Kellie Paterson is a beautiful person based in Sydney, Australia, who commissioned me to write music for her meditations and affirmations. It was such a pleasure to meet Kellie and work with her on these tools for wellness and healing.
These have been recently released and you can find them at the following links:
A ten-minute intention and affirmation style meditation for those that help others to heal.
Words written and performed by Kellie Paterson
Music by Peta Williams
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About the new song 'And the people stayed home'
It is a while since I have written a blog for my website.
It is also a new website, and I am continuing to navigate my way around its design and its functionality.
The reason for my blog now is because I want to share with you a new song, ‘And the people stayed home’. Words are by Kitty O’Meara, who lives in the United States and whom I have never met, but who has graciously allowed me, and many others, to set the words from her prayer, ‘In the…
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Dear reader,
Well, I know this is an occasional blog, but I didn’t realise it had become more occasional than not.
But here I am, back again to tell you about a newly discovered (for me) online music review and article website called CutCommon, which you can find at: https://www.cutcommonmag.com
Sub-titled ‘The new generation of classical music’, it does seem to offer fresh views on all things classical music, and as such I thought you would like to know about it.
On the home-front, I…
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Welcome to my occasional blog, the first for 2017. If you are new to this blog, as I build my email database or respond to enquiries to join up, welcome.
Well, yes, it’s been a while between drinks, as they say. This is my first blog for 2017, so a huge gap since December last year. So, a Year of No Blogging. Until now. It’s just been one of those years.
Not that I have been idle. Earlier this year I undertook an 8-week course at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on ‘composing for…
Read moreGreetings for the new week, and welcome to my occasional blog – my 27th blog since my new website came into being. If you are new to this blog, as I build my email database or respond to enquiries to join up, welcome.
I’ve been writing a new piece for clarinet and piano, and had the great pleasure of my mate Alan visiting the Mountains a couple of weekends ago to workshop it with me. A lovely experience to actually work on a new piece with the musician that it has been written for. I think I want to…
Read moreGreetings for the new week, and welcome to my occasional blog. If you are new to this blog, as I build my email database or respond to enquiries to join up, welcome.
I talked a little while ago (in my blog dated 19 September 2016) about music in unusual places. In that blog I did express some reservations about Opera Australia’s upcoming new presentation of ‘The Eighth Wonder’, the opera by Australian composer Alan John, who also co-wrote the libretto with Dennis Watkins. First performed in 1995 in…
Read moreGreetings for the new week, and welcome to my occasional blog. If you are new to this blog, as I build my email database or respond to enquiries to join up, welcome.
In my working life, working at a small neighbourhood centre in the Lower Blue Mountains, it is our AGM tomorrow. I have finished the Annual Report (just!), and written my speech notes for my report tomorrow, but as I’m not completely happy with my notes so far, I have brought them home with me for a review. I try not to bring work home…
Read moreGreetings for the new week, and welcome to my occasional blog. If you are new to this blog, as I build my email database or respond to enquiries to join up, welcome.
There is a news item via Music Australia about classical music in unusual places, that looks at initiatives that take classical music to different, and what we might consider, unlikely places, such as shopping malls, street corners, car parks, derelict buildings. This is not new – musicians are ever-inventive people, with musicians I have…
Read moreGreetings for the new week. Welcome to my (now) occasional blog. If you are new to this blog, as I build my email database or respond to enquiries to join up, welcome.
The Blackheath Choir Festival took place last weekend in various venues in Blackheath (Blue Mountains). It is now held every two years rather than the original annual event, and I think it is better for it. It is a fantastic event run by the huge energy of a small number of people together with the energy derived from a large variety of…
Read moreGreetings for the new week. Welcome to my (now) occasional blog – which is number 22! So, if you are new to this blog, there are a few for you to catch up on.
Protection of Australian authors has been in the recent news, with last Saturday, 13 August 2016, proclaimed National Bookshop Day, marked by a series of events including a panel discussion on plans recommended by the Productivity Commission to abolish the parallel importation rules.
A couple of useful links to find out more are:
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