Live visuals and a trio of amplified flute, cello and piano tell the fascinating story of pioneering women engineers who followed in the footsteps of Leeds’ own John Smeaton. The Marsyas Trio – Ensemble-in-Residence (University of Leeds) and one of … Continue reading World Premiere: Marsyas Trio and Smeaton300
ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED V: some days if i could scream was performed by LSTwo Ensemble, in the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall as part of the Leeds International Concert Series. This piece is a bit different for me (so I … Continue reading World Premiere: Leeds International Concert Series
In October, I got to chat with John Toolan, host of the ‘Left of Leeds’ radio show (featured on chapelfm). The show came out in December. You can listen to this show here as it is now part of the … Continue reading Radio Feature: ‘Left of Leeds’
I recently gave a talk about my opera project at the 4th NEGEM 2022 Symposium. The symposium took place on the 23rd and 24th September in a hybrid format, and I had the pleasure of joining online (straight after a … Continue reading International Research Group at the Colégio Almada Negreiros, Lisbon
I have a supporting role in Tina Tenzi’s latest music video which is out now. The song is available on most streaming platforms. Below are some stills from the video. I remember filming this and I had no idea how … Continue reading I’m in another Music Video!
I’m pleased to find out that I received a high Distinction in my LAMDA level 3 Shakespeare Performance Exam. I performed scenes from Othello (Desdemona) and Richard III (Lady Anne). I also performed Sonnet 130. I’ve found Shakespeare acting quite … Continue reading Shakespeare Performance Exam: LAMDA
I recently gave a paper on my upcoming opera alongside collaborators Dr Jorge Balça (stage director, librettist) and Dr Rachel Hann (scenography, lighting) at the Festival D’Aix-en-Provence. For context, “the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is an annual international music festival which takes … Continue reading Presenting at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence!
I’ve just spent a few days in Northumbria workshopping the bone conduction headphones for my opera that I’m in the process of writing. I’m writing it in collaboration with a scenographer and librettist / stage director. The creation process is … Continue reading Opera Creation enoa lab #2 : bone conduction and staging
I’ve made another film with Macabre Pictures who are always great to work with. It was officially released 1st April 2022. Director: Matthew J. Lawrence Writer: Olayitan Williams Also starring: Jake Fitzpatrick; Fran Walker Release Date: 1 April 2022 Continue reading New Film: Little Black Dress
I have just spent a week workshopping my upcoming opera at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. The opera creation process has received support from the European Network of Opera Academies (enoa) and the Gulbenkian Foundation. You can read about … Continue reading Opera Creation enoa lab #1 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
Yesterday, I took part in the Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music Speech and Drama, Solo-Acting Shakespeare category/class. I came 3rd with Distinction with my performance of Othello Act 4 scene 3, Desdemona (the Willow scene). The competition was high in … Continue reading Performing Shakespeare & Competitive Festivals for Music Speech and Drama
I am please to announce that my team was selected by enoa for their Opera Creation Journey programme! For information about how we got this far, see the post about our initial presentation to the enoa panel here. I am … Continue reading I am writing another opera!
I’m not famous enough to call this a cameo, really, but nevertheless I’m really thrilled to say I make a small appearance in Topher Holland‘s latest music video for his song Papa Guede. The new music video is available on … Continue reading ‘Cameo’ in another Music Video
Two of my compositions, angustia (flute, violin, accordion and optional fixed-media electronics) and ‘We lived in the gaps between the stories.’ (graphic score for amplified accordion) features on Polish ensemble Layers‘ new album Grundestein! Below is the album cover with … Continue reading New CD: Grundestein by Layers
I can now announce that I have finally passed all components of my PCertLAM in Acting with Distinctions! I can put the letters ‘PCertLAM’ after my name now. *beam* Continue reading LAMDA: PCertLAM Acting (Distinction)
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