*𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲*
On 20 March JAM launches its season with a celebration of new music for choir, brass & organ. The concert features music by @tarikoregan, Isabelle Ryder & eight successful entries to JAM’s 2023 'Call for Music'.
👉 jamconcert.org/music-of-our-…
Thanks to all @lfccm for this week of new music for churches. So sad I can't be @StPancrasChurch for 1.15pm communion today with new music by @gianlucapantaleo, @willsimmsmusic, @Joshuaballance, @ukcomposer, Paul Davis, and my own 'Stepney Fanfare'. Thanks to all performers too!
Delighted that @lfccm have programmed my Stepney Fanfare 'When will that be?' (for organ) as part of this year's festival. lfccm.com/whatson/works/2915…. Thanks to all @StPancrasChurch and especially Andrew Charity (organist)!
Mahsa Amini's killing has resparked protests in Iran. Authorities have responded with violent crackdowns. Please sign Amnesty International's petition: authorities must be held accountable. amnesty.org.uk/actions/woman…
Please sign and circulate this petition in support of protesters in Iran: iliberty.org.uk/petition-to-…
400 teenagers have been arrested in recent protests, including 120 young women. 12 have been released so far thanks to pressure from this charity. 388 to go...
The first Christmas adverts on TV were out this week. So a composer’s mind turns to carols. My offering is a short and sweet setting of Rosetti’s ‘Love came down’ for SATB and organ. Have a digital listen here: soundcloud.com/donald-wether…. Message me if you would like a score!
A new open access paper from music therapist and PhD student Emma Millard and colleagues - Preferences for group arts therapies: a cross-sectional survey of mental health patients and the general population @BMJ_Openbmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8…
I’ve just written a #hymn in 8.8.6.8 metre, and a tune to match. I can’t find any others like it. Is this a first?
I’m thinking of calling it ‘Uncommon Metre’…
Delighted that @LDSingers will be performing my 'Misa Latina' for the second time (!) on Saturday 1 July @allsaintspoplar, along with Orff's fantastic 'Carmina Burana'.
Tickets available from the LDS website soon. Thanks to Andrew Campling and all at LDS. soundcloud.com/donald-wether…
An invitation to write for the journal 'Advances in Oceanography and Marine Biology’ arrives in my inbox. Tempting, but I just can’t find the right title. Any suggestions? There must be a music therapy connection to be made somewhere...
A #newhymn challenge: paraphrase a canticle, avoiding biblical names and places whose stories may now be unfamiliar or ambiguous? No Abraham, Israel, David..!
Here is such a version of the Benedictus, ‘Give thanks to God’:
jubilate.co.uk/songs/give-th…
With thanks to Jubilate Hymns.
Thaxted is a great tune for #RemembranceSunday. If you’re looking for alternative words to ‘I vow to thee…’ here is a text I wrote, available from Jubilate Hymns: ‘We remember those who dying were true to duty’s call…' jubilate.co.uk/songs/we-reme….