Plan for composition of music agreed with writer Val McDermid (2018)
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This is part of the preparatory method whereby the 'music drives the narrative'- this plan, pre-agreed with writer Val McDermid, formed the basis of both the music and the adaptation of the John Wyndham novel The Kraken Wakes.

Pillars of Wisdom 300 word commentary (2018)
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introduction to the project

Blog about the Pillars of Wisdom project (2018)
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a blog describing the project by collaborator Prof Trevor Cox

Score of Pillars of Wisdom (2018)
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This is the score for 'Pillars of Wisdom'. The metronome markings are all related to the reverberation time of the reading room of Manchester Central Library, so that its prominent slap-back echo can create an additional layer of material slotting in... Read More about Score of Pillars of Wisdom.

The Kraken Wakes: 300 word description (2018)
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a description of this collection as a single output

Collaborative Composition, Writing and Performing (2018)
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The text of a paper given at SIMPOM 2014, the society for postgraduate students in music of Brazil, as invited keynote speaker.

The Kraken Wakes full score (2018)
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This is a pdf of the score to the music cues for the Radio Drama adaptation of The Kraken Wakes

The Arsonists chamber opera full orchestral score (2018)
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This is the full orchestral score for the Arsonists chamber opera

A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth (2018)
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The full score of the String Quartet

Audio extracts from audio drama (2018)
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This is a series of extracts from the Radio 4 drama adaptation by Val McDermid of John Wyndham's novel The Kraken Wakes, with music played by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra composed by Alan Edward Williams

Material and Symbolic Complexity in Music Composition (2018)
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Article describing the research inquiries in A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth - responding to Eric Clarke. Clarke's provocation, together with my response and one from Prof Dee Reynolds form the following:

Eric Clarke, with Alan E. Williams & Dee... Read More about Material and Symbolic Complexity in Music Composition.

300 word commentary on A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth (2018)
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This is an introduction to the string quartet 'A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth'

The Arsonists short taster video (2018)
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This is a short edit of the premiere performance of The Arsonists, the first ever opera to be sung in a northern English accent