Tina is a improviser, flautist and composer / sound artist who works largely in the fields of free improvisation, sound art, and contemporary classical music, playing and writing in a variety of musical groups as well as working with artists from other disciplines. Tina is also a music therapist.
Releases include Right Into The River via TBC Editions. Projects include as a recipient of an ‘Interpreting Isolation’ grant from the British Music Collection and Sound & Music: a collaboration with artist Sam Francis to produce a new work, High Tide. Tina was a commissioned artist for Promenade, a project in Weston-super-Mare, and created a new audio work – Untold Skies – in collaboration with poet Jen Green. Tina was also a commissioned artist for CANOPY, working towards creating a sound art piece focusing on a Phone Box using sounds and stories from the Forest of Dean area. Other projects include composer for Freya Gabie’s Grafted Chorus – a project for the ‘Future Perfect‘ public arts programme; a Halftone collaboration with artist Benjamin A Owen at Supernormal Festival; and Amalgams, produced by the ONOMATO collective.
Tina originally studied classical flute performance. She increasingly became interested in contemporary music and free improvisation during her studies, in part because she was fortunate to attend free improvisation sessions with Keith Tippett. Tina’s musical world broadened and her varied musical career spanning two decades has led her to play with various groups and projects including Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Theatre, and various pop bands, appearing on BBC Radios 3 and 6. Improvised music collaborators have included Hannah Marshall, Dominic Lash, Matthew Grigg, Luigi Marino and Yvonna Magda. Tina currently writes / improvises / performs in a range of settings – see the Projects / Groups page for details.
