Martin Slidel: Music

Leaf is my proposal for a picture book and song, featuring a set of eight highly stylised illustrations alongside simple rhyming couplets. Inspired by the life cycle of a leaf, the project has been successfully workshopped with Early Years and Key Stage One children. The narrative offers scope for imaginative interpretation, shared discussion and circle games. Children can also create their own versions of the sequential narrative, both visually and in writing. The project has further potential as a cross-curricular resource, linking Life Cycle curriculum modules with Art, Literacy and Music. The picture-book proposal PDF is available on request. MEDIA Original Song 60-second Presentation Clip 60-second Song Clip Facebook Album — image files Instrumental Version —  lyric video Alternative Mix —  with photos by Engeline Tan FEEDBACK “Martin’s beautiful picture book is accompanied by an easy-to-learn song for younger primary school children. This would really add to a class p...

In recent years, I have refocused on composition. I enjoy writing for all instruments, exploring the possibilities of different combinations. I welcome opportunities to develop new works for performance. I have produced original soundtracks and AV installations, as well as concerts and events combining music and poetry. This blog entry is a start at cobbling together recollections. I continue to compose for its own sake, that is, sustaining momentum as a priority. Most pieces are available as digital audio, partly because my resources are very limited. I use formal notation, working with Noteflight. However, I also feel that these digital realisations have legitimacy as pieces of music in their own right. Of course, it would be lovely to hear more of them played on real instruments. My work is individual, playful and off-kilter. Supportive feedback from a wide audience encourages me. I relish collaborating with musicians to realise my compositions. However, if it’s not “the done thing”...

Martin’s earlier works include: Albino Carillon, No. 1 If You Said So Improvisations, Nos. 1–4 Morning After Night Before Peel Playtime Sensing The Terms Of My Existence Tonight You Are Frida Treading Air Underarm Chiming Shirt Unthunk This archive comprises 15 compositions and improvisations, plus six arrangements of traditional and Songbook pieces. THE NIGHT BEFORE • ELECTRONICA Ten compositions and two arrangements of traditional songs, presented across 13 Bandcamp tracks. Morning After Night Before — vocal by Martin Da Beano (Albino) — remix The House Of The Rising Sun (traditional)  Tonight You Are Frida — vocal by Martin Carillon, No. 1 — remix The Terms Of My Existence — narration Improvisation (No. 3)  If You Said So — narration Minka (traditional)  Unthunk — narration Playtime Da Beano (Albino) — piano remix Improvisation (No. 4)  Morning After Night Before was written in the early 1990s, recorded with Emily Madill in the mid-2000s, and reworked in the 201...

For chamber ensembles, piano, voice, other forces. Enquiries: martinslidel@outlook.com Martin Slidel’s compositions include 16 chamber pieces, 16 piano pieces, and eight other recorded songs in both instrumental and vocal versions. His works have been presented in audiovisual installations and performed live in London and Europe.  CHAMBER MUSIC (16)  Anthesis — marimba, percussion Anthesis — trombone, bass clarinet Barbar — saxophone, piano, percussion Begin Again — clarinet, electric piano, percussion London Bone — trombone, piano, percussion Looking Glass World — piano, percussion, trumpet Lure — flute, piano, snare drum Melody For Mabel — clarinet, guitar, percussion Mirror — flute, piano, snare drum Ochiba, Movements 1 and 2 — woodwind trio Ochiba — clarinet and piano (mvt 1 only) Pour Les Enfants, Nos. 1–3 — piano, percussion Someone — tuba, piano Uteki — clarinet, piano, percussion Whatever — harp, synthesizer Wish — clarinet, piano, percussion Wish — string quarte...