Reviews

 

Countryfile Magazine (April, 2020)

Music in the Mountains: Q&A with Matilda Brown.

 

Fiona Outdoors

I really enjoyed this interview with find out how she has combined her music talents and love of the great outdoors in a rewarding career.

 

Sound Festival - North East Scotland’s Festival of New Music

Introduction sound 2012 will be subtly different from previous years. As well as the usual packed and varied programme of new music, this year’s festival has some new features.

 

Lenny the Lobster - Drake Music Scotland

The Story, Presentation, and Fiurenotes Scenes 1-18.

 
 

BBC Radio Scotland - Scotland Outdoors: Alongside Autumn - A Composer’s Walk (October, 2019)

Helen Needham catches up with composer Matilda Brown as she walks the length of Scotland.

 

Guest Blog: Focus on Composing

In a new series of guest blogs, Matilda Brown, composer and community musician, gives us an insight into how she uses Figurenotes with pupils. Matilda uses her work in special schools to demonstrate particular ways into using Figurenotes, which work wonders with beginners of all ages. Look out for part 2 and 3 over the next couple of weeks. 

 

New Music Scotland - Community / Education Project

SCO Soundmoves is a unique music and movement project for primary schools …

 
 

An Introduction to Create - The Cumnock Tryst at Daldorch House School

Matilda Brown is a composer and animateur who has worked with The Cumnock Tryst for many years on all of our projects for young people with disabilities.

 

All Media Scotland

Moving on from her successful performance at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, Matilda Brown will be performing her uniquely evocative and atmospheric compositions at this year’s ‘sound – North East Scotland’s Festival of New Music’, in the Victoria & Albert Halls, Ballater, this Sunday the 28th of October.

 

Desert Island Discs with Matilda Brown - SCO

“I don’t think there is a piece of music that has yet beat this track for me in terms of combining beautiful jazz improvisations and melodic / harmonic flow with gorgeous orchestral writing”.

 

New Music Scotland - RCS Award for Community / Education Project of the Year

Kaleidoscope concert at Cumnock Academy as part of the Cumnock Tryst 2017. With […] Matilda Brown …

 

Blogs

Alongside Autumn
Mountain Views
“Through patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.”

Recently, a friend asked me where are my blogs!? And I thought ‘What do I write each day? My thoughts?’.

Unique Instrument
The First Week…

I set off thinking I would be striding away past the 10 miles a day limit no problem at all.

Finally Packed!
Wake Up Rain

The day before; apprehension and multi-times packing my rucksack and going out in the rain to test Jasper’s Panniers.

Jasper's New Panniers
Planning & Packing

There seems to be a lot of things to organise and then when I step outside my cottage, or go…

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Alongside Autumn

After months of training, Alongside Autumn: A Composer’s Walk is approaching fast. Throughout this journey, I’ll be sharing regular updates …

 
Figurenotes Guest Blog
Composing at Hampden

In part 3 of her series of guest blogs, Matilda Brown lets us peek behind the scenes at her work with pupils from Hampden Primary School. You can see tips and ideas of how to get to this step by reading parts 1 and 2 of this series.

A Composer’s Perspective

Last week, composer and community musician, Matilda Brown, laid out how she introduced Figurenotes and the idea of matching to her music groups. If you missed it, you can read about it in last week’s blog post. In part 2 of the series, Matilda tells us about Figurenotes from a composer’s perspective.

Introducing Figurenotes

In a new series of guest blogs, Matilda Brown, composer and community musician, gives us an insight into how she uses Figurenotes with pupils. Matilda uses her work in special schools to demonstrate particular ways into using Figurenotes, which work wonders with beginners of all ages. Look out for part 2 and 3 over the next couple of weeks.