Thursday 8 October 2009

I'm caught up in organising mode for the Distil Showcase in Stirling in a couple of weeks: 10 composers from the traditional music scene writing for Mr McFall's Chamber with the addition of one trad instrument.  All the scores coming in are very different, so it should be a really interesting project.

Yesterday Brandon Vance dropped in for a quick tune and a natter on his way to Shetland, and in the evening I dropped in on Barnaby, where Andy Lowings and the Gold Lyre of Ur were paying a visit, joining Barnaby's Silver Pipes of Ur. We found ourselves drinking some of Julian Goodacre's homemade blackcurrant wine too.