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  • Thrashing the Sea God

    This review was originally published on I Care If You Listen(.com). You can read it here: http://ht.ly/dpk6Y The Tête à Tête Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios, London, seeks to present new and challenging operatic works and this year featured more than seventy performances representing over thirty companies. The spectrum was incredibly broad and represented…

  • GCSE and A Level Music Entries Falling

    Music Teacher magazine today posted a news story regarding the falling entries for GCSE and A Level Music in the UK. Alarming? Perhaps, but there seems to be reasons why this might be the case that are out of the control of teachers. The story can be read here: http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/magazines/music_teacher/news/music_teacher_news_story.asp?id=1541 and comments from me are quoted within…

  • BBC Proms 44: ‘Performing’ Matthew Herbert’s Remix

    Being the first to respond to the London Sinfonietta’s Facebook post requesting a volunteer to be part of an encore by the composer Matthew Herbert meant I was one of twelve to be part of Herbert’s new piece, an encore for the London Sinfonietta Prom on Tuesday 14 August. Using our smartphones we recorded pre-determined…

  • Cypher (2011) for Orchestra

    Listen to a recording of my piece for orchestra here on SoundCloud:

  • Performance

    Photo I took during the second performance of my collaborative piece with Beo da Silva and Mauricio Carneiro. Continues to be performed as part of Cena Brasil Internacional 2012 in Rio de Janiero until 11th June.

  • Clip from New Work

    My music for Rubbish, Body of Soul – a physical performance piece and an exhibition of photography, performed and displayed as part of an International Festival in Rio de Janiero – is now complete and receive performances in June 2012. A clip of music from the physical performance piece can be heard here http://soundcloud.com/steven-berryman/excerpt-from-new-work-may-2012

  • Piano: Inside/Out – Zubin Kanga @ Kings Place, London

    Previously published http://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2012/03/piano-insideout-zubin-kanga-kings-place-london/ I always find it interesting to read discussions on the validity of extended techniques and less conventional methods of sound production; perhaps occasionally – and naively – considered to be ‘gimmicks’, repertoire that exploits a broader pallette of sound production can offer insights not only in the possibilities of writing for particular…

  • ‘Minimum Maximum’ – ensemblebash @ Kings Place

    The percussion quartet ensemblebash celebrate their twenty years of musical success with a series of three concerts at Kings Place, London. ‘Minimum Maximum’ – the first concert in the series – programmed significant works from the ensemble’s extensive repertoire from the past two decades that offers ‘rhythmic muscularity and technical dexterity’. The performance opened with…

  • Archive: Can art speak without technique?

    ~ Most read post on my blog in 2011. Originally posted 4 June 2011 ~ After spending an hour with Ruth walking around the Royal Academy’s 2011 Summer Exhibition we were left rather speechless. The most poignant work being the photography in the Wohl room. These works demonstrated such incredible technique which was used to…

  • Reviews for 2011 complete

    It has been an interesting few months of concerts, theatre, cinema and recordings. 2012 looks to have some some exciting performances ahead. All my reviews for I Care if You Listen are found here http://www.icareifyoulisten.com/author/Steven/ and there will be some items in print for Music Education UK in the new year.