Great to see this accessible instrument and its star performer getting the recognition they deserve. #ContemporaryClassicalMusic #AccessibleMusic #NewMusic #LivingComposers #ChamberMusic #MusicForAll #ModernClassical #InclusiveArts #LiveClassicalMusic
The release of this video has coincided with the fabulous news that Alessandro Vazzana will be performing
@mbetteridge.bsky.social brilliant Clarion Concerto ‘Soaring Through Sparks’ with The National Open Youth Orchestra at this year’s BBC Proms. @openupmusic.bsky.social
Please show some love for The Clarion Trio’s fantastic live performance of my @comanewmusic.bsky.social commissioned ‘The Preservation of Fire’. youtu.be/jc18mHNUAlc?...
Splendid performances by the Clarion Trio at the CoMA Festival in Whitechapel, London yesterday with the composers introducing their new pieces
The programme features a dazzling variety of ensembles, and it promises to be a memorable evening. If you’re free on 29/03 and within reach of East London, it would be lovely to see you there.
@comanewmusic.bsky.social have commissioned new works from both me and my colleague Louis Palfrey, and our pieces for the Clarion Trio will open their The Finishing Line concert (coma.org/get-involved...) - the final event in CoMA’s month‑long festival of new music.
They now tour the UK, introducing audiences to the Clarion (theclarion.uk), a groundbreaking accessible musical instrument, and performing their ever‑growing repertoire.
For the past six months, I’ve been working with the Clarion Trio (clariontrio.co.uk) on a brand‑new piece. The Trio are an extraordinary group of disabled musicians who first met through the National Open Youth Orchestra.
@openupmusic.bsky.social
🎹EXCITING CONCERT ALERT!📯 I wanted to let you know about a very special concert taking place on Sunday 29th March 2026 at 5.30pm at the Brady Arts and Community Centre, 192–196 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5HU (thvenues.co.uk/venues/the-b...).
Quick question for the composer hive mind - is it worth joining the Ivor’s Academy?
If you’re around tonight, do tune in - or catch it any time afterwards on YouTube.
...followed by the stunning 'In the Engine of Its Throat' by Katherine Lee, Luz Blanco Santos, Seth Connor-Fullwood and Tristan Hail: youtu.be/9Mao00DniIo.
he brief was to create, rehearse, record and perform a brand-new 15-minute opera in just eight days. The result, 'The Way Is Empty', is being broadcast tonight at 8.30pm on youtu.be/1rTrnResSR0...
MCYO is the extraordinary brainchild of Artistic Directors Nina Whiteman and Richard Strivens, guest-mentored by the fabulous Gareth Mattey and Elayce Ismail.
In September, I was lucky enough to work on a collaborative opera project with Alan Grau Jori, Liberty Richardson, Lucian Amette Crosby and Sharvi Rana as part of Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera.
Opera broadcast tonight!
8.30pm (Sunday) on youtu.be/1rTrnResSR0
Excited to have arrived at Great St Mary’s (The University Church, Canbridge) for their two services of Carols by Candelight during which they will be performing my ‘Thou Little Tiny Child’. You can watch the service here at 4.00pm and 6.30pm here: www.youtube.com/live/59YZPOP...
So grateful to the amazing Lucy Taylor-Warwick, brilliant harpist Liz Elliott and the fabulous Senior Madrigal choir of St Mary’s Ascot for a stunning performance of my ‘Born of Light’ for upper voices and harp.
A page from the new choral piece “Voices of Camden” by Richard Peat
Very excited to have arrived in Camden for the world premiere of “Voices of Camden” performed by the brilliant @camdenmusic1 Youth Choirs - can’t wait! #NewMusic #ChoralMusic #CamdenYouthChoirs #LondonChoirs #ContemporaryChoral #MusicPremiere #ComposerLife #VoicesOfCamden
I've got an exciting few weeks coming up with performances in Canterbury, Camden, Ascot and Cambridge. If you're around and free do come along.
Booking is now open for our final concert of the season at St Mary’s Church BSE on 7 June, when we will perform one of the most well-known and best-loved choral works of the repertory: Mozart’s Requiem.
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As it’s Mothering Sunday, I’m sharing my All these things. This juxtaposes poems on childhood/parenting with the refrain And Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart-stunningly performed by @elycathedral.bsky.social Girls’ Choir & @seam100.bsky.social youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We have a whole host of talented musicians within @burybachchoir.bsky.social and we are delighted that two of our choir members, @composerpeat.bsky.social and Nigel Morley will sing the roles of Pilate and Peter respectively. (1/4)
Friyay! It’s concert eve!
You’d be mad to miss your opportunity to hear @BuryBachChoir sing #stmarkpassion for the first time in our 93-year history in #burystedmunds
Join us @TheApexVenue tomorrow evening and we can guarantee you a magnificent and memorable evening of music.
Very sad to hear of the death of Sofia Gubaidulina. I was introduced to her music through Simon Rattle's 90s documentary 'Leaving Home'. Rattle introduced her 'Zeitgestalten', which described a vision she had of lifting a floorboard in her apartment to reveal hell. youtu.be/AkMksgl-xUc?...
Join us for a milestone in our choir’s history as we sing Bach’s third passion for the very first time.
Tickets on sale now!
Come and be part of what will be a wonderful experience:
📆 29 March 2025
⏰ 19:30
📍 The Apex
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East Anglian musicians - check out this fantastic opportunity from @comanewmusic.bsky.social to premiere a new piece by Thomas Meadowcroft! Open to all woodwind, brass and percussion.
So thrilled to be back in @wellscathedral.bsky.social for the premiere of my Voices of Avalon. Millfield Strings, directed by the fantastic Clive Hughes, are sounding awesome. It’s going to be a brilliant concert!
So grateful to @comanewmusic.bsky.social for such an inspiring few days on their Connect the Dots programme - great to meet so many inspiring musicians - all beautifully put together by @francescalelohe.bsky.social
