New direction for composer
by CHLOE HARRIES

World-renowned Edgware composer Jonathan FeBland is expecting 2005 to be an exciting year. While his music is being performed all over the globe, he is now turning his creative hand to another discipline writing novels.
Mr FeBland, 44, of Manor Park Crescent, was a joint runner-up in the best undiscovered writer' category in the RadioTimes Comedy and Drama Awards in 1995 with a manuscript he wrote for a television sitcom about a therapist named Dr Fish.
Now, ten years later, he has decided to transform the story into a novel, and although he has only written around 25 pages, he is confidently looking for a literary agent and publishing house to take the project on.
He described the process of writing as a positive one, calling it, a great intellectual challenge'.
Mr FeBland studied at the Royal Academy of Music and is a published composer, his style ranging from heavy and serious to lighter, jazzier pieces. In July concert pianist Louis Alvanis will record an album of Mr FeBland's compositions, with the release date scheduled for 12 to 18 months after that.
One of the most exciting trends for a composer and musician is the internet, which provides Mr FeBland with correspondence from across the globe.
" I receive emails from musicians who are playing my pieces from as far away as Germany, Venezuela and Australia," he said.
Mr FeBland, who also teaches the piano from his home, has recently completed a jazz symphony which was composed for the Masterprize International Composition Competition, run by Classic FM.
With the results of such a large and prestigious competition not expected for over 18 months and Mr FeBland's piece already completed, he can now channel all of his creative time and energy into attempting to become a published writer as well as musician.
1:33pm Thursday 6th January 2005