I was thrilled to collaborate again with Emily Doolittle on a choral piece called Cairn. Some of my poems about stones were set to music by Emily and performed by the University of Glasgow Chapel choir under directorship of Katy Lavinia Cooper, in the 2025 McEwan Bequest Concert. You can read more and hear the music here.
Here's a recording of some of my pieces from last year's Platform Poetry gig - many thanks to the platform Team for including me in this project. Includes a recent poem 'Unsafe Discharge' and a couple of pieces with Steve Gellatly: 'Mercury' and 'Pluto'.
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Van Leeuwenhoek's Plaque
I’ve started working with composer Steven Gellatly, who usually composes scores for silent films. Steve’s been setting to music (and improvising accompaniment for) some of my poetry and prose (written with my twin, Beth McFarland). We recorded this piece, Van Leeuwenhoek’s plaque, at St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee in June 2023.
© Steven Gellatly, music; Dawn Wood, Beth McFarland, text.
I’ve started working with composer Steven Gellatly, who usually composes scores for silent films. Steve’s been setting to music (and improvising accompaniment for) some of my poetry and prose (written with my twin, Beth McFarland). We recorded this piece, Van Leeuwenhoek’s plaque, at St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee in June 2023.
© Steven Gellatly, music; Dawn Wood, Beth McFarland, text.
Recent Release from No Trees to Whisper Project...
I throughly enjoyed writing a sequence of poems commissioned by Turning the Elements for this project and some of them were set into a composition by Aidan O'Rourke, titled Ochan...performed by Frances Cooper and Joanna Nicholson, you can listen to the whole song sequence here...
My poems were based on members of my family, envisioned as types of tree...my father, mother, sister are represented, and a neighbour too...it's great to hear them arranged and performed in such a mesmerising way. The project was funded by Creative Scotland.
I throughly enjoyed writing a sequence of poems commissioned by Turning the Elements for this project and some of them were set into a composition by Aidan O'Rourke, titled Ochan...performed by Frances Cooper and Joanna Nicholson, you can listen to the whole song sequence here...
My poems were based on members of my family, envisioned as types of tree...my father, mother, sister are represented, and a neighbour too...it's great to hear them arranged and performed in such a mesmerising way. The project was funded by Creative Scotland.
Modern Chants 2021
Here are some audio files from our Modern Chants project, masterminded by Rūta Vitkauskaitė and funded by Creative Scotland, PRS Foundation, An Lanntair (Outer Hebrides), Sound (Aberdeen), and Book Week Scotland. Image credit Chris Adams, 2021.
Here are some audio files from our Modern Chants project, masterminded by Rūta Vitkauskaitė and funded by Creative Scotland, PRS Foundation, An Lanntair (Outer Hebrides), Sound (Aberdeen), and Book Week Scotland. Image credit Chris Adams, 2021.
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