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Composer, Musician, Scientist

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    Tango to Go

    Tango to Go

    What can be said about Tango to Go? It is a rhythmically vibrant, romantically charged and lusciously textured latin tango for string quartet. The vigorous opening fanfare soon dissolves into an impassioned, soaring melody propelled with a momentum that doesn’t

    Geoff Cottrell March 4, 2021March 5, 2021 Music, String Quartet, Uncategorized Read more

    One Equal Music for SATB solo choir

    One Equal Music for SATB solo choir

    One Equal Music is a melodic and dramatic anthem for choir of a sermon by John Donne (1573-1631) in which the poet imagines life after death in heaven as a state of perfect peacefulness. It is set here for four

    Geoff Cottrell February 27, 2021March 5, 2021 Choir, Music, Uncategorized Read more

    Cool Cakes Commission

    Cool Cakes Commission

    I recently completed a soundtrack for Chris Childs to support his cake making business ‘Cool Cakes by Chris’. I created an upbeat, funky theme which resulted in the following response from Chris: “I approached Geoff to compose some ‘theme music’

    Geoff Cottrell July 15, 2020February 27, 2021 Film music, Music, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    TELESCOPES: A Very Short Introduction

    Is now published by Oxford University Press, and widely available from all the usual sources including Amazon etc. There is also an e-version available

    Geoff Cottrell December 13, 2016February 27, 2021 Astronomy, Books, Science, Telescopes, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    What this site is for…

    I have set up this site to expand and update the information (i.e. describe new science results), presented in my book Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction, and also to write about other interesting ideas. Please feel free to suggest any science topics that you

    Geoff Cottrell October 24, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    Publication date for my book!

    Publication by Oxford University Press will be the 8th December 2016. There will be both printed and e-versions https://global.oup.com/academic/product/telescopes-a-very-short-introduction-9780198745860?q=cottrell&lang=en&cc=gb  

    Geoff Cottrell October 19, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

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    Geoff Cottrell | Oxford

    Email: Geoff(at)geoffcottrell.com

    Website: www.geoffcottrell.com

    Recent Posts

    • Tango to Go
    • One Equal Music for SATB solo choir
    • Poem (from a Japanese garden) for solo piano
    • Comet Neowise (C/2020 F3)
    • Cool Cakes Commission

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