I’m delighted to announce the premiere of my latest work, Ceilearadh, at the Piping Live Festival on Thursday 14th August at 1:30pm in the Bothy tent. This collection of three Highland Bagpipe Sonatas represents something genuinely new in the piping repertoire – extended compositions that bridge traditional and contemporary approaches whilst[…]
I’m absolutely thrilled that PRS Foundation has supported my new clarsach concerto Itealaich an Dòchais (Flight of Hope) and the beautiful Gaelic language, helping me to promote this rich Scottish culture that means so much to me. This funding enables me to explore exciting new territory as a composer –[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/SBIQrlmArsQ?version=3 We recorded this album in 1996 in the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. It was a double bill with the Cauld Blast Orchestra. It was recorded in the summer for a Christmas broadcast hence the Christmas Single track. I think I was trying to be funny at the time. Hey ho[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/Xc6MDBQh3eo?version=3 This music on this album was created around 2015 – 2016. I was making a new piece of music every week and at this time I was experimenting with electronics and drum machines. I was having a great time! I’ve enjoyed listening back to them and choosing a few[…]
https://www.youtube.com/v/GHufNChcKUk?version=3 Portraits is the third album by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan, and is a new collection of original music, characteristic of the Scottish tradition but encompassing multiple styles and influences. Each track on the album was composed to try and capture the character of a particular person, and to[…]
