solstice is finally out today on October House Records
big thanks to Colin Alexander for including me in this lineup!!
this began as an EP project for violin and accordion with my lovely friend Christian Drew, way back in 2020, and sort of evolved from there
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Absolutely spectacular performance London Symphony Orchestra francois-xavier roth giving the world premieres of groundbreaking new orchestral work Christian Drew @stefconner #DonghoonShin , along with music by Béla Bartók and Unsuk Chin. What a special evening! ✨✨✨
Had a fantastic time performing with Peter Bell as Open Union at Ealing Extranormal in London last night! We performed music by Wilson Leywantono, Christine Cornwell and MAY CHI.
Thanks to Martin Lau for hosting and to Christian Drew for lending an amp
Joe Ellis MAY CHI
This year we heard new pieces from Edwin Hillier Rafael Marino Arcaro ROBIN HAIGH Robert Crehan Lara Agar Litha Efthymiou and returning works from Christian Drew @stefconner whose pieces will be performed by us live in concert next April.
'I like to tap into my subconscious, that’s where it feels like it’s coming from. It feels like I’m mediating stuff that I’ve absorbed.' We spoke with London-based composer Christian Drew about Laurence Crane, shoegaze, unreliable memory, & more:
prxludes.net/christian-drew
Lovely free gig programmed by James M. Creed today at 5:30pm ft. my little piece Pink Room! Come along if yer about
'The opportunity for multiplicity and simultaneity with an orchestra means that you do end up with this wash and these waves of sound...' Experience Christian Drew's 'Aquarium Drifter' with London Symphony Orchestra - tomorrow at the Barbican Centre:
buff.ly/3J4Fo5D
Sublime other-wordly Solstice EP from Lara Agar on October House Records - for those that missed out in Oct!
Had the pleasure of playing some accordion music Lara wrote (and later worked her magic on…)
Only 106 days until the next solstice quick buy now!!
octoberhouserecords.co.uk/albums/lara-ag…
May 27th Cafe OTO we perfom music by The Fall, Sarah Davachi John Lely Paul Paccione, Christian Drew and Sean McCann cafeoto.co.uk/events/apartme…
Come and listen.
Next Saturday Cafe OTO we perform music by The Fall, Sarah Davachi Sean McCann John Lely Paul Paccione and Christian Drew Featuring a dictaphone. Book here
cafeoto.co.uk/events/apartme…
Patrick Ellis Christian Drew No problem, well done for such a researched and intelligent series of questions, it holds together much perfectly!
This one got me thinking quite a lot:
The cardboard instruments, used last night at music we'd like to hear in Tim Parkinson's 'Septet 2004'. 3 'rice boxes' (the big ones) and 3 standard boxes.
1. resting overnight at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, between rehearsal and concert.
2. now dismantled and ready for recycling.
