Film-maker Helen Petts on Lol Coxhill
"Lol's playing was totally unique. When Solo Soprano was showed in Cafe Oto project space, people walked in off the street saying 'I can hear Lol Coxhill'."
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Sebastien Lavoie on Digitising the Collection
"The work I'm doing could be compared to monks copying manuscripts by hand. I feel I could be considered a monk of the 21st Century..."
Shaun Blezard on Stephen Cornford
"The audio starts with the romantic sound of film going through projectors, the rhythm familiar to those of us that remember pre digital..."
Intern Tihomir Ranogajec on Jacob Thompson-Bell
by previous Sound and Music Intern and composer, Tihomir Ranogajec
Intern Jacqueline Lau on Peter Nagle
Discover a unique perspective on the work of Peter Nagle
Stephen Hiscock, musician, on Graham Fitkin's 'Hook' (1992)
"We loved his style and felt his jaggedly rhythmic music would fit perfectly with what we were trying to do with ensemblebash"
Jacob Thompson-Bell on Goehr
"It’s Goehr writing in what I find to be his most engaging style"
Spotlight: Monty Adkins, Composer, on Alvarez' 'Papalotl' (1987)
"Walking into the room in which the British Music Collection is currently housed at the University of Huddersfield is quite awe inspiring"
Spotlight: Susanna Eastburn, Chief Executive of Sound and Music, on Richard Ayres
"This is not comfortable music to listen to. But it can be beautiful, epic and direct."
Spotlight: Kjartan Olafsson, Composer, on Tristram Cary
"The Collection holds a number of recordings from early pioneers of electronic music"
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