Stephanie Halsey Musician

Hello! I am so happy to share that I have been successful in my application to the Developing Your Creative Practice fund by .

Throughout 2024, I will undertake a period of research, training, and experimentation to develop new skills and creative material for recording and live immersive performance.

The most important part of the fund is being allowed the time to explore and learn new skills, something most self-employed people cannot afford to do. I will be sharing this journey online, more details to come.

Thank you to for their incredible support. Thank you to my friends who have shared their experience and advice during the application process. I feel incredibly privileged and cannot wait to get started.
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Picture by incredibly talented
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I have two upcoming performances of new original songs as part of the Out Of The Box commission. I’ll be performing alongside who co-wrote and produced the tracks. The performances will be on Friday at Trinity Market 5pm-9pm, and on Saturday at The Albemarle from 12pm. There will be performances from all different projects so come along for a varied evening of entertainment!!
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Upcoming… back again after a sell out performance with queues round the block. Join , and other amazing artists for another performance of Riparian. Special thanks to the people who made the first performance possible

UPCOMING gig. Been a while. I’m doing a 1 hour slot at the Albemarle in Hull (next to Hull Truck) on Oct 12th from 7.30pm £10. Some sound art and voice and harp stuff. Lots of new things from me.
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Final shout-out for this tonight. Have you ever been out before and come home with an eye for your house? The first 10 people in tonight get a free eye (slightly smaller than those pictured).

& I are putting on a magical night of string music tonight at

Blink and you'll miss it! £8 adv and it will be £10 on the door!

Tix link in bio

//TODAY// here’s a link for the audio of my Composer-Curator performance.

It’s a live recorded, through-composed piece that includes sound recordings from Mexico, blended with pre-recorded sounds created on the harp, and beats in Ableton. The sounds are of markets, streets, and the water, which connect to my home, Kingston Upon Hull in East Yorkshire. The recordings form a living soundscape that I manipulated and triggered during a live performance whilst improvising using original compositions.

Thank you to Sound and Music for your belief in me. Thank you to those who encouraged me to apply and supported me along the way. Special thanks to Mark Slater for sharing your knowledge and support!!
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With special thanks to the Joseph Boaz Charitable Trust.






Using:
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Inspirado en Mexico A live recorded, through-composed piece, that includes sound recordings from a trip to Mexico, blended with pre-recorded sounds created using the harp, and beats created in Ableton. The sounds are of

I’ll be releasing the performance audio from Trinity Market on June 16th on Soundcloud. It’s a live recorded through-composed piece that includes sound recordings from a trip to Mexico, blended with pre-recorded sounds created using the harp, and beats created in Ableton.
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With special thanks to the Joseph Boaz Charitable Trust.






Using:
Ableton Live 11
Novation Launchpad X
Novation Launchcontrol XL
Interface Focusrite
Scarlett 18i8
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I’ve loved going back through some of the images I took in Mexico earlier this year. The performance I did for my Composer-Curator project included recordings from markets, mariachi bands, the ocean and street sound I heard whilst out there. I struggle to switch off and have found that travelling gives me to opportunity to stop and experience what’s around me. I used the recordings because they have links with the performance venues and our proximity to the water. I’ll be putting the live performance audio on Soundcloud on June 16th for anyone to listen to.
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With special thanks to the Joseph Boaz Charitable Trust.



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I’ve been listening to the recording from my live performance at Trinity Market as part of the Composer-Curator programme. I’m really excited to hear how it turned out, it’s strange using technology during a live improvised performance – some things work, and some don’t! Being able to listen back and analyse the performance is a really reflective experience. I didn’t use technology a year ago, and I couldn’t improvise or compose a few years ago, and now I’m doing both! I’ll be putting the performance recording on Soundcloud really soon for anyone to listen to.
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With special thanks to the Joseph Boaz Charitable Trust.






Using:
Ableton Live 11
Novation Launchpad X
Novation Launchcontrol XL
Interface Focusrite
Scarlett 18i8
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I’ve been quiet recently whilst working on other projects, but things are bubbling away in the background. I recorded one of the live performances from my Composer-Curator project and have been awkwardly watching over Mark’s shoulder (hoping to learn something) as he mixed the recording. It should be ready soon and I’ll be putting it on Soundcloud for anyone to listen to. 
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With special thanks to the Joseph Boaz Charitable Trust.






