Thursday, 5 November 2009

Ghost Stories Performances at Birkenhead Priory


Along with soprano Anne Taft, Neil will be performing his atmospheric composition 'Ghost Stories' at Birkenhead Priory as part of the Wirral International Guitar Festival on Wednesday and Thursday 18th and 19th November.

The concerts, one of which will be presented on Wednesday (at 7.30pm) and the other two on Thursday (at 7.30pm and 9.30pm) will be in the Priory's intimate Benedictine Chapel.

For more details about the concerts and to buy tickets you should visit The Guitar Festival Web Site.

For more information about 'Ghost Stories' and to hear music from the album you should visit The Ghost Stories Myspace Page

Neil Campbell's 'Frankenstein' Premieres at St George's Hall

Neil's new composition 'Frankenstein' received its first performance on Friday 30th October at Liverpool's St George's Hall Concert Room.


The evening began with a performance of 'Ghost Stories' and then, following an interval, The Neil Campbell Collective, featuring Neil on guitar (and sound cues), Mark Brocklesby (drums), Nicole Collarbone (cello), Anne Taft (soprano), Chris Bradshaw (keys) and Andy Maslivec (bass) along with the fantastic Sense of Sound Choir, led by Perry Alleyne-Hughes, performed the new 45 minute composition.

Visual projections by Valeria Di Matteo featuring art by George Jones were projected behind the ensemble.

After the performance of the new piece the audience of around 300 were given an encore of the NCC's ten minute epic 'Rainstorm 2', specially arranged to include additional keyboards, soprano and choir.

Your Move magazine called the show "An electric synergy of music and imagery, with haunting vocals and some of the best new classical guitar work around". You can read a review of the perfomance at the music-news web site and see further photos from the event by David Munn at www.myspace.com/theneilcampbellcollective