News – 2009

Chosen by BASCA to attend a private songwriting masterclass with Oscar winning lyricist Don Black OBE

October 2009

Chris has been chosen as one of only ten BASCA members invited to attend a private songwriting masterclass with Oscar winning lyricist Don Black OBE.  In this Masterclass legendary lyricist Don Black chatted about his incredible career and the ingredients that have made his songs so popular and enduring.

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Requested to attend a meeting with the BBC Worldwide music team at BBC’s head office in Media Village

October 2009

Chris recently received an invitation from the BBC to attend a meeting with the Music Publishing Manager, Senior Executive and Executive and discuss how his music could be incorporated into some of the BBC’s upcoming programming.

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Invited by fellow Royal College Of Music student to join the RCM Laptop Orchestra

October 2009

The RCM Laptop Orchestra is an ensemble set up for the purpose of making music through use, abuse and misuse of technology. Established in 2009, they look forward to turning the often harsh exterior of contemporary music into a colourful, electronic and hopefully chaotic sound experience.

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Worked on the ‘Transcriptions Animation’ screening at the National Portrait Gallery in London

September 2009

Over the summer Chris worked with five highly talented 2D and 3D animators from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.  The final short films were screened at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the Transcriptions Animation collaboration.

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Awarded the Henry Wood Trust for study at the Royal College of Music

September 2009

In September Chris was informed that he had been offered the prestigious Henry Wood Trust for help with his accommodation while studying at The Royal College of Music. Thank you to the Trust for their generous support, especially in the current financial climate.


Appeared on a BBC Electric Mainline radio session

September 2009

After two successful live events with The Summer Experiment 2009 and a large amount of media attention in the Northern Ireland music scene they were requested to play a live session for BBC Electric Mainline.

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Performed two live shows in Northern Ireland as part of The Summer Experiment 2009

August 2009

Over the summer Chris was  invited to join the collaborative audio visual project, The Summer Experiment. During the project, which lasted for just one week, they wrote, produced and performed five full length tracks containing live and pre-recorded audio, as well as visual elements.

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Blurred Edge Studios Upgraded With New 16 Core Mac Pro

August 2009

After a successful first quarter Blurred Edge is proud to announce its purchase of a brand new 16 Core 2.66 GHz Mac Pro.  The massive power of this new system will help Blurred Edge grow with recent demand and hopefully future proof the studio for the busy years ahead.

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Signed as a composer by one of the UK’s leading advertising music companies, Cutting Edge Commercial

July 2009

After listening to his advertising showreel Chris was contacted by the Cutting Edge Group who have requested to sign him as one of their represented advertising composers.  Cutting Edge Commercial is a creator of new music for brands and advertising. In traditional terms they are a music production company that is financed and run like a music publisher. Cutting Edge market themselves like a branding agency and behave in the open and simplified way of your most trusted advisor.  CEC represents in various forms more than fifty composers with CVs including big budget motion pictures and classic advertising.

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Requested to join the collaborative music project, The Summer Experiment 2009

July 2009

At the start of July Chris was asked by a fellow student at the Royal College Of Music to join a musical collaboration between two musicians here in London and two in Belfast.  This created The Summer Experiment 2009.

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