Matthew Sergeant | Composer

It was my absolute pleasure to accept a commission from the trio back in the Autumn to help them celebrate their tenth anniversary. I've followed the group for many years and (full disclosure) I'm lucky enough to count the three of them amongst my friends. I thought I'd pen a few words about the piece and its conception and development, so here goes...

Following a successful interview last week, I am aghast to have been appointed as the new Senior Lecturer in Composition* at the University of Bath Spa, joining Prof. James Saunders and his uncannily creative department. My first day is April 18th 2017.

As part of their 30th anniversary celebrations, Australia's ever-impressive ELISION Ensemble - in collaboration with the RMIT Gallery - have made this beautiful video of my piece [Terrains], performed by its dedicatee, trumpet virtuoso Tristram Williams - of whom I am in awe.

Renowned Australian trumpet-virtuoso Tristram Williams premiered my new piece for solo quartertone flugelhorn (with preparations) in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago - and I've uploaded an excerpt from this first performance to soundcloud. Fasten your seatbelts - Tristram is really nailing this extremely tricky piece. I thought the time might therefore be right to pen a few words about the piece and what led me to its composition.