FIONA HARRISON MUSIC - Blog

Creative Edinburgh

7/1/2019

Looking forward to showcasing my music at the Creative Circles meeting tomorrow. You can register at Eventbrite.

For Sibelius Enthusiasts

6/29/2019

I posted a video on Youtube recently for Sibelius 7.5 users (like me) on how to import graphics into a score. You can do almost anything in this software with a bit of patience and practice. I haven't used Finale so can't speak for it. MuseScore is also an excellent free package for more basic notation if you don't need the sophistication of Sibelius and Finale. Hope this is useful if you are composing with graphic scores. And no I'm not being paid to promote Sibelius....

Postcard #2 for Cello

6/28/2019

Just back from Canada. Here's a novel idea by Chris Baker. Send your friends a composition postcard!
He sent it to the principal cellist for the State Orchestra of Mexico.

Postcard photo by Chris Baker, Flickr, Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/oh02/146120933/

New Music

5/8/2019

A very interesting morning listening to new music by a range of composers in Stockbridge Parish Church. The Compositions were workshopped with feedback to composers. Inspirational.

Luminate

4/5/2019

Creativity in Later Life

Delighted to be guest Blogger on Autumn Voices talking about my journey as a composer and creativity in later life. I have been lucky to win one of the Luminate Bursaries for older artists. Full details of the Luminate bursaries here.

Crisis at Christmas

12/27/2018

Played fiddle at a Crisis at Christmas Event today- a great organisation that supports those that are homeless.

Performances

12/21/2018

Busy time performing in the run up to Christmas. Sessions at the Canonsgait, an orchestral performance, as well as performances of the Scots Music Group, a wonderful organisation on which I am a voluntary non Executive Director. Fun and rewarding.

Inshriach Bothy

11/26/2018

Spending a few days at Inshriach Bothy doing field recordings in the Cairngorms. Looking forward to composing new work inspired by Nan Shepherd's poetry of the Cairngorms.

Inshriach

11/21/2018

Excited to be selected for an artists residency at Inshriach in an off grid bothy.

I am planning to do some field recording inspired by the wonderful poetry of Nan Shepherd who wrote about the Cairngorms in her book "In the Cairngorms"

Sound Thought Festival 2018

11/12/2018

Sound Thought Festival 2018 at the Centre for Contemporary Arts

Delighted to have my acousmatic composition Barkeval played in the Sound Thought Festival 2018. This composition explores the emerging field of ecology and music, and in particular the field of volcano acoustics as an inspiration for composition. A number of compositional strategies, influences and processes were brought together to compose Barkeval, a four movement, fixed media sound composition. A wide range of sound processing and programming techniques were used to deliver the composition which explores the various stages of volcanic eruptions, and the sounds they make...