Scholarship and Performance: Vanessa Tomlinson, Percussionist

The other day, we got notification of the latest issue of the Contemporary Music Review, just published.  We notified music colleagues about it, as we often do.  This particular issue contained an article by Vanessa Tomlinson.  Research Fellow Professor Roy Howat was particularly interested to read Vanessa's article - he has performed with her!  He tells us that she is a star percussionist in Brisbane.

Better still, he was able to share a YouTube recording of their collaboration, which we are pleased to share with you today:-

Bartok's Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion

Published on Sep 27, 2012

Bartok: Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion
Pianos: Stephen Emmerson & Roy Howat
Percussion: Vanessa Tomlinson & Brent Miller

The article we noticed:-

New for Contemporary Music Review and online now on Taylor and Francis Online:

On Listening: A Universe of Sound Vanessa Tomlinson Pages: 1-10

 

 

Hot off the Press - Faure Songs Vol.3 by our own Roy Howat!

News for Singers!

Peters Edition have just sent us copies of Roy Howat's latest Faure Songs edition - Vol.3 for High and for Medium voice. These follow the 2014 release of Faure's Songs Vol.1.

• Faure Songs Vols. 1 and 3 in our catalogue.
• Peters Edition of Faure's music

Roy is a leading expert on Faure, and indeed contemporary French repertoire for piano as well as for voice.  Check our catalogue here.

New Peters Edition of Faure Songs Wins Prize

Singers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will be aware that the Whittaker Library recently acquired several copies of Roy Howat's splendid new Faure song edition.  He won a prestigious prize for it!  We thought we'd share the glad tidings with our readers.  Roy comments,

"We’re delighted to learn that the new Peters edition of Fauré songs vol. 1 has received a “Best Edition” award at the Frankfurt Musikmesse this week:

http://www.best-edition.de/html/2015_preistraeger_02.htm

"We’re specially happy to see the jury blurb end by saying the new edition should see this repertoire better established in German concert repertoire.  And elsewhere, of course.

"Our collaborations with enthusiastic and skilled colleagues have made it possible, and if we’re feeling proud of this, it’s not just for us but also for Peters Edition, the RAM and the RCS."