In 2014 and 2015, the New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami invited me to guest compose and perform with them in two separate concerts, the first time a visiting artist had been invited twice. I wrote original music for symphony orchestra and myself as solo vocalist/synthesist and worked with Vasily Shalashov as orchestrator to refine and produce the final sheet music. When returning in 2015, I turned up the heat a bit and co-wrote a piece with composer Ian Dicke to collaborate on the piece “Catchphrase,” written specifically for live-sampling & manipulating the orchestra in real time on the Elektron Octatrack. Two of the coolest gigs I’ve ever done!


Rehearsing and performing with the New World Symphony Orchestra. Photos by Khadija Bhuiyan.
“Catchphrase,” by Ian Dicke and Richard Haig, 2015; Richard Haig soloist on Octatrack sampler/sequencer realtime input from orchestra; New World Symphony Orchestra; Christian Reif conductor; 2015.
“One Last Feeling” by Richard Haig, 2014. Composed for sampler/sequencer, vocal soloist, and orchestra. Unfortunately the audio from the orchestra was not properly recorded at concert time so this is an audio demo.