Using:
Ableton Live 11
Novation Launchpad X
Novation Launchcontrol XL
Interface Focusrite
Scarlett 18i8
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Some pictures from when I played at North Point a month ago. How things have changed! I’m currently collaborating with as part of the Outside The Box funding by HCAL to create some tracks. Can’t wait to hear the final result!
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Using Ableton Live 11
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Scarlett 18i8
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Just looking through some pictures by from the end of my Composer-Curator project. I’ve been completing my evaluation from the project and reflecting on what I’ve learned over the course of the programme. Reflection is such an important part of learning and we should definitely do it more!

Last year, I didn’t have Ableton or any equipment for performing live. I now have what I need along with some knowledge of how to use Ableton, and have performed live using it. I also organised two workshops introducing the harp to people and two sets of performances.

I wouldn’t have considered myself a ‘composer’ a year ago, but I guess I do now. From the outside, often it looks like people know what they’re doing, but most of the time they don’t, and that’s ok. Thank you to Sound and Music for your belief in me, Back To Ours and thank you to my friends and family who supported me to apply, and throughout the programme.
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Using Ableton Live 11
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The harp always looks so good ✨ What an amazing night with .
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Got some beautiful images by from The Awakening last month with . Such a beautiful experience to be a part of!
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I’ll be performing an original work developed through the Sound and Music Composer-Curator programme at the end of the month. It will be at two locations:
- March 30th 1.30pm & 4pm at North Point Shopping centre, Bransholme.
- April 1st 11.30am & 1pm at Trinity Market, Hull.
They’re all free and no booking required, just turn up.

The music will be a through-composed piece that includes sound recordings from a recent trip to Mexico. The sounds are of markets, streets, and the water, which connect with Hull and the performances which will take place in a shopping centre and indoor market. The recordings will be blended with pre-recorded sounds that I have created using the harp, and beats created in Ableton. These will form a living soundscape that I can manipulate and trigger during the performance whilst improvising and playing my own original compositions over the top.
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Using Ableton Live 11
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Interface Focusrite Scarlett 18i8
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I have some upcoming performances with various people for next week:
- Friday 17th with with .
- Saturday 18th with at .

I’ll also be doing some performances of the piece I’ve been working on as part of the Composer-curator programme by at the end of March. Follow the link in my bio for event info. More exciting post about that to follow.
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Thank you to for taking some amazing 📷 last week for my Composer-Curator project. One of the reasons I applied for the programme was to expand my connections with other artists in Hull. There’s so much talent in this city and I’m looking forward to getting out there to meet and work with new people in whatever form that may be 🙏
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We've got a lovely event coming up. Commissioned by Hull Jazz Festival and presented at Freedom Festival Hull The Awakening.

We're in the beautiful setting of Ferens Art Gallery with our good friends Vicky Foster, Tom Kay, Stephanie Halsey Musician, Gary Hammond Percussionist and Sarah Johns Music Party

Anyone want to do this? Feels like I should since it specifically talks about a classical harpist working with a hip-hop artist. Any hull hoppers out there?

Been quiet for a while - after a massively busy summer with Weddings and illness, I’m finally starting to work on my Composer-Curator bid . I’m excited to start working on and explore some of the amazing things it can offer.

Here’s a picture from Resonance, originally part of ’s Composer-Curator project and then later performed as part of . Can’t wait to get out performing more improvised music.
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I’ll be playing at HOME on Thursday with the house band doing some semi-improvised songs. Doors at 7pm 🌅


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Thank you to .comics and your talent of capturing our performances of RESONANCE 🙏🏽
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Some classic harp extended techniques - harmonic and a pitch bend. Loved using these through the tape loop and pedals. Thank you to for sending these pictures through from RESONANCE.
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A couple more from RESONANCE on Saturday.
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Resonance

Had a beautifully meditative evening yesterday performing RESONANCE with and for . Thank you so much for having us, and for the kind words and pictures/videos that have been shared. Thank you to Stew and Mark for having me as part of the journey 🖤
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