Chris Dench

I am delighted to be able to declare that Thomas Giles gave the World Premiere of my soprano saxophone solo ⟨ʀ⟩emote in the Frequency Series at the Constellations venue in Chicago on 5 November. The livestream of the concert is…

My year of the single-reeds continues with the world premiere of ⟨ʀ⟩emote, my new soprano saxophone solo. Thomas Giles emailed me in early August this year asking if I could have a piece ready for him to play on November…

On October 28 Alex Raineri will present, for the first time, the entire passing bells multi-panel arch, from ‘midnight to midnight’. The score proposes a lighting scheme reflecting the piece’s diurnal structure, and Alex has chosen to adopt this for…

…or, at least, to Melbourne. James Aylward will be giving Arcanabula (2020) its Australian premiere at the Hanson Dyer Hall, Melbourne University Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, at 7:30pm on Wednesday 26 April 2023. The concert is an all-bassoon…

I haven’t added a new blog in almost a year. Actually that’s not true: I’ve written over a dozen, just not posted them. Why? Well, the last year or so has seen an upswell of a strange phenomenon, that of…