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234<a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px.png"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="227" data-attachment-id="3115" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/09/standards/lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px.png" data-orig-size="2000,444" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","alt":""}" data-image-title="Lauderdale landscape (1000 x 250 px)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-300x67.png" data-large-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-1024x227.png" src="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-1024x227.png" alt="" class="wp-image-3115" srcset="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-1024x227.png 1024w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-300x67.png 300w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-768x170.png 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-1536x341.png 1536w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px-624x139.png 624w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lauderdale-landscape-1000-x-250-px.png 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 235 236 237 238<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br><br></p> 239 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 240 241 <footer class="entry-meta"> 242 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/electronics/" rel="category tag">Electronics</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/ben-smith/" rel="tag">ben smith</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/oskar-mccarthy/" rel="tag">oskar mccarthy</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/vocal-sunds/" rel="tag">vocal sunds</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/09/standards/" title="2:40 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-09-11T14:40:38+00:00">September 11, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 243 </article><!-- #post --> 244 245 <article id="post-3110" class="post-3110 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-composition category-gigs tag-3534-sax tag-cass-gb tag-naomi-sullivan tag-saxophone"> 246 <header class="entry-header"> 247 248 <h1 class="entry-title"> 249 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/08/3534-sax-1936-xa/" rel="bookmark">3534 Sax (1936 XA)</a> 250 </h1> 251 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 252 253 <div class="entry-content"> 254 255<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just finished a big new piece for 9 saxophones, low clarinets and percussion. It will be premiered in November by a super group put together by Naomi Sullivan for the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain 50th Anniversary!</p> 256 257 258 259<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here’s an abridged section from the programme note:</p> 260 261 262 263<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“<em>3534 Sax (1936 XA) </em>is a kind of love letter to saxophones and low clarinets in a continuous 20-minute form. The piece is playful, energetic, intricate and euphoric… The higher saxophones take many of the melodic ideas but also work together to create hocket-like textures and expansive polyphonic moments. The low clarinets and baritone saxophones often collaborate on grubby bass lines. Three percussionists join the single reeds…</p> 264 265 266 267<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The title of the piece <em>3534 Sax (1936 XA)</em> comes from the asteroid ‘3534 Sax’ which is named after the inventor of the saxophone (and developer of the modern bass clarinet mechanism) Adolphe Sax. The asteroid was discovered and named by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte on 12 December 1936 and was one of 66 he found in his lifetime… I won’t pretend properties of the asteroid informed my approach in writing the piece; indeed, ‘3534 Sax’ was described by close family friend and astronomer Dr Alexis Smith as largely unremarkable, but I continue to be taken by the notion of a saxophone space rock.”</p> 268 269 270 271<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I also went to Dinant, Belgium, briefly in the summer where Adolph Sax was born. There are lots of cool saxophone sculptures and a small but excellent museum!</p> 272 273 274 275<figure data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\/\/www.benolivermusic.com\/2026\/08\/3534-sax-1936-xa\/"}' class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> 276<figure class="wp-block-image size-large">
276<a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-attachment-id="3111" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/08/3534-sax-1936-xa/dinant1-2/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,1600" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","alt":""}" data-image-title="DINANT1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-225x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-768x1024.jpg" data-id="3111" src="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3111" srcset="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1-624x832.jpg 624w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a></figure> 277 278 279 280<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-attachment-id="3112" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/08/3534-sax-1936-xa/dinant2/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,1600" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","alt":""}" data-image-title="DINANT2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-225x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-768x1024.jpg" data-id="3112" src="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3112" srcset="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2-624x832.jpg 624w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DINANT2.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a></figure> 281</figure> 282 283 284 285<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Dinant.</p> 286 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 287 288 <footer class="entry-meta"> 289 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/gigs/" rel="category tag">Gigs</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/3534-sax/" rel="tag">3534 Sax</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/cass-gb/" rel="tag">CASS GB</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/naomi-sullivan/" rel="tag">naomi sullivan</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/saxophone/" rel="tag">Saxophone</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/08/3534-sax-1936-xa/" title="2:29 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-08-20T14:29:32+00:00">August 20, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 290 </article><!-- #post --> 291 292 <article id="post-3089" class="post-3089 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-arranging category-composition category-recordings tag-antheil tag-cafe-oto tag-plus-minus-2"> 293 <header class="entry-header"> 294 295 <h1 class="entry-title">
