Welcome to the website of British composer, arranger and writer Christian Morris
'As a trumpeter himself, performing in this premiere, Morris's sympathy for his medium was manifest...[the] final accumulation realised a vivid climax.' The Guardian
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Welcome to my website! Follow the links above to learn more about my work.
 | | Visit my new website, Hoopla Sheet Music, a place to find some of my lighter compositions and arrangements. New pieces there include a Flute Concerto, 'Gaudete' (a Christmas carol), Fugue for Brass Quintet and Percussion, 'Para Julen' for piano and beginner soloist, and an arrangement of 'The Animals Went in Two by Two'
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Read my roundup of May contemporary music festivals.
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Read my interview with brilliant pianist and champion of contemporary music Anda Anastasescu.
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 | | The Joy of Next, my roundup of March's new CD releases with a little twist.
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| Read my review of Kenneth Hesketh's debut album, Wunderkammer(konzert), just released on NMC.
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | February Concert Listings. Find out what is going on in contemporary music this month in my new post on Composition Today.
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  | | Did Britten Die from Syphilis? New blog post on Composition Today.
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  | | Read about my experience of moving to Apple Mac after more than ten years using Windows. A new article on Composition Today.
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Read my preview of what's in store for contemporary music in 2013 on Composition Today.
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco. Remembering the great musicians we have lost in 2012. New post on Composition Today. |
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 | | Read my review of Richard Barrett's new CD Dark Matter, as well as a roundup of November's new contemporary music recordings. |
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 | | Read my guide to self-publishing for contemporary classical composers. |
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| Read my interview with brilliant violin duo Retorica, who have just released their debut disk on NMC. |
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 | Coming soon on Composition Today, an interview with brilliant violin duo Retorica. In the meantime, you can read my review of their new disk of English Violin Duos here. |
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New plan for a 'Symphony No.1' concert with composer Max Charles Davies. The idea is to present two new contemporary 'First Symphonies' with those by Haydn and Mozart. The concert is planned for next summer. More details to follow.
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New work planned for trio Still Life with Guitar.
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 | | In October 2011 a Mexican Colleague, Mauricio Beltran Miranda, and I spent several days researching Henri Dutilleux's Symphony No. 2 at the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel. You can read a little bit more about this in one of my blog posts for Composition Today. The surprisingly results of our research, which included the discovery of a sketch for an entirely different opening to the work, were presented to the Sacher Perspectives International Conference in Cardiff in March 2012. The written paper has now been submitted for publication.
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Presenting our paper in Cardiff |
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