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Author: Laura Reid
Imaginary Opera
Excited to reveal that our new imaginary opera project “Song of Isis, Goddess of love” will be premiered at the Tete a Tete Festival, 9th September. Full details about the show tbc. but more information can be found at the festival website https://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/festival/tete-a-tete-the-opera-festival-2020/
You can also follow our process on the imaginary opera blog and twitter feeds @imaginaryopera.
Music in The Galleries
I am thrilled to have been chosen as one of the composers to write new music for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter. More details can be found here. I will be composing a peice for String Quartet and Tabla. Inspired by the Icthyosaur fossil in the museum. Commissioned by Devon Philharmonic orchestra as part fo the COMA festival 2020.
More details to follow, but really excited to be working on this new project!
The Woman in The Winged Chair
I performed new work for cello and live electronics at Richmond Adult College concert in October 2019. A collaboration with U3A writers group at the college, in aid of the Portcullis Trust. The concert Age / less was with Richmond New Music Collective where I was invited to collaborate with the participants on new work exploring the themes of ageing for the concert.
My work featured a sound recording of poem called “The Woman in the Winged Chair” by Jean Lambert, along with pre-recorded and live processed sounds with visuals by Amy Reid.
line drawing by Amy Reid 2019.
TIMP Symposium
I was delighted to be invited to talk at the Technology in Music Performance symposium at Birmingham Conservatoire on December 3rd with Tom Davis about our work including the Feral Cello project, and my recent explorations with my cello and electronics set up. We talked about our collaborative process then performed in the afternoon concert.
Tipping Points
Tipping Point 1 for live cello and electronics recorded live at LSI Bridport now available on Bandcamp:
https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/t-i-p-p-i-n-g-p-o-i-n-t
Celestial Bodies
New work for silent disco headphones premiered 29th June in Bournemouth St Peters Church then performed at Sherborne Abbey 5 – 7th July and Nothe Fort, Weymouth, Saturday 13th July 2019.
Celestial Bodies at Sherborne Abbey
I am thrilled that my headphones composition Celestial Bodies will also be performed at Sherborne Abbey this weekend when Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon lands there. Hear it at 9.45pm each evening. www.dorsetmoon.com
St Peters Church – new venue #dorsetmoon
The Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram will now be installed at St Peters Church in Bournemouth (not the central gardens as previously advertised).
My piece Celestial Bodies will still be premiered at 5pm, then again at 7pm and 8pm on Saturday 29th June.
For more information about the event see my blog or visit www.dorsetmoon.com
Laura Reid Composer 