296 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/06/plus-minus-covers-video/" rel="bookmark">Plus Minus COVERS video</a> 297 </h1> 298 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 299 300 <div class="entry-content"> 301 302<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Plus Minus have just released a super nice video featuring my cover of George Antheil’s ‘Piano Sonata No. 2 – The Aeroplane’, from the premiere back in January at Cafe Oto. </p> 303 304 305 306<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> 307<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="625" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Upw3UYZjj8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-GB&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span> 308</div></figure> 309 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 310 311 <footer class="entry-meta"> 312 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/arranging/" rel="category tag">Arranging</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/recordings/" rel="category tag">Recordings</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/antheil/" rel="tag">Antheil</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/cafe-oto/" rel="tag">Cafe Oto</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/plus-minus-2/" rel="tag">Plus Minus</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/06/plus-minus-covers-video/" title="7:55 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-06-04T19:55:46+00:00">June 4, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 313 </article><!-- #post --> 314 315 <article id="post-3084" class="post-3084 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-composition category-words"> 316 <header class="entry-header"> 317 318 <h1 class="entry-title"> 319 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/05/keynote-speaker/" rel="bookmark">Keynote</a> 320 </h1> 321 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 322 323 <div class="entry-content"> 324 325<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Was happy to give the keynote talk at the Music Mark HE Conference at Cardiff University earlier in the month. Here is the abstract:</p> 326 327 328 329<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Making (It) Work: Reflections on Collaboration and Community</strong></p> 330 331 332 333<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over my post-PhD career working in academia, collaboration has become intrinsic to my practice as a composer, through projects that engage with artforms including poetry, puppetry, dance and film, as well as interdisciplinary work with researchers from virology, generative AI, sociology, games design and hearing science. This work has led me to be increasingly curious about how I can use my practice-research expertise to engage audiences with musical concepts, extra-musical phenomena and political ideas. Furthermore, working with a range of communities, musicians and artistic-practitioners has inspired me to reflect on my positionality and try to ensure I work in a non-extractivist and equitable way with both (freelance) collaborators and (research) project participants.</p> 334 335 336 337<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In this talk I will reflect on some of my experiences as a composer making work within, and outside, the academy. I will focus in particular on the development of my ongoing project ‘Pythagoras’ Toolkit’, which began in 2019 with a Canadian Arts Council funded commission from Montreal ensemble Paramirabo for a 45-minute puppetry-music piece for children and families (Warr & Oliver, 2023), and has led to a range of education interventions including our recently released digital resource Pythagoras’ Workshops Toolkit (Oliver, Warr & Lam, 2025). Drawing on approaches to equitable (and ethical) collaboration, I will consider how researchers in music studies might work towards meaningful creative public engagement and impact.</p> 338 339 340 341<figure class="wp-block-image size-full">
341<a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="929" height="697" data-attachment-id="3086" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/128bc14a-6828-4377-b942-a07c7c854f54_1_105_c-2/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited.jpeg" data-orig-size="929,697" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited-300x225.jpeg" data-large-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited.jpeg" src="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-3086" srcset="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited.jpeg 929w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/128BC14A-6828-4377-B942-A07C7C854F54_1_105_c-edited-624x468.jpeg 624w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px" /></a></figure> 342 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 343 344 <footer class="entry-meta"> 345 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/words/" rel="category tag">Words</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/05/keynote-speaker/" title="7:47 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-05-15T19:47:00+00:00">May 15, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 346 </article><!