Rachel Lockwood

Rachel Lockwood

Current & Recent Projects

Movement for orchestra, commissioned by Egglescliffe School.

Solo movement for viola for the H. K. Gruber Festival (RNCM, June 2010).

Le Chat Noir for violin and piano for Bryony Morrison, to be performed at her final recital at the Royal Academy of Music (June 2010). Première performance at 11am, Saturday 24th April, St George's Church, Beckenham.

Final movement of violin concerto to be performed April 22nd at the RNCM.

Violin Concerto (first and second movements), performed at the RNCM on 14th January by Anya Muston with the Brand New Orchestra (details here).

"Songs of the Sea" - revised version of "The Seven Seas" to be workshopped by the BBC Singers at the Maida Vale studios on 5th February.

'Bahamas' - one minute piano solo inspired by 'Junkanoo Number 1'. Performed as part of the Commonwealth Pianorama at the Southbank Centre and Princess Alexandra Hall (the latter on January 24th at 3pm).

'Patapan - a medley of carols for Christmas' commissioned by Egglescliffe School for their orchestra. To be performed on the 17th December at Egglescliffe School, Stockton-on-Tees.

Primary project with Kate Pearson and other RNCM students, working with primary schools in Manchester to produce a show based on the Greek myth of Perseus - A Greek Odyssey performed at the RNCM on the 4th and 5th of November.

Fountains: Trafalgar Square Waking Completed composition performed on October 25th, at the RNCM (details here). Articles on Musolife, in Muso magazine, on the BBC website (business section?!) and in Classical Music Magazine.

Interlocking Song, a setting of a poem by Sarah Corbett (performance on October 3rd at Leeds College of Music, radio programme about the Leeds Lieder Composers and Poets Day on East Leeds FM).

North East movies - a short film based on Edgar Allen Poe's Fall of the House of Usher