I am very pleased to say that I finished my Seasonal Yoga Academy 300hr Yoga RYT Teacher Training in November 2020. This award combines with my 200hr training (2017) to complete the 500hr advanced training.
Many thanks indeed to all at the Seasonal Yoga Academy, particularly Marit, Claire, Julie and Sue. And huge thanks to my 300hr peers who shared the journey – what a wonderful , inspiring bunch of women!
I am excited to be shortlisted with Alex South for the Scottish Awards for New Music ISM Prize for Collaboration for our Rough Breathing collaboration. The Award event is on 14th April 2020 at the V&A in Dundee.
Read the category details at The ISM Prize for Collaboration
See the full shortlist at Scottish Awards for New Music 2020
Please note, as of April 2020, the Rough Breathing sound clip will be removed from the public realm. Many thanks to BBC Radio 3 for the permission to use the clip for a year from the BBC’s live recording of the event. A private clip will be available for professional use – please contact me if you are interested to hear it.
Many thanks to Alasdair Campbell, AC Projects, CCA Glasgow and all at Tectonics Glasgow 2019 for supporting Rough Breathing.
PerformanceSonic Bothy Ensemble and Bothy Learning Space joined forces for some intensive rehearsals and a big performance, Diagonal Joy, in the Recital Room at City Halls in November 2018.
Everyone’s excited that Sonic Bothy inclusive new music ensemble has been nominated for a Scottish Award For New Music.
For more information on Sonic Bothy Ensemble, and all the charity’s activities, please visit Sonic Bothy’s website.
I completed my Seasonal Yoga Academy 200hr teacher training in March 2017 and am now a Registered Yoga Teacher.
The range of practices are a very natural extension of my creative sound and voice explorations. The yoga practice feeds directly into the work in a very holistic way.
Many thanks to everyone at the Seasonal Yoga Academy and to all the wonderful people I have met and shared experiences with on the journey so far.
Delighted to hear that I have been selected for the shortlist of the Old Vic 12 2016 competition.
Delighted to be awarded a Creative Scotland Artists’ Bursary to undertake some preliminary research and development for new work initially inspired by Elias Canetti’s book Crowds and Power.
Theology with Martin O’Connor has been shortlisted for a CATS 2013-14 award in the Best Music and Sound Category. Announcements will be made on 8th June 2014. See details and the full listings at CATS.
**** Joyce MacMillan The Scotsman
Mary Brennan The Herald
Gareth Vile The Vile Blog
Some exciting news arrived – I won the IAWM Pauline Oliveros Prize for electroacoustic media for my studio composition Post-Industrial Broadcast #1.
The full winner’s list and other info will be available at the IAWM website.
I am very pleased to say that I have received a Creative Scotland Quality Arts Production Award for the development of vocal performance work Songs for a Stranger.
Songs for a Stranger is a collection or cycle of five electroacoustic works that draws metaphorical inspiration from the many senses of the word ‘stranger’. The work was originally created for, and supported by, Arches Live Festival.
I am absolutely delighted to say that I have been awarded a Creative Scotland New Music Award to support the Glasgay! commission for Panic Patterns production at the Citizens Theatre. Panic Patterns is a new play by Louise Welsh and Zoë Strachan, directed by Alison Peebles. The show will run from 19th – 30th October 2010.
