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Work in Progress
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Instrumental
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Vocal and Choral
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Including Electronics
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Solos and Duets
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If you're interested in any of these works in progress, please do get in touch! They are all at different stages and I'm actively building the projects and trying to make them come to fruition.
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Dorian Gray: a Doppleganger
This is a dance piece in development. The narrative is inspired by the tale of Dorian Gray and Naomi Klein's book 'Doppleganger' and builds on ideas in my instrumental work Suite for Dorian which was developed as part of the LSO Soundhub Showcase scheme. |
Woman Much Missed
This is a chamber opera exploring the love triangle and life of Thomas Hardy, Emma Gifford and Florence Dugdale (Hardy's two wives) in early development stage. |
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A Young Man's Exhortation Re-arranged
This is an arrangement of Finzi's song cycle 'A Young Man's Exhortation' for string quartet. |
Patrick and His Amazing Violin
This is a work for violin with string orchestra and beginner's string section in early developmental stage. |
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Cycle of Children's Songs
This is a song cycle for harp and soprano setting children's poetry. |
Sonata for flute and guitar
This is a multi-movement work for Duo Meraki and Francis Corea and Emily Andrews. |
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Set of Miniatures
I regularly write sets of miniature pieces. I'm currently working on three string miniatures responding to 20h Century paintings. |
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String Quartet No. 1 'Elegies for Tom' - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: string quartet + optional mezzo-sop Duration: c. 15 or 21 minutes Year: 2023 Written for the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean. A response to Thomas Hardy's late poem Afterwards. The version with singer places four interludes between movements setting Larkin's The Mower (which riffs on Hardy's piece Afterwards). |
Back Inside - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1. 1.1.1.1. 2perc 1.1.1.1.) Duration: c. 11 minutes Year: 2023 Written for the Philharmonia Orchestra, this piece responds to Tim Key's lockdown poetry (from the collection Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush). Premiere performance 7th May 2023. |
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Suite for Dorian - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: fl. (picc.), cl. (b-cl.), perc., cello, el. and video Duration: c. 15 minutes Year: 2022 This is an instrumental suite with video inspired by the tale of Dorian Gray. |
Three Duets; Responses to Paintings by Liz Larkin - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: violin & viola Duration: 12 minutes Year: 2018 Written for Mandhira de Saram & Richard Jones. Commissioned as a gift for Liz Larkin's birthday. |
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Sextet - click for audio and score
Instrumentation: flute, trombone (or horn), tuba, violin, viola, cello Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2019 (revised version) First performance of new arrangement given by the LSO (cond. Darren Bloom) in London, February 2019. Premiere was in 2013 by Ensemble MusikFabrik. |
Haiku for Calumet St. - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: harp Duration: 3 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Rosanna Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, responding to a Haiku by Basho |
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Tympanum Overture
Instrumentation: orchestra (2,2,2,2, 2,2,2,1, perc (2), harp, strings) Duration: 3 minutes Year: 2021 A celebratory overture written for the University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra. |
Organ Voluntary
Instrumentation: organ Duration: 3.5 minutes Year: 2021 Written for Philip Burnett for Rachel and Dave's wedding. This is a fanfare to celebrate the signing of the register. |
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They Will Call Him Brave
Instrumentation: harp & percussion Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2019 Written for Sticks & Strings Ensemble. Premiere Rochester, NY 27th July 2019. |
Thaw
Instrumentation: flute, harp, viola Duration: 7 minutes Year: 2018 This piece is a response to Imtiaz Dharker's poem Thaw. It was written for Trio Alexander, who premiered in Rochester, NY, November 2018. |
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Concerto for Orchestra and Percussion (Solo or Quartet)
Instrumentation: orchestra & percussion (solo or quartet) Duration: 23 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Drew Worden. |
Tuesday Miniature
Instrumentation: string quartet Duration: 2 minutes Year: 2017 Written for the Ligeti Quartet after a challenge issued by them at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy. |
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Line Drawings
Instrumentation: alto flute/picc., clarinet (Bb), piano, cello, double-bass Duration: 6 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Ensemble Variances for the festival Bristol New Music |
Impromptu
Instrumentation: oboe & vibraphone Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2016 Commissioned by the CMV series of concerts |
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Three Rituals on Metal
Instrumentation: percussion quartet playing metallophones Duration: 13 minutes Year: 2016 Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts, revised in winter 2015 with help from the Eastman Percussion Quartet. |
Short (&) Suite
Instrumentation: cello Duration: 4 minutes Year: 2015 Suite for solo 'cello, written for Pauline Fairclough. |
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Five Violin Duets
Instrumentation: violins (2) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2014 Five short duets based on pictures in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery |
Study for Horn & Chamber Ensemble
Instrumentation: horn solo, flute, clarinet (Bb), Sax (alto), bassoon, perc (one player), violin, viola, cello Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2014 Written for Bristol New Music Ensemble |