-- #post --> 347 348 <article id="post-3075" class="post-3075 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-composition category-news category-recordings tag-antheil tag-cafe-oto tag-plus-minus-2 tag-the-aeroplane"> 349 <header class="entry-header"> 350 351 <h1 class="entry-title"> 352 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/04/the-aeroplane-on-the-new-music-show/" rel="bookmark">Antheil cover on the New Music Show</a> 353 </h1> 354 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 355 356 <div class="entry-content"> 357 358<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Great to hear Plus Minus’s performance of my cover of George Antheil’s ‘Sonata No. 2 – The Aeroplane’ on BBC Radio’s New Music Show. You can catch it <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v1rf">there </a>for another few weeks!</p> 359 360 361 362<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="673" data-attachment-id="3076" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/04/the-aeroplane-on-the-new-music-show/screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17-00-27/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27.png" data-orig-size="1162,764" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2026-04-20 at 17.00.27" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/w
362p-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-300x197.png" data-large-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-1024x673.png" src="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-1024x673.png" alt="" class="wp-image-3076" srcset="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-1024x673.png 1024w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-300x197.png 300w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-768x505.png 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27-624x410.png 624w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-20-at-17.00.27.png 1162w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 363 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 364 365 <footer class="entry-meta"> 366 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/recordings/" rel="category tag">Recordings</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/antheil/" rel="tag">Antheil</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/cafe-oto/" rel="tag">Cafe Oto</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/plus-minus-2/" rel="tag">Plus Minus</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/the-aeroplane/" rel="tag">the aeroplane</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/04/the-aeroplane-on-the-new-music-show/" title="4:08 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-04-20T16:08:16+00:00">April 20, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 367 </article><!-- #post --> 368 369 <article id="post-3072" class="post-3072 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-composition category-gigs category-improvisation category-pianokeys tag-feedback-loops tag-gre tag-tamar-osborn"> 370 <header class="entry-header"> 371 372 <h1 class="entry-title"> 373 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/03/feedback-loops-impro-project/" rel="bookmark">Feedback Loops Impro Project</a> 374 </h1> 375 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 376 377 <div class="entry-content"> 378 379<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking forward to playing with awesome people at the University of Southampton AI Festival on Sunday 22 March. Bringing together new impro group, FEEDBACK LOOPS, featuring Tamar Osborn (sax), Gre (voice/composer), Pablo Galaz (electronics/composer) and James Ashdown (drums). Programme includes my new 1-page score – INTELLIGENCE RONDO:</p> 380 381 382 383<div data-wp-interactive="core/file" class="wp-block-file"><object data-wp-bind--hidden="!state.hasPdfPreview" hidden class="wp-block-file__embed" data="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTELLIGENCE-RONDO_12.03.pdf" type="application/pdf" style="width:100%;height:600px" aria-label="Embed of INTELLIGENCE RONDO_12.03."></object><a id="wp-block-file--media-087ddbf0-72c6-41ec-bbe7-a56ac181ce07" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTELLIGENCE-RONDO_12.03.pdf">INTELLIGENCE RONDO_12.03</a><a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTELLIGENCE-RONDO_12.03.pdf" class="wp-block-file__button wp-element-button" download aria-describedby="wp-block-file--media-087ddbf0-72c6-41ec-bbe7-a56ac181ce07">Download</a></div> 384 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 385 386 <footer class="entry-meta"> 387 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/gigs/" rel="category tag">Gigs</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/improvisation/" rel="category tag">Improvisation</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/pianokeys/" rel="category tag">Piano/Keys</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/feedback-loops/" rel="tag">feedback loops</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/gre/" rel="tag">gre</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/tamar-osborn/" rel="tag">tamar osborn</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/03/feedback-loops-impro-project/" title="4:00 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-03-18T16:00:00+00:00">March 18, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 388 </article><!-- #post --> 389 390 <article id="post-3047" class="post-3047 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-composition category-conducting category-education tag-pythagoras-toolkit tag-rachel-warr tag-university-of-southampton"> 391 <header class="entry-header"> 392 393 <h1 class="entry-title">
