Off to Belgium next week to hear Benjamin Maneyrol perform my 'Jump Cut' at the Osmose Festival. Very much looking forward to hearing it again!

It's always exciting to hear about performances that have taken place around the world! So it was great to hear that Kelly Ann Bixby (sop) and Brett Landry (marimba) performed 'Gentle' at a 'Le Salon' concert at the Lafayette School of Music in Louisiana in September. I wish I could have been there!

Heading for Aylesbury today to hear the wonderful Amabile trio give the second performance of my Anatomy of Angels! It seems like an age since the première in York last year and I can't wait to hear it again!

At last I've reached the double bar line of a new duo for flute and treble recorder, for Sarah McNulty and Carmen Troncoso. Mise en Abyme (the phenomenon in art and literature where something contains an image of itself, repeating into infinity) will be performed in October - details to follow.

At sunny Headingley today for day 1 of England v India test match. Hard work for our lads in the field...

No pictures can capture the incredible range of music and dance we witnessed on Saturday at Late Music Concerts, York, or the sublime fluency of the performances, but here are just a few shots from our rehearsal. Thanks to @musicontheedge.bsky.social and our fabulous dancers from NSCD.

A trip to Headingley today to see Messrs. Bairstow, Root and Brook in action. Wish I had brought a hat.

Thanks to Harrogate Band for a fabulous performance of Fox on Saturday. This was I was commissioned in 2019 but due to the pandemic we had to wait until now to hear it - it was well worth the wait! Thanks to Craig Ratcliffe for directing with such precision and authority. Let's do it again sometime!

There are two performances of my music this weekend: on Saturday Fallen will be performed by Norwich singers, then on Sunday Gentle will form part of a recital given by Elayna Parandi (soprano) and Anna Day (marimba) at Indiana Wesleyan University, USA - no tariffs were paid! @uymp.bsky.social

Saturday's office: conducting the fabulous York RI Band in a concert that included Derek Bourgeois' 'Diversions' and a first concert performance for my 'Epithalamium'.

I really enjoyed hearing 'Unity' at the NLCS Festival of Music yesterday, and start the journey home a very happy composer with lots of new friends.

Day 2 in Singapore, and the first rehearsal of 'Unity' - with orchestra alone. It's going to be great! Also the cathedral, cocktails at Raffles, curry at Lau Sa Pat, and a light show at the Marina Bay.

I'm in Singapore for the first performance of my piece 'Unity' for choir and orchestra on Sunday at the NLCS Festival of Music. Today is a time for sightseeing and recovering from jetlag; rehearsals start tomorrow.

This coming Friday (31st January) sees the first performance of Au Chat Noir, for flute and viola, given by Emma Colston (flute) and Rachel Miller (viola) at the Bakehouse Theatre in Greenwich, London, at 12:00 noon. It's a short tribute to Erik Satie on the 100th anniversary of his death.

It's seven years since @deltasax.bsky.social released the fabulous 'Bowie, Berlin and Beyond' album, and it's being played more than ever! Thanks to @vespertinelyric.bsky.social for including my Swan in her Lyric FM broadcast on Saturday! www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

I'm so looking forward to hearing Sarah-Jane Gibson performing 'Snow' this evening, and Lara Brown playing 'Angelus' in the Winter concert at YSJ; my kind students and colleagues are helping me celebrate 30 years at YSJ! The concert starts at 7:30 in the Creative Centre if you're at a loose end!

I'm just putting finishing touches to a new piece for choir and orchestra, commissioned for the NLCS Festival of Performing Arts in Singapore - first performance in February next year. And, of course, I'll pop over for the festival and am very excited to be seeing Singapore for the first time.