Author Archive: Team JR

John’s response to the University of Nottingham’s proposed closure of its music course.

I was more than happy to join the long list of composers who have set Shakespeare to music.

My orchestral pieces (all too few of them) have until recently been my neglected children, and it has been a joy to bring several of them together into an all-star recording – Reflections.

A ‘marmite’ experience is an accepted term in the UK for something that sharply divides opinion.

Unlike many musicians, I genuinely enjoy the recording process. Perhaps it’s the composer in me, but when I make music I like there to be, literally, a record of it, warts and all, so it can continue (I hope) to give pleasure.