of graphic...
Alice RickardsApr 21, 20162 minTRANSPLANTED to Carntyne PrimaryThe beautiful sunny morning was a great way start to our first session with P6 at Carntyne Primary. As the students entered the room in...
Alice RickardsApr 20, 20162 minTRANSPLANTED education projectWe are taking TRANSPLANTED to a new audience, the music and the wild plants that inspired the project have proven to be a great education...
Kate MollesonNov 4, 20152 minReview - NocturnalFirst published in The Herald on 4 November, 2015 Classical music is generally yonks behind other performance arts when it comes to the...
Judith WeirNov 3, 20152 minCottiers Theatre, GlasgowCottiers Theatre is what I used to know as Dowanhill Parish Church. It’s one of many imposingly large churches in the West End which,...
Martin SucklingOct 29, 20152 minWhat hath Night to do with Sleep?I see a lot of the night. I get up early; it’s good to write before the household has woken, though my daughter is yet to fully grasp the...
Sonia CromartyOct 28, 20152 minPlaying in the darkOne performance experience in particular stands out from my time as a student at the (then) RSAMD- playing Claude Vivier's Piece pour...
Sonia CromartyOct 18, 20151 minSpace to createThe tagline "space to create" couldn't be more apt for Crear-as soon as you leave the A83 and wind along the single-track road past...
Judith WeirJun 19, 20152 minThe Big Shed, Tombreck, ScotlandPreparing to go and workshop some new material with Scottish violin-cello duo High Heels and Horse Hair, the first advice they sent was,...
Judith WeirJun 11, 20152 min12 short studiesIn advance of our residency at the Big Shed on Tombreck Farm Judith has written to us about the sketches she has created. One of the...
Alice RickardsApr 1, 20152 minCommissioning Judith WeirLast year we were fortunate enough to receive funding to commission Judith Weir’s ‘Sundew’ a short miniature duo written as part of...