394 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/02/pythagoras-workshops-toolkit/" rel="bookmark">Pythagoras’ Workshops Toolkit</a> 395 </h1> 396 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 397 398 <div class="entry-content"> 399 400<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As part of my work at the University of Southampton I’ve created, with Rachel Warr and Chi Ying Lam, a toolkit based on <em>Pythagoras’ Toolkit</em>. I’m really proud of this resource, which is aimed at educators working with children aged roughly 7 to 11. This nifty video introduces it:</p> 401 402 403 404<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> 405<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="625" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k4eBzzXE1zo?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-GB&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span> 406</div></figure> 407 408 409 410<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can download the resource for free at this <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=-XhTSvQpPk2-iWadA62p2N1yhJC1dCNHlHNhfzNwkkdUNFVERlVOQUU0T1lDVEI4TDg4SVFKTVdPTC4u&route=shorturl">LINK</a><br>The project website is: <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/projects/pythagoras-toolkit">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/projects/pythagoras-toolkit</a></p> 411 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 412 413 <footer class="entry-meta"> 414 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/conducting/" rel="category tag">Conducting</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/education/" rel="category tag">Education</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/pythagoras-toolkit/" rel="tag">pythagoras' toolkit</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/rachel-warr/" rel="tag">Rachel Warr</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/university-of-southampton/" rel="tag">University of Southampton</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/02/pythagoras-workshops-toolkit/" title="10:01 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2026-02-26T10:01:33+00:00">February 26, 2026</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 415 </article><!-- #post --> 416 417 <article id="post-3040" class="post-3040 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-arranging category-composition tag-antheil tag-cafe-oto tag-covers tag-plus-minus-2"> 418 <header class="entry-header"> 419 420 <h1 class="entry-title"> 421 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/01/plus-minus-play-antheil-cover/" rel="bookmark">Plus Minus play Antheil Cover</a> 422 </h1> 423 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 424 425 <div class="entry-content"> 426 427<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last week I had the joy of hearing the awesome musicians of Plus Minus play the premiere of my arrangement of Antheil’s Piano Sonata No. 2 ‘Aeroplane’ as part of great programme, COVERS, at Cafe Oto. </p> 428 429 430 431<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-20-at-09.24.45.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-attachment-id="3041" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2026/01/plus-minus-play-antheil-cover/whatsapp-image-2026-01-20-at-09-24-45/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-20-at-09.24.45.jpeg" data-orig-size="1200,1600" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WhatsApp Image 2026-01-20 at 09.24.45" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/w
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452p-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Driver-Vinyl-Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Driver-Vinyl-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Driver-Vinyl-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Driver-Vinyl-Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Driver-Vinyl-Cover-624x624.jpg 624w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Driver-Vinyl-Cover.jpg 1092w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 453 454 455 456<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 457 458 459 460<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Still have a few vinyl so let me know if you want a copy?! </p> 461 462 463 464<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 465 466 467 468<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 469 470 471 472<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 473 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 474 475 <footer class="entry-meta"> 476 This entry was posted in <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/composition/" rel="category tag">Composition</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/category/recordings/" rel="category tag">Recordings</a> and tagged <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/luke-wright/" rel="tag">Luke Wright</a>, <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/tag/the-driver/" rel="tag">the driver</a> on <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2025/12/digital-release-of-the-driver/" title="12:23 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2025-12-02T12:23:18+00:00">December 2, 2025</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/author/ben/" title="View all posts by Ben" rel="author">Ben</a></span></span>. </footer><!-- .entry-meta --> 477 </article><!-- #post --> 478 479 <article id="post-3012" class="post-3012 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-composition category-electronics"> 480 <header class="entry-header"> 481 482 <h1 class="entry-title"> 483 <a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2025/11/evening-out-at-the-ivors/" rel="bookmark">Evening out at the Ivors</a> 484 </h1> 485 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 486 487 <div class="entry-content"> 488 489<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Had a nice time at the Ivors Classical Awards last week. Didn’t win with VENT, co-created with Rachel Warr for/with MUSARC, but had a good time and got some posh snaps. Great to catch up with various composer mates too.</p> 490 491 492 493<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="683" height="1024" data-attachment-id="3014" data-permalink="https://www.benolivermusic.com/2025/11/evening-out-at-the-ivors/dh6_3682/" data-orig-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="1707,2560" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1762886889","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DH6_3682" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-200x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-683x1024.jpg" src="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-683x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3014" srcset="https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DH6_3682-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://www.benolivermusic.com/w
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