No-man is an island…..
I recently played again with no-man, in a very enjoyable outing to Leamington Spa! These rather few and far between gigs may, hopefully, become more frequent as the band all seemed keen to do more. Mostly the limiting factor is Steven Wilson’s availability, due to his busy touring schedule as a solo artist and with Porcupine Tree.
You can read a review of the gig here.
2011 has been a strange and difficult year, with the death of my father in September – after a 5 month fight with cancer – dominating everything: It’s only when you lose someone close to you that you really appreciate how much they meant. It’s only now that I’m beginning to regain some sort of perceived control over my life once again, but there’s a lot of things I’m well behind with – projects, paperwork, promotion and more…….
At the end of this month I’m off to Poland again to give workshops for a week, followed quickly by two courses for Benslow Music Trust in Hitchin – a Quartet course and an improvisation course. There are concerts during both courses, so please see my concert diary for details. (currently having trouble with the typeface on the concert calendar – yet another thing to try to sort out!)
In January we’ll be moving house from Wyton to Brington in Cambridgeshire: Only about 15 miles, but any house move takes a lot of work. Bring on the cardboard boxes!
Once we’re settled in the new house I’ll be trying to bring some neglected projects to the fore: A new solo CD called “The Persistence of Vision”; a collaborative project with no-man vocalist Tim Bowness; new solo looped violin repertoire ideas. I’ll also be guest conducting the Oxford Sinfonia in late January, and continuing my conducting work with Ely Sinfonia in Ely Cathedral in March.
It’s going to be busy!




