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Bits & Pieces
Excerpts
from my PhD thesis |
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PhD Thesis
My PhD
comprised my own original compositions, composed mainly for amateur
musicians, with critical commentary. Amateur music-making is a passion which remains central to my work today.
Complete copies of my PhD thesis, compositions and recordings are held
at Goldsmiths College Library, University of London and at COMA Head
Office, London.
Click on
the thumbnails to view excerpts, and then use the back button on your browser to
return to this page.
To read
further excerpts (analysis of ...Like Clockwork... and the
Conclusion),
click here.
Photos
Receiving an award
as a youngster in Prescot Parish Church Choir:
With members of
the St. Helens Sinfonietta at St Helens United Reformed Church:
Phoenix Concert
Orchestra:
With Cllr Joan
Quilliam, then Mayor of Knowsley, in Liverpool Cathedral:
Enjoying an
afternoon with friends:
Conducting the St.
Helens Sinfonietta in Our Lady & St Joseph's RC Church, Prescot:
Pause for thought
outside the Methodist Church, Prescot:
Me, 2009:
Links
Local
sites:
Prescot
Festival - official website of the Annual Prescot
Festival of Music & the Arts, which I founded in 2005
Deyes
High School - where I teach
Evelyn Community Primary School -
where I am a governor
Prescot Parish Church of St Mary's - my church
Knowsley Arts & Events Service -
arts department of Knowsley Council
Knowsley
Online - news & information from my local area
Liverpool
Phil - home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Friends of Real Lancashire -
info about the traditional county of Lancashire
Causes I
support:
Amnesty
International - worldwide human rights movement
CAFOD - committed to ending poverty and creating a fairer world
Churches Conservation Trust - preserving the UK's
historic churches
CND
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
C0-operative Society - a
business whose philosophy I support
Gideon
International - Bible distribution worldwide
Help the Aged - charity helping older people
Labour
Party
NSPCC
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Salvation Army
St Mungo's
- opening doors for homeless people
Things I
enjoy:
CAMRA
- The Campaign for Real Ale
The
Independent - my favourite daily newspaper
MENSA
- the High IQ Society
Network
DVD - the UK's best producer of vintage British film & TV
DVDs
The
Prisoner - info about my favourite cult '60s TV series
starring Patrick McGoohan
Private
Eye - fortnightly satirical magazine
Favourite
places:
Carnforth Station - the Lancashire setting for the 1945
David Lean film Brief Encounter
Coventry Cathedral - website for
supporters of the historic Midlands cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral - my city's Anglican cathedral
National Museums Liverpool - museums, attractions &
galleries across Merseyside
National
Trust - historic sites around England
Penlee
House - gallery and museum in Penzance, Cornwall
Portmeirion - Italianate Welsh village designed by Sir
Clough Williams-Ellis
Tate - contemporary art
galleries in Liverpool, London & St Ives
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Music
links:
ABRSM
(Associated Board) - international examination board for
music
Barber
Institute of Fine Arts - part of the University of
Birmingham
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC Radio 3
- classical music station
BBC Proms
- annual music festival held at the Royal Albert Hall, London
BMIC - British Music
Information Centre
COMA - Contemporary Music
Making for Amateurs
Crosby Symphony Orchestra
Edge Hill University Music PGCE
Goldsmiths,
University of London, Music Department
Goldsmiths, University of London, Alumni
Grassington Festival
Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Making Music - voluntary music
society
Malcolm Arnold Society - info on
the underrated British composer
Mid Wales
Chamber Orchestra
Morecambe Winter Gardens - historic
Lancashire music venue
MTRS
- Music Teachers Resource Site
MusicatSchool.co.uk - more music teaching resources
North
West Composers' Association (NWCA)
Performing Rights Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal School of
Church Music
Sefton Schools Music Service
SPNM
- Promoting New Music
St.
Helens Sinfonietta
University
of Birmingham Music Department
Various:
David L
Rattigan - freelance writer & creative who designed this
website
NASWUT - Teachers' Union
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