Cadavre Exquis, exquisite corpse, head/body/legs, whatever you call it it's a really fun game and has been a favourite of mine since I was introduced to it as a kid. I wondered if it might be a fun way of getting the members of the MCC all writing a piece together and was fascinated to see what results it might yeild. Of course, as with all my 'great ideas', I discovered that John Cage had got there first but undaunted I took it to the group. Aidan was the first to send me a short score, he gave the piece a name, 'The Wooden Knight' and wrote the first eight bars for solo voice. I then added the next eight bars but only revealed the last two to Aidan. He is now adding to those without knowing what came before, a compositional game of 'head, body, legs' which we are conducting via email. We are not discussing the piece at all during this process. I have no idea how this will work, whether it will be a revelation or disaster but it has been really interesting and challenging so far. Watch this space for the results....