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Tuesday, 31 st of March 2026 #inspiration #LovingPairs #romantic #agape #eros #philia #storge #flute #clarinet #vibraphone #piano #violin #viola #cello  A rush of inspiration led to an early start to finish off my latest composition. I woke early, despite having had a late night after working on it until past midnight. It’s the shortest night’s sleep I’ve had for ages! The creative fire generates its own energy and it doesn’t overload my poor thinking brain.  Loving Pairs is

Saturday, the 21 st of February 2026  #musicians #orchestredharmoniedechamonix #sousphone #flute #baritone #ski #Chamonix  What a treat to meet up with musician friends in Chamonix and be invited to join a rehearsal of the Orchestre d’Harmonie de Chamonix. We were provided with instruments from their store cupboard. I ended up with a sousaphone, a first for me! We played through a mass setting by Jacob de Haan. We must have done a good job as we were invited to play in their

Sunday, the 25th of January 2026  #Mokafe #Brussels #Splash #SeaSymphony #BrusselsCathedral #GuntherVanDeven #LaurentFobelets #GalerieDuRoi #notebook #composing #gestation #orchestra #symphony #violin #flute #brass   I am in my favourite café in Brussels, Mokafe. It’s a wonderful old style café brasserie in the glorious Galerie du Roi, an indoor shopping arcade built in 1846. It has no background music so it is perfect for the gestation process in composing.   I have just com