elizabeth purnell

orchestrations

With over 40 feature film and TV projects, including a Novello Award winner and Oscar nominated score, I have had a busy few years, having my arrangements played by the Philharmonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Philharmonic,  Munich Symphony Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Recent work includes conducting my orchestratons of the music for ‘MADAGASCAR’ with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and ‘Frozen Planet’ with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

In the area of natural history music, I have orchestrated the music for the latest three David Attenborough ‘Life of..’ groundbreaking series and conducted two concerts of live music to film featuring these scores at St. George’s, Bristol, plus veteran Bristol composer Edward WIlliams’ music for the original ‘Life on Earth’.

I conducted and arranged music for the Colston Hall ‘INVADA’ night featuring my orchestrations for the band Crippled Black Phoenix, as part of a festival to mark the opening of the new foyer.

I have arranged many pieces for other ensembles, including the Bristol Brass Consort, the latest being Duke Ellington’s ‘Sacred Concert’ and movements from ‘West Side Story’.

theatre music & sound

From my soundcloud page:

  Mardian’s song from Anthony and Cleopatra by Liz Purnell
Currently working on music and sound design for Our New Girl at the Bush Theatre.

film - radio - tv

Some audio clips from my soundcloud page..

  Thru the leaves water texture by Liz Purnell

** STOP PRESS** I leading an improvised film score afternoon in the contemporary music weekend at the Colston Hall on 8th May 2011 upstairs bar.. bring an instrument and join in…

concert works

With my origins in the area of contemporary classical music, I have had commissions from a variety of different groups, and my interest in acousmatic music has resulted in many works including ‘Homage to an Industrial Past’ which was constructed from recordings made from the ship’s bell in Bristol Industrial Museum, became a finalist in the BBC TALENT competition and was premiered on Radio 3 and at UNESCO in Paris.

previous work

performance

Led a semi improvised musical score to Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic, ‘Metropolis’ as part of the Colston Hall’s Contemporary music festival, May 2011.

Perfornined in the Elektrostatik vs. Arnolfini weekend - 9th April 2011 in a concert celebrating the groundbreaking programming of the venue 40 years ago, with music by Cardew, Stockhausen, Reich etc. and recording an afternoon workshop to ‘mash up’ in the evening concert.

I am a trombonist and hammer dulcimer player.

gig- 16th December at St George’s with RESONATION CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ENSEMBLE

recent - Electric Water performance of Cardew’s graphic score of “Treatise’ as part of the Electrostatik series in Colston Hall 2

education

I am involved in various education projects including the acclaimed ‘Sound Inventors’ programme under the SPNM.  Another recent project involved storytelling and music workshops with accordionist Richard Hughes and storyteller Martin Maudsley as a 10 week residency at the Bristol Children’s Hospital, resulting in a permanent sound installation containing the children’s stories from the sessions.