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Roger has provided orchestrations for The Seven Ages of Britain, a fascinating new BBC documentary series presented by David Dimbleby. Sax Circus is being added to the catalogue of Saxtet Publications and can now be heard on the listen page and on YouTube (live at the 2009 World Sax Congress). Roger is working on a new commission for the combined forces of Sax Choir, Clarinet Choir and Percussion Ensemble to be premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in June. The Swindon Concert Band have appointed Roger as assistant conductor. Roger completed orchestrations for the soundtrack to the third series of Robin Hood. Simon's Mangrove Groove can be heard on YouTube in a performance by the National Sax Choir at the Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham. Flight to the Iolite has been scheduled for yet another airing, this time in Nottingham, following its recent performance by the Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Recent comments
‘It is so rare to hear a new piece of truly celebratory music that lifts everyone's spirits and communicates so directly on every level. Thank you.’ [Conductor Philip Ellis on Flight to the Iolite.]
‘It's punchy, well-constructed and brilliantly conceived… to be offered a work of this quality is a rare privilege’ [NSC's Musical Director, Nigel Wood, on Introduction & Riffs.]
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Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second. Maurice Ravel | ||