#EatMyContent
For Chamber choir, mobile phones and selfie stick
Duration ca.8'
#EatMyContent
Composer + lyricist - Mikey Parsons
Conductor + choir director - Stephen Jackson
Soloists - Molly Cochrane, Núria Prats Illanas, Rhian Davies, Alex Akhurst
Selfie soloist - Holly Putt
Coordinator - Phillippa Scammell
Film - Alessandro Zancan
Sound - Samantha Carr + Kit Venables
Trinity Laban Chamber Choir:
Sopranos - Sofia Bagulho, Olivia Bell, Holly Putt, Molly Cochrane, Eve Rhodes, Jana Stradmann
Altos - Ellie Kemp, Rhian Davies, Núria Prats Illanas, Robert Kendrick, Morgan Michel, Christina Alishaw
Tenor - Rob Lydon, Alex Akhurst
Bass - Pablo Boira-Boulding, Konrad Jaromin, Niall Windass, Luke Stanley
Performed on 12th March 2020 in St Alfege's Church, Greenwich. Mikey wrote #EatMyContent in December 2019/January 2020. The piece is a darkly humorous response to social media culture and addiction.
The score for this piece is available to view and download from this page. If you would like to perform this piece then please get in touch. If you download the score then please make a donation.
Curiosity Killed Your Bubble
For solo piano
duration ca.5'
Curiosity Killed Your Bubble
Curiosity Killed Your Bubble - Mikey Parsons
Performance by Marisa Muñoz Lòpez.
Written in 2019 for the John Halford piano competition. It won first prize.
The piece is a collage of different ideas inspired by splicing different phrases and idioms onto each other i.e.
"Curiosity killed the cat" and "Burst your bubble" become "Curiosity killed Your Bubble".
The score for this piece is available to view and download from this page. If you would like to perform this piece then please get in touch. If you download the score then please make a donation.
Pog'ona
For Violin, Oboe and Double Bass
Duration ca.6'
Pog'ona
Dance - Yuna Reinhardt
Violin - Maria Januszewska
Oboe - Catherine Underhill
Double Bass - Jasiel Peter
Arranger - Samuel Pradalie
This piece was originally written for Violin, Harp and Double Bass. Mikey's friend and fellow composer Samuel Pradalie made this arrangement, changing the harp part to an oboe. The performance was for Colab 2020, a festival that takes place every February at Trinity Laban.
The score for this piece is available to view and download from this page. If you would like to perform this piece then please get in touch. If you download the score then please make a donation.