Heather Roche

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Clarinettist and new music specialist. Collaborator. Researcher. Lover of many musics and many books. Yoga practitioner.

I am "the Heather from the website" and the BBC has called me the "Queen of Extended Techniques".

I play in a duo with Eva Zöllner, as well as with Apartment House. I also offer a nice home recording package.

I speak German (reasonably well), French (awkwardly) and learning Spanish (slowly).

Plus: photos of Vera the Cat.

PronounsShe/her
Websitewww.heatherroche.net
Fiverrhttps://www.fiverr.com/heatherroche618/record-beautiful-clarinet-lines-and-wild-extended-techniques-for-your-score
Zöllner Roche Duohttps://www.zoellner-roche.com/
I love so much about #Notion but I think my favourite thing (if not my most used thing) is my Second Brain. Haven't had it long but it's now an essential partner when I'm doing any reading. #secondbrain
I've been very, very casually learning Spanish for a year now, and while I really can't speak it yet, my comprehension is hugely improved after two weeks in Colombia in September. And I've found myself completely addicted to two productivity YouTubers. When I finally am able to speak it'll only be about productivity, self-care, and personal development.

If you’re in the UK midlands, go see the wonderful instrument maker and musician Sam Underwood!

Next weekend sees the debut *ams* performance. A musical instrument system [he has] developed over the past ~3.5 years; following an initial commission from @state51.

If you can make it to Worcester, I'd love to share it with you.

worcestermusicfestival.co.uk/soundings/

@dataless excellent :)
@askin I should have thought to tell you when I started doing this - it started as a bit of a pandemic project but I've grown to love working this way :)

If you're a #filmcomposer #gamescomposer or otherwise need access to quality recordings of all sizes of #clarinet (from Eb to #contrabassclarinet), I offer a comprehensive and speedy home #recording package through Fiverr. You can see more, including a few five star reviews (I've been doing home recording for years, but only joined Fiverr a few months ago!):

https://www.fiverr.com/heatherroche618/record-beautiful-clarinet-lines-and-wild-extended-techniques-for-your-score #composition #composer #musodon #filmmusic

Thrilled to be joining one of my favourite bands of the year, Modern Nature, for their Kings Place show on December 2 #musodon

woo! I’m on the radio by surprise. A beautiful performance of ‘Natura Naturans II’ by @heather_roche and Apartment House ensemble.

This is a new version of last year’s concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, reworked for clarinet and string sextet.

Available to listen for the next month. I’m about 55mins into this https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001dy0x

New Music Show - Harmonic Fields - BBC Sounds

The latest in new music performance

bbc

Happy #caturday from Vera and her favourite toy, with both their tales in the air. Our first Mastadon #caturday!

(she can't get enough of this fish, which flops for ten seconds when you touch it, and it's a life saver at this time of year when she gets hyper but doesn't want to go outside - otherwise there is much "playful" nipping of my ankles)

I should also say it was a really fun workshop, just quite painful.

But I do play through pain quite a bit of the time. Because my work tends to be project-based, I'm never really in very consistent shape, as in between projects I'm doing admin, TEMPO, other non-playing work, and maybe only doing 1-2 hours (versus the 6 I'll do on a project day) of playing.