Practising What I Preach <–> Preaching What I Practise

In this keynote talk, the focus is on my lifelong interest in bringing new innovative forms of music to new audiences and participants. Although using recent publications and compositions as case studies, the talk’s true goal is about making one’s work relevant to people beyond specialists in their field and, at least in my case, the work of others as well. After setting the talk’s context, I discuss two books published this year, ‘Experiencing Organised Sounds’ and ‘The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things’ (co-authored with John Richards, both published by Routledge). I also present two current composition series, the Radio Series and the Old / New Series, both offering expert and non-expert listeners various things to hold on to. These central sections address the talk’s aim of bringing new music to a variety of communities of interest and of practice demonstrating how one’s creativity and scholarship can be approached holistically.