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Diary of an Emerging Composer

 The blog of Limelight‘s publisher Andrew Batt-Rawden – July 2014 I don’t know what it is like for every other composer in the world, but for me, every new work is a huge rush of endorphins, adrenaline… and then a bit of terror. I won’t lie, my ego swells when I’m asked to write a new work. It is an even bigger rush when the work is for a sizable ensemble. When there are a lot of performers in a work, every single dot on a manuscript page has a lot weight – and not just because there are multiple voices or instruments that are going to interpret it. The weight of that 2B lead on 80 gsm A4 is added to by the admin time to put those performers together, the marketing, the public liability insurance, the audience, the venue, and the concept of the event itself. This is my first time writing for choir. Sure, I’ve written for voice – works for the Song Company, solo works with performances by Jessica Aszodi, ensemble works for Halcyon, Orkest de Ereprijs… but never choir. Michelle Leonard heard the Song of the Virtues that Chris Mansell and I had written for the Song…

July 12, 2014