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Sing a Story

Sing a Story, my show for young children, returns to the Wigmore Hall in May presented by myself and Charlie Mafham. It includes the stories Train Ride (June Crebbin), The Three Little Pigs (Robert Adederian) and Little Rabbit Foo Foo (retold by Michael Rosen). There’s also a visit from a certain Grand Old Duke. 22nd […]

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Beware of Trains wins!

Animated film Beware of Trains won the Cutting Edge Prize at the British Animation Awards. Here’s a picture of me and the team!

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Earth/Percent Earth Day 2023

I’m delighted to be part of @earthpercent’s Earth Day initiative this year, being one of 60+ artists passionate about the planet who have donated an exclusive track that you can now buy on Bandcamp and help us raise funds for climate action. Head to http://earthpercent.bandcamp.com where you will be able to buy the slow movement […]

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BAFTA nomination

Beware of Trains, with music by myself and Oliver Cripps, is on the longlist for a BAFTA award in the ‘Best British Short Animation’ Category 2023. Shortlist announced on 19th January. Read more about Beware of Trains on the Pearly Oyster Productions website.    

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MASAward shortlist

Music for Beware of Trains, written with Oliver Cripps, has just been shortlisted for a MASAward in the Best Composition for a Short Film Category!  Awards announced on 13th October. Full list here.

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New Film Premiere

Collaborating with Oliver Cripps, I’ve written music for Emma Calder’s new film ‘Beware of Trains’.  The film has been selected at various animation festivals (including Annecy, Ottowa and Edinburgh) and has just received it’s premiere in Zagreb. The film protrays a woman with extreme anxiety: “devoured by four major preoccupations – the man she met […]

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Kitchen Sink Songs!

The wonderful Year 6 Chamber Choir at Great Missenden school learnt and sang my new Kitchen Sink songs, written during lockdown when I spent quite some time looking at kitchen utensils and wondering what their lives were like. Massive thanks to music teacher Emma Hulbert and the school for letting me work with with such […]

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New OrchLab audio playalong for adults with disabilities

Really pleased with the LPO’s new OrchLab website, which went live a few weeks ago. The project encourages creative muic-making for adults with disabilities and is a partnership with Drake Music. And a new activity has been added: an audio playalong I’ve created for Mussorgsky’s Great Gate of Kiev!

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Creepy Soundtrack!

Produced as part of a summer project with Create working with young carers in Dorset. We had such a fun time creating creepy sounds for this fabulous short film. Many thanks to @jaclyn vu for allowing us to use her film.

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Jellyfish

Playing around with sound and picture….