List of Works

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2017

Nocturne No. 2
(percussion and electronics)
Written for Joby Burgess for performance at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy

Thursday Miniature
(solo bassoon)

Tuesday Miniature
(string quartet)
Written for the Ligeti Quartet - developed from workshops with them at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy

2016

Concerto for Orchestra and Percussion Solo
Written for Drew Worden

Organ Voluntary
A fanfare to celebrate the signing of the register
Written as a gift for Rachel and Dave Hodgins and Fay

Line Drawings
(alto flute/piccolo, clarinet, piano, violoncello, double-bass)
Written for Ensemble Variances as part of their commitment to Bristol New Music 2016

Haiku for Calumet St.
(solo harp)
Written for Rosy Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, Haiku by Basho

Revision of Noster Cetus
(small female choir and soprano solo)

Books That Will Be Read
(solo horn and piano resonance)
Written for David Bevan, commissioned by the CMV Series

2015

Diminuendi (Etude, Prelude, Response)
(saxophone (sop & alto) & electronics)
Commissioned and premiered by Dr. Katherine Williams

Impromptu
(oboe & vibraphone)
Commissioned by the CMV series of concerts

Three Rituals on Metal
(percussion quartet playing metal instruments only)
Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts
Completed in April 2014 but revised in winter with help from the Eastman Percussion Quartet

Nocturne No.1
(guitar & electronics)
Written for Tom Torrisi during a composition residency at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York

Bristol Fanfare, A Pocket Portrait
(three trumpets in either C or Bb)

2014

Five Violin Duets
Five short duets based on pictures in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Short (&) Suite
Suite for solo violoncello
Written for Pauline Fairclough

Sextet
For Ensemble MusikFabrik (flute, horn, tuba, violin, viola & violoncello)
Commissioned by the Bristol New Music Festival

Echoic Memories
(piano, violoncello & electronics)
Commissioned by New Music in the South-West
Premiered by the Bristol Ensemble

Pre 2014

The Interrogation of Adam Pollo
Chamber opera in four scenes for tenor, clarinet (Bb), violoncello & electronics. Premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2012

Sostenuto -- Misurato -- Prestissimo
Miniatures for tape in reference to Ligetti's Musica Ricercarta

Eight Studies for Piano
Miniature technical studies for piano

Nocturne: Pip Pip
Dedicated to Andrew 'Peregrine Vicissitude' Waters
For solo piano

Study for Horn & Chamber Ensemble
Written for Bristol New Music Ensemble
(horn, flute, clarinet (Bb), alto saxophone, bassoon, percussion (one player, vibraphone, woodblocks, cymbal), violin, viola & violoncello)

Noster Cetus
Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts
for soprano soloist & small female choir

2nd Study for Chamber Ensemble
(flute, clarinet (Bb), horn, percussion (one player), harp, piano, violin, viola & violoncello)

Into My Heart (A Shropshire Lad)
Staged song cycle for soprano, piano, tape & electronics

Snareata
Written for Jonathan Godsall. For solo snare drum

If I Were So Sure
Written for Gemini Ensemble
Prepared piano, clarinet (Bb) (bass clarinet) & violin (viola)

The Fourth Conference
For clarinet (Bb) & Percussion

The Hardy Tin Soldier
Ballet for two dancers based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale
For two percussionists, three violins, two violas, violoncello & double bass

The Map Was Stitched With Threads of Thought
Written for CoMA South-West
Open scored for 10 players

Like As the Hart
Incidental music for Prosper & Queue With Andrew Beswick, a play in four chapters. Commissioned by the Hill House Collective for piano, trombone, male voice & percussive toys