As travel opens up again, and new music opportunities evolve, it's been great to connect with friends and colleagues throughout the year - with performances ranging from wonderful venues such as Westminster Abbey Gardens to Ripon, Lichfield and Sheffield Cathedrals, and even a hot air balloon at Berkeley Castle....
So many thanks to everyone who has supported my music over this last year. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and looking forward to more music making in 2023!
Some 2022 highlights:
Three Choirs Festival commission What the Lark Saw for 2023, funded by the Vaughan Williams Foundation
My new YouTube site - https://www.youtube.com/@lizlanecomposer (please stop by, take a look and subscribe, let me know what you think - thanks!)
Unexpected TikTok debut: Rhythm of Light recorded by Hepworth Band featured by National Galleries of Scotland
Working towards a commissioned musical celebration for the Jenner Project to commemorate the 2023 bicentenary of vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner - dinner launch, air balloon launch, workshops. And getting to play my french horn in a hot air balloon!
Continuing roles as Composer in Association with Grimethorpe Colliery Band (Antiphonary, Diamond Fanfare, Serenata, Grimethoroe Adventure for young players) and Composer in Residence with Lydbrook Band (Surtaal Unites with RSVP Bhangra)
Surtaal Celebrates included on RSVP Bhangra's new album 'Desi Time'
10 performances of Serenata by four different bands - keeping alive the memory of Yvonne Hamblin from Lydbrook Band, a real ‘first lady’ of banding
Linear Lines performances including Austin Larson - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Anne Howarth at Quincy Mine
Diamond Fanfare performances by Grimethorpe and National Youth Brass Band of Wales
Linking up and making friends with the lovely Lake Wobegon Band from the USA on their UK tour
Giving a talk about Peter Maxwell Davies ‘8 Songs for a Mad King’ for a conference at Cardiff University.
Featured in Vlamo 'Klankbord' (Sounding Board) and Frank Renton 'Beyond the Barlines'
Writing for British Bandsman and Brass Band World
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - brass band arrangement of Halyna Ovcharenko’s arrangement, raising funds for Ukraine: Help Orphans Affected by War
2023 highlights:
Three Choirs Festival What the Lark Saw - 23 July 2022
Grimethorpe Colliery Band: premiere of Beyond the Light in memory of Bramwell Tovey at the RNCM Brass Band Festival - 28 January 2022 | 2 recordings | project to commemorate 30 years since the closure of the Colliery featuring special guests
Jenner Project musical celebration - 17 June 2022, Jenner House, Berkeley, Gloucestershire
New march to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Stanhope Band
Serenata recording by Grimethorpe and Jack Stamp featured again on BBC Radio 3's Sunday breakfast show
Serenata recording by Grimethorpe and Jack Stamp featured again on BBC Radio 3's Sunday breakfast show
Connections around the world from New Zealand to Australia, Canada and the USA - and a special performance next year in the Netherlands.
Connections around the world from New Zealand to Australia, Canada and the USA - and a special performance next year in the Netherlands.
'Landscapes' and 'Shadow cast by the sun' from 'Rhythm of Light', recorded by Hepworth Band and conducted by Ryan Watkins, will be broadcast on Radio 3 Sunday 29 June. 'Rhythm of Light' was commissioned in 2021 to celebrate the life and work of sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
'Landscapes' and 'Shadow cast by the sun' from 'Rhythm of Light', recorded by Hepworth Band and conducted by Ryan Watkins, will be broadcast on Radio 3 Sunday 29 June. 'Rhythm of Light' was commissioned in 2021 to celebrate the life and work of sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
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