After rehearsal and recording session of Colours (in circles)

Last Friday, 12th of January 2018, I had a rehearsal with the Guildhall’s and Royal Academi’s students. They agreed to rehears my work and record it for my upgrade portfolio.

After these two sessions - rehearsal and recording - I have a couple of observations to note.

Main issues:


During the rehearsal, in conversation with the participants, I spoted some issues, that in a way, for me, wasn’t an issue but for all the musicians it was. The way that I organised the semiquavers it’s confusing. Instead of groups of 4, 3 & 2 or 4, 2 & 3 they preferred groups of 4 & 4. I changed the parts fore the second half of the rehearsal and recording session.

The final result it’s obviously a workshop-rehearsal-recording session. It’s not perfect but it gave me the opportunity to engage with not only all the logistic that it’s necessary to have the musicians, room, instruments and recording teem; but also with all the people that interviewed in these six hours session. I met new students from Guildhall and solidified old relations with friends and musicians from Royal Academy and from Guildhall as well. In terms of the recording it’s to slow with regular alterations on the tempo, wrong notes and metallic sound. At the end, I felt that we needed a couple of days more for rehears and other couple of days to record. Next stage of Colurs (in circles) it’s a possible live performance in the New Music Society summer term program.