Free online workshop open to composers of all levels.
Ruth Morley leads a session on writing for Flute/Bass flute.
The session will include some general information on writing for both instruments and for the flute family generally. There will be advice on choosing range and register, as well as specific attention paid to some common confusions when writing air sounds, percussive sounds and harmonics.
Ruth is keen to tailor the session as much as possible to the participants attending, so if you want to cover any specific flute writing topics, please include your requests in the registration form.
6-7pm including approx. 40 min talk with a Q&A session at the end. Please note that although we try to wrap-up opensound sessions by 7pm, they often run over by 5-10 mins.
Ruth Morley is a flute player, composer and educator. She divides her time mainly between performing with leading contemporary music group Red Note Ensemble, and working as lecturer in flute at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She was shortlisted for 2 awards in the Scottish Awards for New Music 2023. The Dorico award for small scale composition for her solo flute piece Neon Flicker, and the Musicians’ Union awards for New Music Performer. She was also shortlisted for the 2024 Alpine Fellowship music prize for her new piece Whisper. Ruth’s music is published by Tetractys.
Ruth also performs solo recitals, and enjoys playing chamber music in any kind of small ensemble. She works regularly with pianist Scott Mitchell, and in a trio with harpist Sharron Griffiths and violist Scott Dickinson. She has appears regularly at festivals all over the UK and Europe, and has recorded for Delphian, Mode, Metier and 7hings. Ruth was for many years a player and co-artistic director of The Scottish Flute Trio. The trio commissioned many new works from composers such as Thea Musgrave, Edward McGuire, Sally Beamish, Gordon McPherson, Joji Hirota, Robert Dick and David Fennessy. She has worked with a wide range of ensembles including the Edinburgh Quartet, Hebrides Ensemble, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and as a soloist with London Concertante. She has been on stage with theatre companies such as Dundee Rep and Theatre Cryptic and appeared at Counterflows Festival with experimental harpist Zeena Parkins. She appears regularly on Radio 3 and Radio Scotland, and has performed live as a featured solo artist for Classic FM.
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