I'm delighted to be chosen as one of twelve composers in the amazing Benjamin Dwyer's new book 'Different Voices: Irish music and music in Ireland'. For more click here continue reading >

Thanks to all who attended my lecture at the Environmental Utterance Conference this weekend and for your interesting thoughts and insights. It's really great get positive feedback and new inspirations! ***** I will give a lecture at the University College Falmouth “ENVIRONMENTAL UTTERANCE” conference on 1st September 2012 . The lecture will focus on my current research topic: Music As an Activist Movement. Below is a short introduction to my talk. I hope to see you there! The diverse creativity and expressions of political music seems to cross various genres and modes throughout history. From a Ram's horn and trumpets that were used to assemble people and raise spirits, to women's lamentations of their husbands and sons that went away to war, music seem to always be a function or an outcome  tool.  However, music seems to gain another degree when it became a...continue reading >