Composer, Musician, Scientist
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
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
Poem (from a Japanese garden) for solo piano, was inspired by an exquisite garden in Kyoto. The music represents a meditative walk through the garden, in which an object in the garden, observed from different locations, changes its appearance. The
Comet Neowise is a bright comet in the constellation of Ursa Major. It was visible by eye in the NW on 21st July 2020, but was best seen with binoculars. That day I took this photo from my back garden
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’
This solo piano piece was written in the spring of 2020 in Oxford UK, during the “lockdown” period (i.e. confinement to home) associated with the the coronavirus pandemic. It is based on an earlier piece of mine (October Tango) which
October Tango is a lovely piece for string quartet; light, but with a beautiful soaring and lilting melody as well as passion and drama. It has a wide range of possible applications from events, such as weddings or celebrations, to an
‘Cottage Gardens’ is a recently released composition for string quartet, which is now available for purchase. A happy, light piece which is particularly suitable for intermediate players and is appropriate for weddings and events.
I gave a soapbox talk in the Blackwell’s book tent in the Bodleian Quad in Oxford at lunchtime on Saturday 6th April, on my new book: “MATTER, A Very Short Introduction”, which was published by Oxford University Press on 28th
I have just received an advance copy of my forthcoming book: MATTER – A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press). From the tiniest quantum structures to the visible universe in 140 pages! Matter = Mass = Energy; but we only