Delighted to be a prize-winner, as chosen by you, the audience. Thank you for loving Capybara! as much as I do.

The Nova Consort composition prize winners will be announced in a few days, one chosen by the judging panel, and a second chosen by you, the audience. Don't forget to have a listen to the finalists and then visit www.tinyurl.com/audience-prize to vote #Capybara! youtu.be/5KrOFOUsc0E?...

Very much looking forward to this concert tomorrow, celebrating the composers of the BBC Singers. Particularly excited to be giving two first performances... Route Connections by Helen Neeves, and my own Sing My Name, with texts by Marianne James.
www.bbc.co.uk/events/erm3v2

If this is you, don't forget to send your vote my way... www.tinyurl.com/audience-prize

#NovaConsort #Capybara #ChoralMusic #Choirs

Amongst the many lovely gifts given to me this Christmas, was this... Published in 1905, at a time when our greatest composers worked alongside government to bring the myriad benefits of singing together to every child in the land. May we, 120 years later, bring singing back. HNY

Today's edition of Classical Live on Radio 3 will include contemporary carols recorded by the BBC Singers earlier this week. One of them is a new setting of mine, written especially for the BBC Singers, marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Sir John Betjeman.

It's a blue dress code today, so chance to out this beauty of a tie. A particularly special BBC Singers concert for me because it will include a premiere of a new piece of mine.

Not the earliest Christmas gig ever, but it was the first outing of an early birthday gift from my MiL... a lovely new white waistcoat. Looking forward to getting this bad boy out on the oratorio circuit.

And another old one of the inside. This place is my little sanctuary.

I managed to dig up this old picture from a year ago, after planting some lavender. It's quite bushy now!

It's chilly in the piano shed today! 🥶

Here I am with a new look feed. Still singing, still loving all things choral, but doing lots and lots more composing. Hoping to catch up with all my old #ChoirsAgainstCancer and #BathrobeRecitals friends here. 🙂