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About Chadwick Music Thankyou for visiting this site. I created it to share some creative activity that's inspired or enthused me since I retired from science and business consulting in 2015. But also to credit the people and organisations who have made that journey so enjoyable and satisfying and hopefully given audiences something to appreciate or at least chew over! My Background and Interests Andrew, originally from Yorkshire, learnt viola and violin in Blackpool under William Rees and then had the privilege of playing and touring with Lancashire Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of GB, with viola lessons from Frederick Riddle. Studying science at Oxford, he was introduced to chamber music and had coaching from the Allegri Quartet. Since then he has acted as a semi-professional with Oxford Pro Musica and several East Midlands choirs, also playing in the major amateur Nottingham orchestras and in the Helix Ensemble, while taking continuing violin lessons from Roger Coull. He continued his chamber music interests with lessons in Czechia from members of the Martinu String Quartet, and branched into composing and arranging under the auspices of Contemporary Music for All and for our Bramley House Trio. Now retired from science and IT, he remains a keen chamber music player and has recently performed at the Southwell Music Festival fringe with Katharine, David and the other members of the Southwell String Quartet.

Collaborations Especially during lockdown, I have had the good fortune of two fruitful composing collaborations and subsequently enjoyed restarting public performances. Links below take you to some of the output from these. MachellMusic A valued and fruitful collaboration with the well-established composer/performer David Machell as soloist even acting as Joachim to his Brahms... Here is his own web site MachellMusic and a link to our performance of his sonata for viola and piano on Wordsworth's ode 'Autumn' . CoMA and 'Listening Grounds' https://www.coma.org/whats-on/events/festival-2022/listening-grounds/ CoMA groups in the East Midlands and Sheffield have been great performing colleagues often willing to try out the new music - see the Compositions Page Bramley House Trio A few of my arrangements have been for the Bramley House Trio - Katharine Dryden (mezzo-soprano), David Machell and myself on a fiddle... We've performed widely around the East Midlands and South Yorkshire, with our favourite being the two songs for Alto, Viola and Piano by Brahms (here is one of our favourite recordings) Southwell String Quartet The Southwell String Quartet - David Wood and Catharine Lester violins, Margaret Chadwick on 'cello and myself on viola - have performed several of my arrangements as part of eclectic programmes often associated with Southwell Minster or the Southwell Music Festival While I haven't yet written anything for larger ensembles, much of my experience of music comes from playing in good amateur orchestras, where I have made many friends and encountered plenty of challenging repertoire. Particular highlights have been the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra with Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra and Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a theme by Corelli, with the Helix Ensemble LOCAL ORCHESTRAS

String Quartets Mainly early music - renaissance and baroque - made playable for string quartet. All free to download. Voice, String and Keyboard Classical songs for low voice and piano, where I have added a viola line for the Bramley House Trio. Small Orchestra A few pieces that work better with multiple players on a part. Bach and Handel included. Mostly string orchestra. Other Take a look at the 'Compositions' page for original works for mixed instrumentation, or 'Innovations' to see or hear electronic and microtonal creations Current arrangements Current arrangements

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