Created in response to a hand axe in Buxton Museum’s collection, dropped by one of the first migrants to the UK over 350,000 years ago. The music was composed for a dance piece based on the true stories of recent refugees to Derbyshire. The piece was performed in the Peak District National Park, Summer 2019, close to the spot where the axe was found. Funded by Arts Council England, the film is now accessible on Buxton Museum’s digital app. The film can be seen here: https://vimeo.com/344573003

My Sister's Scarf - Section 2 - Fleeing from Danger

Music and things that might sound like music by Mat Ward. Noise Art/A  Piano and Bass Duet with Dani Kirby/A 50 plus member Art Ensemble called Then She Reaches The Gun/Deep Research Into Luigi Russolo and his Intonarumori .. thats just the stuff I post regularly : ) Thanks to everyone thats ever stopped by. Music is The Best!

Kate Lynn-Devere is a deaf, autistic songwriter based in Herne Bay on the south east coast of England who studied music at Canterbury Christ Church University. Since losing much of her hearing to Meniere's disease Kate has concentrated on lyric writing and collaboration with composer Emily Peasgood on various projects including most recently "When I Grow Up I Want to be a Ship" (exhibited in God's House Tower in Southhampton March - May 2022) and the 2019 Ivor Novello nominated song cycle “Never Again”. Kate is now turning her creative focus to developing chamber opera and music theatre intended for performance in intimate, black box spaces, exploring themes of loss, isolation and belonging.

Composer and musician based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Finzi Scholarship Award Holder, Francis Chagrin award 2017 
I compose contemporary classical music  for acoustic instruments and/or voices combined with recorded environmental sounds. My work explores themes of migration, travel and identity.

My Sister's Scarf - Section 2 - Fleeing from Danger

Amanda Johnson (Musician and Composer)