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Paul Burnell

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About Me

Burnell, Paul (b Ystrad, Rhondda, UK 1960) British composer, member of CoMA, percussion quartet Brake Drum Assembly, and the Burnell-Hunt duo. Studied music at the University of Exeter 1979-82. Now living, composing and performing in London. Works and commissions include 'Open Wide' for EnsembleBash 2006, 'I, Cog' for Jane Chapman at the SPNM Sound Source 2006, 'The Dreaminess of the 1500 Metres Runner' for FourSight 2006 and 'Pascal's Carriage' for Chris Brannick 2007. Some compositions written on the moveable tiles of plastic puzzle trays - Musical Squares. If you require a copy of some of my scores and parts please get in touch. Some Scores and parts available to download from the www.musicalsquares.com website. Many compositions feature on the albums 'Leaving the Party on Pluto' (2001) and 'Good To Go' (2007) - available through iTunes.
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Member Since: 9/20/2006
Band Website: musicalsquares.com
Record Label: IPBO
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New songs loaded - a sort of departure

So - I've just posted up some new songs. A bit different for me... let me know what you think.
Posted by Paul Burnell on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:08:00 PST

CoMA Summer School July 20-26 2008 - info available

Just got the leaflet through my door about this year's Contemporary Music Summer School run by CoMA. I've been going for years and this one looks really exciting - Michael Zev Gordon, Rolf Hind, Odal...
Posted by Paul Burnell on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:28:00 PST

YLSS project 2008

I'll be working with the brilliant Yorkshire Late Starters Strings in Leeds during 2008. Developing a piece for performance in the Summer - '3 Pieces for Strings'. Very much looking forward to it.
Posted by Paul Burnell on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:19:00 PST

Paul Burnell and Bacillus - new release

Leaving Planet 9 is a new release from Paul Burnell and Bacillus. Basically a remix project using my 'Leaving the Party on Pluto' CD but the remixes are radically different to the original versions. C...
Posted by Paul Burnell on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:49:00 PST

60x60 Project CD release

I've got a track on the international CD project 60x60 - the 2004/2005 compilation is released 1 August.60x60 is a music project containing 60 electronic works each 60 seconds in length. These 60 reco...
Posted by Paul Burnell on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:02:00 PST

'Good To Go' album available now from iTunes, eMusic etc

The album 'Good To Go' has 12 tracks and is now available from digital stores such as iTunes and eMusic.
Posted by Paul Burnell on Sun, 13 May 2007 02:39:00 PST