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Began work as
A.C.E.
Composer-in-Residence in the North East of England
on
October 1st, 2006, based at the University of Durham for 3 years.
He travelled around County Durham, Tyneside and Northumberland running voice workshops
and recording the speaking voices of adults and children of all ages,
which are being assembling and transformed in the studio to construct a large-scale 8-track piece.
The official residency ended in October 2009.
Three Acts of the (4 Act) piece (each of c. 20 minutes) have now been completed and
Acts 1 and 2 were pre-premiered at a
Musicon concert at the University of Durham in early June.
The piece should be completed in the Autumn of 2010.