Selected Compositions

ORCHESTRA:

 

Bridges, chamber orchestra, commissioned for Young Sinfonia, 10' (2023)

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Sonnet 43, symphony orchestra, commissioned by the CBSO for 'Sounds New', 4' (2023)

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Turbines, symphony orchestra, commissioned by Making Music and Sound and Music with funding from the PRS Foundation for 'Adopt A Composer' with Merchant Sinfonia, 10' (2018)

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Hypomania, symphony orchestra, written for the RSNO Composers' Hub, 10' (2018)

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Three Miniatures, symphony orchestra, written for the orchestra of Dutch National Ballet, 4' (2017)

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Definitions, soprano and symphony orchestra (2016)
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Federalizing Zoo, chamber orchestra, premiered by the Royal Northern Sinfonia, 5’ (2015)

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OPERAS AND BALLETS:

 

Ghost, opera by Anna Appleby & Emma Wheeler for 2 singers with synthesizers and live electronics. 40' (2024)

 

Drought, opera with libretto by Niall Campbell for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chamber orchestra and electronics. Premiered by RNCM singers and BBC Philharmonic with funding from AHRC, 45' (2022)

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Pay the Piper, opera commissioned for GYO with librettist Hazel Gould and composers of Glyndebourne's Balancing the Score scheme, 20' of 60' (2022)

 

Tin Man, ballet for horn, cello, percussion and electronics, commissioned by Joss Arnott Dance Company with funding from the RPS Drummond Fund, PRS, and Arts Council England, 45' (2022)

 

Citizens of Nowhere, opera-ballet for two sops, mezzo, oboe/cor anglais, bassoon and cello, choreographed by Dane Hurst, with funding from Arts Council England and Tête à Tête, 35' (2017)

 

 

 

CHOIR:

 

Heartland, TBB, commissioned by The Sunday Boys and Corridor of Light Festival with poetry by Deanna Rodger and Robert Montgomery in collaboration with Emergency Exit Arts, 4' (2021)

 

Behold! carol for SATB chorus with organ or piano, commissioned by Voices of Hope, 3'15'' (2018)

 

Dust, TBB chorus, written for The Sunday Boys, 2'10" (2017)

 

1967 in the Red House, TBB with piano, libretto by Rachel Mann, commissioned by The Sunday Boys for '50 Years of Change', 4’ (2017)

 

If I Have Not Love, double mixed chorus, written for a workshop with the BBC Singers, 3’ (2014)

 

 

 

WIND ENSEMBLE:

 

Federalizing Zoo, wind ensemble, 5' (2017)

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INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC:

 

Heart Embers, string quartet, commissioned by the Piatti Quartet, 6' (2024)

 

Shaftesbury Grove, piano trio, 6' (2024)

 

Electric Aeroplanes, saxophone quartet, commissioned by the Laefer Quartet, 10' (2023)

 

Dust Mouth, string quartet, composed for the Piatti Quartet, 6' (2021)

 

Uptake, alto saxophone, bass guitar and piano, commissioned for PRiSM 8Cubed and premiered by Riot Ensemble, 3'30'' (2020)

 

Hrakningar, flute, viola and bassoon, co-commissioned by Nordic Viola and sound Festival, 6'30'' (2018)

 

Eschaton / String quartet no. 1, 7' (2013)

 

 

 

SONG CYCLES:

 

From the River, mezzo-soprano and piano, commissioned by Glyndebourne, 12' (2019)

 

Fridge Poetry Song Cycle, soprano and piano, 10’ (2014)

 

 

 

INDIVIDUAL SONGS:

 

Future Dream, soprano and tenor with electronic track, commissioned by Electric Voice Theatre, 3' (2023)

 

The Pilgrims at Luke Copse, soprano and piano, commissioned by Rachel Mann, 5' (2017)

 

The Windhover, tenor and piano / soprano, clarinet, harp and double bass, 5' (2016)

 

Winds of Iona, a cappella folk song, 3' (2013)

 

 

 

SOLO REPERTOIRE:

13.8 Billion Years, soprano saxophone, commissioned by Riot Ensemble and HCMF for Amy Green, 5' (2020)

 

Knocking, solo harp/clarsach, premiered and published by Eira Lynn Jones, 2'30'' (2019)

 

 Five Miniatures, solo piano, 6' (2017)

 

 

 

MUSIC THEATRE COLLABORATIONS:

 

Bird, countertenor and electronics, commissioned by Glyndebourne for Jamie Hall, 10' (2020)

 

We Did Our Best, collaboration with librettist Ruth Mariner, commissioned by Tête à Tête, 9' (2019)

 

 Tell Me The Truth About Love, linking passages as part of a production with Streetwise Opera, 23' of 60' (2018)

 

Kingdoms Come and Kingdoms Go, opera chorus with lyrics by Streetwise Opera performers, 4' (2016)

 

 

 

SHORT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FOR DANCE:

 

Head Above Water, piano duet, commissioned by Joss Arnott Dance Company with funding from PRS and Arts Council England, 15' (2019/20)

 

CUE, two saxophones, trombone, guitar, piano, vibraphone, written for Ensemble Klang, commissioned by Dansox, choreo. by Malgorzata Dzierzon, 15' (2018)

 

 

 

ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR DANCE:

 

Solo Matter, electronics, choreographed by Carolyn Bolton with Mbulelo Ndabeni for Rambert, 13' (2017)

Imaginary Situations, electronics, created for 'your ten thousand eyes' by Julie Cunningham with Rambert at the Southbank Centre, 45' (2017)

 

 

 

OTHER ELECTRONICS:

 

 Complete works of Norrisette (2020 onwards)