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November 2020 -
CD All English Music is Greensleeves

Performed by Apartment House,
Sarah Saviet and Mark Knoop

 Released by Another Timbre


Recorded in Huddersfield and London by Simon Reynell and Mark Knoop
 In January and September 2020




October 2020 -
Cassette Tape Piece -
in collaboration with Andy Ingamells

Released by Birmingham Record Company
Distributed by NMC recordings, London, UK

12 Recordings of Tape Piece (2012),
Performed by Maya Verlaak & Andy Ingamells

Side B was recorded on to reel-to-reel tape by Gilius Van Bergeijk
in Den Haag, June 2019
 
Side A was recorded on to reel-to-reel tape by Connor Yarrington
in Birmingham, December 2019







10 April 2020 -
Interview 'On Composition: Episode 7'
Oliver Thurley talks with composer Maya Verlaak about the context
of composing game pieces, and pouring beer on machines.
 

Listen here




June 2019 -
PhD 'Hexenhaus - a scrutinising compositional position'


A commentary with a portfolio of compositions
submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of
Birmingham City University
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
June 2019
The Faculty of Arts, Design and Media,
Birmingham City University

(The scores are not attached, they can be found on Verlaak Verlag)




















2018 -
My chapter
'Taking nothing for granted' is published in
'Collaborative and Distributed processes in contemporary music-making'
 
The Royal Musical Association's (RMA)
Music and/as Process Study Group, UK


























October 2017 -
 musical game
'DIY' is published in Synzine#6

'Synzine' is a magazine for musical games meant to be played at home and outdoors with your friends, family or by yourself.

Synzine#6 is available free online
or printed in Birmingham, UK by stenton.press


























June 2017 -
performance 'All English music is Greensleeves - solo'
is released by Music and/as Process

Performed by Howard Skempton











September 2016 -
Audio DH - release
Sonic Manifestations by 250 artists from Den Haag
Concept & Direction: Francisco López
General Coordination: Barbara Ellison
Production: iii
 






Includes 4 of my compostions:
  'Tape piece' by Maya Verlaak & Andy Ingamells
'Song for the Beach Carillon (II)' with Leo Svirsky
'Introduction to Topaksy' with Yedo Gibson
'Damien Hirst is a fucking fuck' with Acid Police Noise Ensemble











September 2016 -
 composition
'Song for the beach carillon'
is published in 'Haags Beiaardboek 5, New Catch 2015'
Book for new Carillon music - Stichting Carillon Den Haag

Editor: Gijsbert Kok

's-Gravenhage (2016)

























2015 - 
Acid Police Noise Ensemble
performances,
created in residency at the Vrije Academy in 2012,
are published in Exit GEMAK, The Hague, NL






























2014 -
 composition '
All Verlaak's Music is Alouette'

written for/ and performed by London Sonfonietta
 
Recorded and released  by NMC Recordings
In association with Sound&Music, London, UK
















2013 - 
Acid Police Noise Ensemble
releases a cd with work by
G Douglas Barrett, Joseph Kudirka, Taylan Susam and James Tenney.
Download here

















2012 -
musical game 'Soundwalk' is published in Synzine#3

'Synzine' is a magazine for musical games meant to be played at home and outdoors with your friends, family or by yourself.

Synzine#3 is available free online
or printed in Birmingham, UK by stenton.press























2012
'Pars Pro Toto
', a collaboration with
Acid Police Noise Ensemble
Published in Eavesdropping,, The Hague, NL






























CD release with my work 'Pop Dust I, II, III' and collaborations

  with David Pocknee, Leo Svirsky and Robert Blatt

Released on Zero Moon