They started with the Rule of 3 – broken decisively and uncomfortably at Royal Central School of Speech & Drama where the SongArt performance research group were hosting their annual Symposium (Music &). Who would have thought that Goethe’s dual repetition of Dahin in Mignon’s song would have been so roundly confirmed in the music … More Breaking the Rules
The wonderful Mike Maran dragged yours truly up to Cambridge on Sunday to sit behind a computer and a mixing desk and cue the sound I created with Herbie Clarke to illustrate the World of John Muir. How on earth you squeeze the life and work of Scottish Naturalist, John Muir into a short, semi-staged story telling … More John Muir
Minerva Scientifica performances in August:(click links for details) Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2015 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 Our Patron – Judith Weir (Master of the Queen’s Music), along with the other exceptional composers we are lucky enough to have with us on this epic journey into science, have had an intensely creative and … More Minerva Scientifica June 2015
“The Emperor and the Nightingale” by Frances M Lynch, piano arrangements by Mark Troop went out in 6 sensational episodes on http://www.funkidslive.com/player/ at 4pm every day from Boxing Day to Hogmanay. It is very fitting that we celebrate our 10th year with our first radio broadcast on http://www.funkidslive.com a digital station whose ethos reflects our own – … More Big Mouth Piano Tales 10th Anniversary
Big Mouth Piano Tales, on the verge of its 10th Anniversary, has been given a landmark airing on Fun Kids Radio http://www.funkidslive.com/player/. “The Emperor and The Nightingale” adapted from the original story by Hans Christian Andersen with words and music by Frances M Lynch and piano arrangements by Mark Troop has been out every day at … More Big Mouth Piano Tales on Fun Kids Radio
electric voice theatre is an idea of mine which has grown and developed with an ensemble of singers, sound and stage and lighting designers over a period of 30 years to reflect our strong passion for contemporary music and its performance in live situations. I have always believed that classically developed music needs to change its … More electric voice theatre @ Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2011
Pupils at an evt workshop in London, experiment with their voices and live sound processing, 1985 Your Voice, Your Class Tailoring Voice Work to the clients needs A long time ago, probably 30 years now, the LEA (London Education Authority) asked me, after some badgering from me, to go into some “difficult” inner city … More Your Voice, Your Class
LOST VOICES Tuesday, 17 May, 8.00pm, Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge. “I was at the Electric Voice Theatre concert last night and thought it was the best new music concert I’ve seen in a long time. Theatre and new music seem to work really well together. I particularly enjoyed the piece by Alejandro … More Lost Voices at Kettle’s Yard
Frances M Lynch performed “Phya’s Testimony” by Jim Cuomo at King’s Place in November 2010, as part of the Out Hear series.
