Composing a Concerto for Two Cellos: Pulling the threads together for 'Warp and Weft' Colin Riley provides us with an interesting and at times intensely personal insight into the journey behind composing 'Warp and Weft', his Concerto for Two Cellos, Strings and Percussion. Taken originally from blog entries, the book charts the creative processes and day-to-day administrative struggles of a contemporary composer. Writing in an engaging, inviting style, Riley describes his early attachment to the cello, including at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester and at the University of York, and touches on his approach and philosophy as a Senior Lecturer teaching at Brunel University and elsewhere. His two creative retreats to Aldeburgh, centrally important to the creative process behind not just the Concerto but also other pieces composed during the same period, are vividly and honestly described. Composing a Concerto for Two Cellos is easy reading and is a fascinating insight into how Riley's music comes to fruition and how a composer really works in today's world. Colin Riley's work draws on a range of elements including new technologies, improvisation, song-writing and large-scale classical form. As an established but ever-questioning figure within the contemporary music scene he cuts an independent path and his work is hard to categorise, embodying a genuine integration of stylistic approaches. He is a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University and writes a regular blog about composing called 'Riley Notes' [www.colinriley.co.uk].