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The Hardy Tin Soldier
Instrumentation: percussion (2), violin (3), viola (2), cello, double-bass Duration: 13 minutes Year: 2012 Ballet for two dancers based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale |
The Map Was Stitched With Threads of Thought
Instrumentation: open scored for 10 players Duration: c. 9 minutes Year: 2012 Written for CoMA South-West |
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Snareata
Instrumentation: snare drum Duration: 3 minutes Year: 2013 Written for Jonathan Godsall. For solo snare drum |
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Elegies for Emma - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, guitar Duration: c. 21 minutes Year: 2023 A song cycle setting some of Hardy's elegiac poems about his first wife Emma. Written for and with Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling. |
String Quartet No. 1 'Elegies for Tom' - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: string quartet + optional mezzo-sop Duration: c. 16 or 21 minutes Year: 2023 Written for the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean. A response to Thomas Hardy's late poem Afterwards. The version with singer places four interludes between movements setting Larkin's The Mower (which riffs on Hardy's piece Afterwards). |
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Noster Cetus - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: soprano solo, small female choir (4+ to a part) Duration: 14 minutes Year: 2012 (revised 2016) Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts. |
Three Poet's Cats
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics (mono or stereo) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2021 A song cycle for Lucy Schaufer and Chris Gillett commissioned by Wild Plum Arts and Old Possum's Practical Trust setting poems about cats. Texts by Christopher Smart, Emily Dickinson and anon (9th C Irish). |
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Suite for Dorian - click for audio and score
Instrumentation: fl. (picc.), cl. (b-cl.), perc., cello, el. and video Duration: c. 10-15 minutes Year: 2022 This is an instrumental suite with video inspired by the tale of Dorian Gray. |
Lullaby Haiku - click for performance video
Instrumentation: video, stereo audio Duration: 2 minutes Year: 2021 Part of a series of responses to haiku. Commissioned by Severnside Compose Alliance. |
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Nocturne - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: guitar & electronics (stereo output) Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2015 Written for Tom Torrisi during a residency at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. |
The Interrogation of Adam Pollo - click for score and video
Instrumentation: tenor, clarinet (Bb), cello, percussion, computer (with operator, live feeds (3), stereo + 2 mono output) Duration: 35 minutes Year: 2012 Chamber opera in four scenes. Premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival |
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Three Poet's Cats
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics (mono or stereo) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2021 A song cycle for Lucy Schaufer and Chris Gillett commissioned by Wild Plum Arts and Old Possum's Practical Trust setting poems about cats. Texts by Christopher Smart, Emily Dickinson and anon (9th C Irish). |
Hollow (an Impromptu)
Instrumentation: bass flute, electronics Duration: c. 6 minutes Year: 2020 Written for Lisa Cella. This is a response to Vanessa Kissule's poem Hollow about Edward Colston's statue in Bristol. |
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Ludo Ludamus Redux
Instrumentation: string quartet, video, electronics (live feed (4), stereo output) Duration: 7 minutes Year: 2019 Written for the Ligeti Quartet. Premiered at the Open Circuit Festival, Liverpool, March 2019. |
Books That Will Be Read
Instrumentation: horn & electronics (tape, stereo + mono output) and piano resonance Duration: 4 minutes Year: 2017 (solo horn and piano resonance) Written for David Bevan, commissioned by the CMV Series |
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Diminuendi (Etude, Prelude, Response)
Instrumentation: Saxophone (alto & soprano) & electronics (live feed, stereo output) Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2015 Commissioned by Katherine Williams. |
Nocturne No. 2
Instrumentation: percussion (mar., vib., cym. bd) & electronics (live feed, 2 mono output) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2017 (percussion and electronics) Written for Joby Burgess for performance at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy |
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Echoic Memories
Instrumentation: piano, cello, electronics (live feed (2), stereo + mono output) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2015 Commissioned by New Music in the South-West. Premiered by the Bristol Ensemble. |
Ludo, Ludamus
Instrumentation: Computer, four participants Duration: 12 minutes Year: 2014 A musical game for tape and four participants Available as a concert piece or installation |
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Haiku for Calumet St. - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: harp Duration: 3 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Rosanna Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, responding to a Haiku by Basho |
Three Duets; Responses to Paintings by Liz Larkin - click for score and audio
Instrumentation: violin & viola Duration: 12 minutes Year: 2018 Written for Mandhira de Saram & Richard Jones. Commissioned as a gift for Liz Larkin's birthday. |
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Short (&) Suite
Instrumentation: cello Duration: 4 minutes Year: 2015 Suite for solo 'cello, written for Pauline Fairclough. |
Organ Voluntary
Instrumentation: organ Duration: 3.5 minutes Year: 2021 Written for Philip Burnett for Rachel and Dave's wedding. A fanfare to celebrate the signing of the register. |
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Five Violin Duets
Instrumentation: violins (2) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2014 Five short duets based on pictures in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery |
Snareata
Forces: snare drum Duration: 3-4 minutes Year: 2013 Written for Jonathan Godsall. For solo snare drum |