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Cuckoo Rock

CUCKOO ROCK, David Stoll’s latest musical for children, was co-written with the poet Phil Bowen, and has a story derived from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM  … Based on several poems in Bowen’s children’s collection of the same name, the first performances were in Cornwall in September 2013. The show has now been extensively rewritten as…

AND MOVING ON …

… as ever to the next things before the last things are completely there (two weeks tomorrow is the premiere of DBW), I can now tell you that I am working again with Phil Bowen, though on a very different type of project from CUCKOO ROCK: this one harks back to my days of cocktail bar…

WELL DONE, ALPHA STATE …

… for the entirely glitch-free move to the new format.  The site transformed overnight and I am swiftly updating text to match.  I am also inserting SoundCloud links which refer specifically to the music being discussed on any particular page.  See, for example, here, for CUCKOO ROCK.  This whole exercise will take a few more…

SEPTEMBER SUNSHINE …

… is always most welcome.  There is not much to report here because almost everything right now is an ‘in progress’ situation.  Rehearsals have begun for DBW (which is our shorthand for THE DRUMMER BOY OF WATERLOO); mastering plans are in place for the next CHRONOMETER collection, due out at the end of the month;…

LATE FEBRUARY …

As the month moves Marchwards, I shall regretfully though optimistically sit around the BASCA Board table for the last time as a Director (and founding co-Chairman) this week.  Music work is demanding more and more of my diary again – just like in the old days – and I am so happy to return to…

AUDIO TRACKS …

To hear examples of my music, you can use the .mp3 player on the right of most pages.  This contains a set of half a dozen excerpts of  various aspects of my work: concert music, media music and other tracks.  The selection is changed every two or three weeks so that it will be possible…

FEBRUARY …

… and just one more month of high-level engagement with BASCA.  I shall be in Brussels for my final ECSA meeting next week, and have just a couple more meetings in London during the month.  Having been a founding co-Chairman (bringing in the Association of Professional Composers to join with the Composers’ Guild of Great…

Music for Children

David has written extensively for children, including the music and lyrics for songs for BBC Radio and Television (and a few poems, stories and musicals).  His SEALSONGS collection is widely used in primary schools, and GUESS HOW I FEEL has been a favourite children’s song for over 35 years.  He has also written for school…

Schools & FE

David Stoll offers a range of support services in music and creativity for schools and Local Authorities, including classroom composing lessons, creative music projects, songwriting projects, consultancy and INSET provision. COMPOSING PROJECTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS As a qualified teacher with Theatre-in-Education background, David sat on the original seminar group which gave rise to the Music…