I’m really pleased to be co-curating (with the inimitable Ian Stonehouse) a concert of works by the composer Daphne Oram, as part of the Contrechamps series at Auditorium Ansermet, Geneva on 6 February 2025. Oram’s tape works will be spatialised over a D&B Soundscape system within the Auditorium Ansermet. Further information on the Contrechamps website here.
A recent interview with podcast Relevant Tones, where Shiva Feshareki and I discuss the research and work that went into the 2018 world premiere of Daphne Oram’s Still Point at the BBC Proms, is now accessible online here. Thank you to composer and broadcaster Seth Boustead for this.
Writer Frances Morgan talks with contemporary composers Tom Richards, James Bulley and Sarah Angliss about optical sound and its framing in history, considering the work of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram (1925–2003).
Experiments with Tom Richards' nearly finished version of Daphne Oram's 'Mini-Oramics' in Goldsmiths Electronic Music studios.
Video extracts from the session:
Some speed and glissandi experiments: