Bobbie-Jane Gardner

Ok, 2024, whoa! 3 months have flown by and doesn’t the world feel like it is in a weird and even more f-ed up place? Things feel quite grim, grimy and it’s such a grind for a lot of folks Rea...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2024/04/spring/

Well that was a crazy year. Kind of tough, weird and wonky but so much fun – work wise! Not enough play – definitely didn’t follow the mars bar mantra 😉 5 commissions, several arrangemen...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/12/2023/

Birthday greetings to the sexy horns over at Onyx Brass, described by BBC Music Magazine as “the classiest brass ensemble in Britain”, who have celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2023 wit...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/06/the-sun-is-free-to-flow-with-the-sea/

Ok…… this choral piece hit hard and the reason for it being written is tragic. I’m late to the party, but ex cathedra sang it as part of their summer solstice concert this week, and I was f...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/06/a-childs-prayer/

Still think about this from time to time. Mesmeric, weird and really cool:

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/06/ho-tzu-nyen-the-cloud-of-unknowing/

Went along to a talk by Melati Suryodarmo at Ikon Gallery. This piece is incredible. Such resilience and grace. “Sometimes it’s hard, to be a, woman…”

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/05/melati-suryodarmos-butter-dance/

Sounding so ridiculously good! Not heard something so inventive in a good while.

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/05/kassa-overall-tiny-desk-concert/

Challenging and beautiful in equal measure. Different time zones, working with a mostly female team which was ace… It was a great opportunity to work as an arranger on this scale. I learned loa...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/05/arranging-if-i-aint-got-you/

Was great to work as a composition ‘mentor’, transcriber and arranger for this wonderful collaboration between mutidisciplinary collective House of Absolute and members of Philharmonia Orche...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/03/house-of-absolute-meet-philharmonic-orchestra/

So sad to loose you but your legacy lives on in your music and philosophical writings. Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo.

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2023/03/bodhisattva-wayne-shorter-awesome-sound-king/

George Lewis – Artificial Life – wasteLAnd: Sudan Archives: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2021/02/listening/

So what to say? What a year, year zero! It feels a bit like a leap year, but instead of moving forward, we remain in a purgatory-esque state of struggle, suffering, restriction and repetition wit...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2021/02/post-doc/

So I’m blogging during these strange times of coronavirus. It’s really odd because in our blind leading the blind lead up to Covid-19 I found that from October – once I had submitted my Ph...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2020/06/5393/

Sony have re-released the Black Composer Series led by conductor Paul Freeman and the LSO. Thanks to Dr. Chris Dingle for sharing. Have really enjoyed listening, wish I could buy all the vinyl co...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2019/03/decolonising-the-music-curriculum-1/

Hello! Thanks everyone for your wonderful contributions to the first task! Second task: what do you think are the components of the sound world for RnB/Pop/Soul60s/70s ? What instruments and musi...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2018/10/vinyl-community-collaborative-composing-project-task-2/

Vinyl Community Collaborative Composing Project Hey there lovelies! Here’s the page for us to share findings. Context: Task 1: Please introduce yourself and what you’d be interested in contri...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2018/09/vinyl-community-collaborative-composing-project/

It’s been three weeks and I’m still stunned… Thanks so much for the tunes and was wonderful to chat with you that one time! Amazingly talented and so humble.

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2017/06/rip-marcus-intalex/

Today feels like: Crazy ass week, some amazing life victories and some hard life lessons but I’m feeling stronger… Yosh!

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2017/05/viberian-son-featuring-del-the-funky-homosapien/

  Hey Hey Stranger I hear that they call you the lone ranger They say you love to live in the saddle Is it true you want to high ho my silver Giddy up you can try lawd have mercy Read More ...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2017/04/betty-davis/

Damn, i struggle real hard to write major key, happy sounding pieces! composing with my year 5 collaborators has been tricky, because their ideas are so cute, and what I like to compose is darker...

https://bobbiejanegardner.com/2017/04/major-keys/