Monday: conducting test (see here)
Wednesday: voiceworks concert at Wigmore Hall where me and my group premiered my piece Ground: A dialogue study and it was good. More soon.
Friday: 6 hour workshop with Chroma ensemble, conductor, fellow students and professors. Each Mmus student presented sketches for their final project written for Chroma (pierrot ensemble: Flute, Clairnet, Piano, Violin, Cello). Extremely helpful and interesting but one was quite exhausted afterwards. Here are 2 pics with the ensemble trying out the bowed piano part in my piece Penelopeia. It was chaotic at times, but we managed to figure out some good solutions to better the logistics of the piece. It was a very difficult sketch to play as a group though the parts were quite easy, so I´m very thankfull for Chroma´s professionalism, understanding and patience (http://www.chromaensemble.co.uk/).
Here is a short clip from the workshop:
Workshop clip
Saturday: We, The choir of Icelanders in London, held our annual spring concert in The Parish Church of Saint Mark near Primrose Hill, London. The programme was put together of various classic´s of icelandic folk and choir music. I arranged one of the songs for us to accompany Bragi Jónsson, bass vocalist, currently studying at the Royal College of Music and celloist Guðný Jónasdóttir studying at Royal Academy of Music.
Nótt (arrangement) by Helgi Ingvarsson
Afterwards we went to Primrose Hill to toast and celebrate and enjoy the sun. A great end to a great week.
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