A thrill to join amazing Royal Scottish National Orchestra Percussion Dept on my musical saw for a fun project to record Lera Auerbach's 1st Violin Concerto w @PhillipeQuint & conductor Andrew Litton 🎻🪚
A bonus to catch up with dear friend Errollyn Wallen who was also recording her new violin concerto.

We’ll be very sad to see him go but we are all delighted for Peter! 🤩

My beloved friend. Margaret Williams obituary | Dance | The Guardian theguardian.com/stage/2024/may…

And that’s my violin concerto recorded! ℙ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖 ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕟𝕥 Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor Andrew Litton

The sad state of affairs continue - and the land of song will become silent if we keep going at this speed

With thanks to Steve and BBC Music Magazine for this lovely interview about our recent award.

Clare Stevens Errollyn Wallen Faber Books All the talks were recorded so you can watch them online 😉

Such a pleasure to be interviewed by Sir James MacMillan ⁦Boswell Book Festival⁩ @faberbooks yesterday about my book, ‘Becoming a Composer’. Now on to Glasgow to record the violin concerto. See you at my solitude concert on Thursday 16th 8pm in Edinburgh at The Caves 8pm!

Lovely Fiona is driving me to Dumfries House and on this glorious day. ‘Becoming a Composer’ and my first book festival! ⁦Faber Books⁩, Boswell Book Festival

upcoming:

May 12 Boswell Book Festival
May 16 solo concert,Edinburgh Caves
May 19 solo concert,The Lower Third, London
May 25 Hay Festival
Boswell Book Festival through the noise Hay Festival

Delighted to be following in the glorious footsteps of Val McDermid

‘When the shop is bustling, when we’re being asked for recommendations, when it’s standing room only at an event, when there’s groups of little readers sitting in the tent in our children’s room – we wouldn’t change it for the world!’ The West Kirby Bookshop

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Hedgehog! ♥️

💔 My friend’s cello, case and bows have been stolen in the US. Absolutely horrific. Please help to spread the word and please keep your eyes peeled!

Sally Beamish Errollyn Wallen Emma Harding Tarik O'Regan John Rutter Benbrick BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds Fay Claire I was interested in Thea Musgrave telling me that when she had a rare block, Nadia Boulanger told her to write something every day, however bad (silence your inner critic). The other tip was to not finish something you knew how to finish so the next day you’d know how to start.

Emma Harding Tarik O'Regan John Rutter Benbrick Errollyn Wallen BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds Fay Claire Errollyn Wallen : your thoughts really chimed with me - ‘Something always has to go to make room tor the music you need to write’ - and best of all:
‘Starting is what’s important.
Start by just diving in’. And yes - even starting with ‘a really bad idea’!

Emma Harding Tarik O'Regan John Rutter Benbrick Errollyn Wallen BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds Fay Claire Some great takeaways from Benbrick : ‘Think about the journey not the destination’ …
‘To create something amazing you need a philosophy of detachment’

We have enjoyed reading the stories of some truly remarkable women

Becoming a Composer, Errollyn Wallen
Cloistered, Catherine Coldstream
Wave Walker, Suzanne Heywood
The Book of Secrets, Xinran

Trust us, you won't want to miss out on the opportunity to hear from them firsthand!

Fascinating how much struggle and pain is a common thread in these quests for - for want of a better word - beauty. Each set of instances is unique, and each essay was written without knowledge of the others; very powerful. Huge thanks to Fay Claire for her brilliant producing.💯

Yes! Do join us for our lovely varied programme 🤩
Old faves alongside lush new songs by Cheryl Frances-Hoad Deborah Pritchard Errollyn Wallen and Kaija Saariaho