Sacred music, Christmas and Kodō drumming – Gabriel Crouch in conversation

Gallicantus will be making their Spitalfields debut this Winter so we sent Marketing & Communications intern Niharika to chat with Gabriel Crouch, the Director of Gallicantus and find out a bit more about how the group was formed, plans for the future and what makes him tick. Niharika Jain: How did the idea of forming…

Intern Diaries: The fine line between music and noise…

If you raised an eyebrow, thinking that you were about to be given a music theory lesson, then relax, because you’re just invited to enjoy another short ride through my musical experience. After almost two months  of interning at Spitalfields Music, I feel like I’ve finally discovered the chords of a lovely contemporary piece of…

Intern Diaries: What’s in an intern’s handbag?

It’s been more than 2 weeks since I joined the lovely Spitalfields Music team, so it was about time to invite you get a glimpse of Spitalfields Music through my looking-glass. Ready? As I don’t like silent blog posting, this time the soundtrack playing in my mind is a French song by Camille (no, not…

A Volunteer’s View

As a newcomer to Spitalfields Music, I was a little nervous but all of the staff and volunteers were very welcoming. Being a festival steward involved a variety of tasks each night. I welcomed people outside the church, sold programmes and showed people to their seats. There were some pretty big turn-outs at the concerts,…

60 seconds with…Orlando Gough

The next installment of 60 seconds with… is here and today we have one of tonights Songs in the wires composers. Orlando Gough tells us about the first album he bought, the difficulties of choosing his favourite composer and what inspires him. Composing or performing? Composing – I’m not a great performer, though I enjoy…