Event:  Workshop performance of 'Music for three chamber orchestras in two parts'. 

Date & Time: Friday, 10th February 2012, 10 - 17.00
Cost: Free
Venue: Adrian Boult Hall
Birmingham Conservatoire
Paradise Place
Birmingham
E14 3RS


This will feature a 6 minute extract from my recent large scale orchestral work which will be performed by the Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edwin Roxburgh.



Event: Premier performance of Synopsis: Music in Compression for violin, viola, cello and piano by the Schubert Ensemble.

Date & Time: Monday, January 30th, 2012, 19:30
Cost: £5/£3 
Venue: Adrian Boult Hall
Birmingham Conservatoire
Paradise Place
Birmingham
E14 3RS
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Notes: This is the first performance of Andrew's new work which is a 'compression' of an 18 minute score for three orchestras into 2 minutes of music for piano quartet.


Event:

Premier performance of 'The birds seeking the grain were suddenly snow'

Date & Time: Monday, March 8th 2010, 19:30
Cost:  tbc 
Venue: Recital Hall
Birmingham Conservatoire
Paradise Place
Birmingham
E14 3RS
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Notes:

								This is the first performance of Andrew's new work 
								

for violin and piano written for and performed by

professional duo Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea.

 


 

Date: December 2009
Notes:

								Andrew has been commissioned jointly by Eastleigh 
								

Council, the Arts Council and BAE to compose

original music for a community theatre project at

the Point, Eastleigh. As part of the project Andrew

is also giving a series of composition workshops

with GCSE music students at Quilley School of

Engineering during Spring 2010. The production,

which will be conducted by Andrew, opens in June –

more details to follow…!

 


 

Date: November 2009
Notes:

								The Bechstein Duo will be given an evening recital 
								

at St. Matthew’s church, Wigmore, Kent on

Saturday 30th May 2010. More details to follow.

 


 

Date: October 2009
Notes:

								Andrew has begun studying for a PhD in composition 
								

at Birmingham Conservatoire. Andrew will be

conducting research into the role of history within

contemporary composition under Richard Causton

and Joe Cutler.

 



 

Event:

World Premiere Performance of 'Five Miniatures' for Piano 

Date & Time: Friday, March 9th 2007, 20:00
Cost: £7/5 
Venue: The Space
269 West Ferry Road
London
E14 3RS http://s158529921.websitehome.co.uk/events.php


 
Notes:

								Andrew's five newly commissioned miniatures for solo 
								

piano will be performed by the Society for Living

Composers at this intimate London venue.

 



 

 
Event:

The Bechstein Duo Recital

Date & Time: Friday, January 19th 2007, 13.05
Cost: Admission free
Venue:

												St Giles in the Field 
												

60 St Giles Street

London

WC2H 8LG

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Notes:

												Andrew Thomas – Flute; Rachael Bennett - Piano 
												

Programme to include works by Faure, Poulenc, Martin and Gaubert

 



 

 
Event:

The Bechstein Duo Recital

Date & Time: Thursday, February 23rd 2006, 13.05
Cost: Admission free
Venue:

																St Mary le Bow 
																

Cheapside

London

EC2V 6AU

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Notes:

																Andrew Thomas – Flute; Rachael Bennett - Piano 
																

Programme to include works by Handel, Hindemith and Andrew Thomas

 



 

Event: The Bechstein Duo Recital including world premiere of The Transcendent ‘I’
Date & Time: Friday, October 28th 2005, 13:05
Cost: Admission free
Venue: St. Giles in the Fields
60 St. Giles Street
London
WC2H 8LG
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Notes: Andrew Thomas – Flute, Rachael Bennett - Piano

Handel – Sonata in A minor
Andrew Thomas – The Transcendent ‘I’

Hindemith – Sonata 1936
Rhian Samuel – Ariel

 

 



 

Event: World premiere performance of Elegy (2004) for ten players
Date & Time: Thursday, October 13th 2005, 19:30
Cost: £10, £5 (concessions)
Venue: St. Paul's Church
Bedford Street
(Covent Garden)

London
WC2E 9ED
Notes: Performed by The London Contemporary Music Group, cond. Alastair Cameron.

Programme also to include works by Birtwistle, Turnage and Britten. See www.lcmg.org.uk for more details.

 



 

Event: World premiere performance of The Lover’s Thirst (2004) for Baritone and ensemble
Date & Time: Wednesday, March 16th 2005, 19:30
Cost: Admission free
Venue: Birmingham Conservatoire
Paradise Place
Birmingham
B3 3HG


 
Notes: Performance is part of the final of the Philip Bates Prize for Young Composers

 



 

Event: Bechstein Duo Recital including performance of From That Eternal Silence (2004) for solo piano
Date & Time: Saturday, January 29th 2005, 19:30
Cost: Admission free
Venue: St. Michaels Church
Barnes
London

 
Notes:

Programme includes works by Bach, Thomas and Faure

 



 

Event: Bechstein Duo Recital including world premiere of From That Eternal Silence (2004) for solo piano
Date & Time: Friday, January 21st 2005, 13.05
Cost: Admission free
Venue: St. Giles in the Fields
60 St. Giles Street
London
WC2H 8LG


 
Notes:

Andrew Thomas – Flute, Rachael Bennett - Piano

J.S Bach – Sonata in E major
Andrew Thomas – From That Eternal Silence (2004)
Wil Ofermans - Honami

Gabriel Faure – Morceau de Concours

 

 



 

Event: Performance of Ni Hon No Hu Kei (2001 - 2002) for flute, piano and violin
Date & Time: Saturday, November 27th 2004, 20:00
Cost: £5
Venue: Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
Devon
EX4 3LS



 
Notes:

Performed by Kokoro (the Contemporary Music Ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) cond. Mark Forgen.

Programme also includes works by Birtwistle, Joe Dudell, Peter Maxwell Davies and Hywel Davies.

 



 

Event: World premiere performance of Ni Hon No Hu Kei (2001 - 2002) for flute, piano and violin
Date & Time: Saturday, October 30th 2004, 19:30
Cost: £5
Venue: The Lighthouse Arts Centre
21 Kingland Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1UG



 
Notes:

Performed by Kokoro (the Contemporary Music Ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) cond. Mark Forgen.

Programme also includes works by Birtwistle, Joe Dudell, Peter Maxwell Davies and Hywel Davies.