'White Roses, Dragons and Vikings'

for bass trombone, electric guitar and drumkit

Premiered by Red Note Ensemble at Noisy Nights #24 
29th May 2013
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

John Kenny - bass trombone
Malcolm MacFarlane - electric guitar 
Phil Hague - drumkit
John Harris - conductor

'Fanfares for the Loch Ness Monster'

for trumpet, flute and 'cello

premiered by Red Note Ensemble at Noisy Nights #21
Monday 25th February 2013

Ruth Morley - Flute
Mark O'Keeffe - Trumpet
Robert Irvine - 'Cello
John Harris - Conductor

New recording now available on Soundcloud:

'Orpheus Weeps'

for bassoon, violin and 'cello

'The Woman' 

for violin, 'cello & free bass accordion (plus sound file)

premiered by Red Note Ensemble at Noisy Nights 
Monday 28th May 2012

Jackie Shave - violin
Robert Irvine - 'cello
Andreas Borregaard - free bass accordion

Night Pieces (for solo violin) will receive their German premiere:

concert @ studio neue musik: traum, getrennt

8pm 1st December 2012

konzerthaus berlin/ musikclub

gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Germany

'A short but compelling and well-crafted piece of music'

The 'whole room silent and transfixed for Martin Gaughan's piece played by Red Note Ensemble - beautiful!'

Immortal Beloved for treble/tenor recorders and piano will receive it's UK premiere on Friday 26th October at Bolívar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL. The performer will be Sylvia Hinz (recorders) and Cordula Heiland (piano).

'Crimson' by Martin Gaughan, performed by Natalie Raybould (soprano), John Savournin (baritone), James Young (piano) and The Warehouse Ensemble at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2011.

Martin's new piece for recorder, harpsichord and baroque cello will be premiered next week as part of Red Note Ensemble's 'Noisy Nights'.

Noisy Nights is fun, free and your chance to listen to (and compose for!) some of the best musicians in Scotland. Noisy Nights is a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space where you can hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a beer. All sorts of music are welcomed here - as are all sorts of listeners.

The instruments for this Noisy Night will be Harpsichord, Baroque ‘cello and recorder. New music submitted by composers from around the world responding to our Call for Scores, a couple of very old Scottish premieres, and the winner of the night’s 10-minute Composing Challenge will be performed.

What is the 10 Minute Composing Challenge? It's your chance to write an "instant piece" and get it played on the night. During the interval we will hand out manuscript paper for you to write your own piece in 10 minutes - and at the end of the interval we'll select the one we think is best and perform it there and then. Instant music!

Traverse Theatre
10 Cambridge Street Edinburgh EH1 2ED
United Kingdom 
0131 228 1404
http://www.traverse.co.uk/

For more information, visit http://www.ram.ac.uk/events?event_id=582