Music therapist, pianist, composer and church musician.
London
Joined May 2011
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A treat to see Music of Our Time 2024 recordings now on Youtube at youtube.com/@JAMontheMarsh/v…, including my own Psalm 150 youtube.com/watch?v=kRNCUIgA…. Thanks to @jamonthemarsh, @MichaelJBawtree, @Simon_Hogan, @seam100, and Selwyn College Choir. Great new music!
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*𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲*
On 20 March JAM launches its season with a celebration of new music for choir, brass & organ. The concert features music by @tarikoregan, Isabelle Ryder & eight successful entries to JAM’s 2023 'Call for Music'.
👉 jamconcert.org/music-of-our-…
Thanks to all @lfccm for this week of new music for churches. So sad I can't be @StPancrasChurch for 1.15pm communion today with new music by @gianlucapantaleo, @willsimmsmusic, @Joshuaballance, @ukcomposer, Paul Davis, and my own 'Stepney Fanfare'. Thanks to all performers too!
Delighted that @lfccm have programmed my Stepney Fanfare 'When will that be?' (for organ) as part of this year's festival. lfccm.com/whatson/works/2915…. Thanks to all @StPancrasChurch and especially Andrew Charity (organist)!
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400 teenagers have been arrested in recent protests, including 120 young women. 12 have been released so far thanks to pressure from this charity. 388 to go...
Delighted that #londondocklandssingers will be performing my #MisaLatina on Sat 2 July @AllSaintsPoplar together with Orff’s Carmina Burana. ‘Latin’ as in Tango/Cha-cha-cha btw (with a bit of Salsa). Listen on: soundcloud.com/donald-wether… Tickets available: …rminaburana2022.brownpaperti…
The first Christmas adverts on TV were out this week. So a composer’s mind turns to carols. My offering is a short and sweet setting of Rosetti’s ‘Love came down’ for SATB and organ. Have a digital listen here: soundcloud.com/donald-wether…. Message me if you would like a score!
I've #justdonated to fund the work of the East London Evensong Choir for the coming year.. Donate on @justgiving and help raise £1000 justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
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A new open access paper from music therapist and PhD student Emma Millard and colleagues - Preferences for group arts therapies: a cross-sectional survey of mental health patients and the general population @BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8…
I’ve just written a #hymn in 8.8.6.8 metre, and a tune to match. I can’t find any others like it. Is this a first?
I’m thinking of calling it ‘Uncommon Metre’…
COVID scores again. Sadly @LDSingers concert on Saturday 3 (not 1) July has been postponed owing to restrictions on #choirs and gatherings. We plan for next year @AllSaintsPoplar!
Meanwhile, sign here to allow amateur choirs to meet again: petition.parliament.uk/petit… @WeAreTheMU
Delighted that @LDSingers will be performing my 'Misa Latina' for the second time (!) on Saturday 1 July @allsaintspoplar, along with Orff's fantastic 'Carmina Burana'.
Tickets available from the LDS website soon. Thanks to Andrew Campling and all at LDS. soundcloud.com/donald-wether…
An invitation to write for the journal 'Advances in Oceanography and Marine Biology’ arrives in my inbox. Tempting, but I just can’t find the right title. Any suggestions? There must be a music therapy connection to be made somewhere...
A #newhymn challenge: paraphrase a canticle, avoiding biblical names and places whose stories may now be unfamiliar or ambiguous? No Abraham, Israel, David..!
Here is such a version of the Benedictus, ‘Give thanks to God’:
jubilate.co.uk/songs/give-th…
With thanks to Jubilate Hymns.
Hey, music therapists! Please respond to this important AHRC funded #socialimpactmusic survey: mfsi.limequery.com/918763?la…. Researcher @johnsloboda writes: 'It’s really important that music therapist’s voices are heard in this research.’ Add yours! Details at: gsmd.ac.uk/socialimpactcall
Thaxted is a great tune for #RemembranceSunday. If you’re looking for alternative words to ‘I vow to thee…’ here is a text I wrote, available from Jubilate Hymns: ‘We remember those who dying were true to duty’s call…' jubilate.co.uk/songs/we-reme….