Coronation Prom
What an occasion. Hundreds of thousands of people witnessed the coronation of King Charles III in the streets and parks of London, on screens at home, in pubs or in cinemas around the world. It was a privieldge to be part of the choir at the Coronation Prom, an event put together by All Souls…
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WPO Composer in Residence
I am grateful for the opportunity to explore composition for orchestra in relationship with the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra and Dominic Grier, their musical director. The Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra has been contributing to the cultural life in Worthing since 1948 and wants to enable composers with their composer in residence scheme to bring new music to…
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Podcast Release
I am super excited to go on a new adventure and want to invite you to join me on the journey! The journey begins where two streams of previous work are coming together. On the one hand, for my final projects at university, including my dissertation, I had the privilege and joy to speak to…
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Interview with Martin Smith (Silverbox Multimedia)
Martin is founder of Silverbox Multimedia. He is passionate to help children & young people explore filmmaking. In our conversation we spoke about the different skills children pick up in the club. But besides screenwriting, acting, filming, editing, and others, there are so many more competences they come away with – skills that are not…
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Sussex Film Festival 2022
It was great news to hear that “A Musical Journey – England” was very well received at the Sussex Film Festival this year. The video is the third part of a series in which we travelled across Europe to compose original music and capture performances as well as surroundings visually in creative ways. The film…
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Interview with Stephen Montgomery (Vivid Broadcast)
Stephen is Head of Production at Vivid Broadcast. His role is to technically and creatively figure out how to actually make the jobs work. In our time together we discussed the strenghts different media, such as graphics, film and music have and what happens when they come together. We went on to think about media…
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Interview with Lewis Rapkin (Oscillator Media)
Lewis is founder of video and music production company Oscillator Media and has worked with the likes of Dolby Laboratories, MTV, Discovery Channel, VOX News and The New York Times. In our conversation he shared how composing music as well as editing video for projects shapes his creative process from the start. We covered several…
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Interview with Jonathan Snipes
Jonathan is a composer and sound designer for film, theatre, television and video games living in Los Angeles. He has contributed creatively to projects such as “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, “A Glitch in the Matrix” and many others. Our conversation covered a range of topics, such as whether bird song is music or not,…
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BA Graduation with Music Prize
I am very grateful to have been awarded a 1st class Bachelor of Arts in Music with Honours by the University of Sussex. I am also very thankful that the hard work has been recognised with a prize for outstanding achievement in Music in 2022. Heartfelt appreciation goes to all those who have supported me…
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Interview with Michael A. Levine
From the streets on St. Paddy’s Day to Hans Zimmer conducting one of his arrangements at the Hollywood Bowl and from advertising jingles to blockbuster hits… As composer for film and television Michael has been involved in numerous projects, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Batman: The Dark Knight, Rango, Dunkirk, The…
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Interview with Andrew Swarbrick
Andrew works in library / trailer music and composes music for film. In our conversation we spoke about how different his creative process is for those two worlds and how he thinks about music’s relationship to picture and story. He also shared about his experience of work & family life and how important it is…
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Interview with Steve Law
Steve is a composer with influences from classical music, jazz and pop. In our time together we shared our perspectives on the development of orchestral music today. Scattered throughout the interview are also insights into Steve’s compositional process. Are we abandoning the complexity, sophistication and beauty for chords I – IV – V? Or are…
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University Student Spotlight
Thanks to the School of Media, Arts & Humanities at the University of Sussex for sharing my project “A Musical Journey” on their social media platforms within their series of student spotlights. They also included the following text in their newsletter: Kai Vollprecht (BA Music) has been working on a video and music series across…
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Interview with Richard Wilkinson
Richard is known for his creative experimentation with sound in his compositions for video games and film. He is a Music & Sound award nominee in 2020 for Doctor Who and has been involved in advertising campaigns from companies such as Netflix, Disney & Columbia Pictures. It was great to hear from him about his…
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University Showcases Audiovisual Project
On the 8th and 9th of June the school of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex is presenting work of final year students from a variety of courses, such as media production, journalism, music and filmmaking. The event takes places at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts in Brighton and is…
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Sir Thomas Beecham Scholarship Award
It was an honour to have been awarded the ‘Sir Thomas Beecham Scholarship Award’ from the University of Sussex. The award of £1,000 is given as a ‘Sir Thomas Beecham Scholarship Award’ to a first year student for skills as an outstanding instrumentalist, outstanding academic work and contribution to music in general. University of Sussex…
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