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2023
A Working-Class Composer Trying to Be Passionate Without Posh People Thinking He's Angry
Chamber Ensemble | 7'30"
Written for +- Ensemble and Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sticky and Stuck
Chamber Opera | 13'30"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
Skilled Job's Nobody Thinks About
Speaking Viola | 3'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Alma Orr-Ewing
Another Country
Basset Clarinet and Tape | 6'00"
Written for Dov Goldman and Commissioned by Psappha Ensemble as part of their "Composing For" Scheme 2022/23
The Weight of History and Background Etudes
Violin and Film | 13'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Sean Morrison
Scally
Wind Quintet | 7'30"
Commissioned by Birmingham New Music and written for the Millennium Quintet
Attempts at Being a Sophisticate
Chamber Ensemble | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
Punk, Trademarked
Open Ensemble | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Thallein Ensemble
The Damned
Recorder Concerto | 10'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
Head Down
Open Ensemble | 5'00" to 10'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
2022
Otamatone Concerto
Otamatone and Virtual Orchestra | 18'30"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
Theme with Variations Forced by Expectations
Alto Saxophone and Film | 10'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Andrey Fjeldstad
Night Bus Dreaming
Low Brass Quartet and Film | 8'20"
Commissioned by Birmingham New Music and written for the Broken Bones Quartet
Pearlies or Ornamentations Taking Over a Theme
Orchestra, Film, and Voice | 5'00"
Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in partnership with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Escapism
Chamber Concerto | 30'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
Benidorm
Cello and Tape | 6'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Molly Welling
Playing for a Wall
Performer (instrument and tape) | 5'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
Ganguro
Flute | 5'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Emily Hicks
Budget Cuts to Faure's Piano Trio in D Minor
Cello, Piano and Offstage Speaker | 2'30"
Written for the Fidelio Trio and Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Our Serengeti's
Chamber Ensemble and Tape | 9'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
My Tenner
Performer (Text and Percussion) | 8'30"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
The Big Light
Baroque Cello and Multimedia | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Molly Welling
Joan's Bastard
Chamber Ensemble | 7'30"
Written for BCMG
2021
Baguette Baton
Orchestra, Five Singers, and Projector | 4'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Orkest de Ereprijs as part of their Young Composers Meeting 2022.
Holding
Telephone | 11'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
It's Hard to Make an Oboe Sound Working-Class
Oboe and Narrator | 13'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Jack Mouradian
Seven Working-Class Time Pieces
Performer (Text, Keyboard and Metronome) | 20'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
_ _ _ _
Multimedia | 16'00"
How You Say It
Yamaha PSR-E303 and Recorded Audio | 7'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Richard Greer
2020
Just Enough
Piano Trio and Multimedia | 9'00"
Flowers
String Trio and Multimedia | 20'30"
Frontmen
4 Acoustic Guitars | 4'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Sean Shibe
Penn and/or Teller
Solo Bongos | 5'30"
Commissioned by the Riot Ensemble as part of their Zeitgeist Commission scheme with PRS for Music
The Dregs
Chamber Ensemble | 3'30"
Commissioned by Sound Scotland for Any Enemy
Almost Achilles, Always the Heel
Icebreaker ensemble | 7'30"
Written for and Commissioned by the Glasgow Barons Orchestra
What It Is
Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Bass Drum, Piano, Double Bass, and Tape | 8'30"
Commissioned by the Riot Ensemble as part of the PRS' Composers Scheme 2020
Dalmuir Heights
Actor, Chamber Ensemble, and Film | 17'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2020 Festival for Red Note Ensemble
The Management of Oz
Solo Flute and Loop Pedal | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Andrew Dardis
Its the Burden of Knowing
Solo Freebass Accordion | 5'30"
Written for Miloš Milivojević and commissioned by Psappha Ensemble as part of their "Composing For" scheme 2020/21
2019
Everything Is Fine
Two Saxophones and Piano | 16'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Campus Trio
Instinct and the Fight or Flight Dilemma
Flute dbl. Piccolo, Oboe, Bb Clarinet dbl. Bass Clarinet and Trombone | 7'20"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and St. Andrews University as part of BioMusic
The Other Black
String Quartet, Actor and Tape | 8'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Stirling Art Trust for the Edinburgh Quartet
The Loving Lie
Soprano Saxophone and Virtual Saxophones | 12'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Richard Scholfield
The Blind Harper
Solo Bass Clarinet | 3'30"
Written for Sarah Watts
2018
Moving On
Film, Tape and Sinfonietta (Revised 2020) | 21'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of Plug 2019 Festival
You Know It
Alto Saxophone Quartet | 9'00"
Written for members of the Molios Saxophone Quartet
Them and Us
Large Orchestra | 15'00"
Commissioned by the BBC SSO and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of "Last Futures"
2017
Holding on to you
Solo Piano | 10'00"
The man behind you has bad intentions
Brass Quintet and Percussion | 8'30"
What will I be today?
Solo Bassoon | 5'00"
Written for Pascal Gallois as part of Sound Festival's Call for Scores 2017
It's Becoming Routine
Pole Dancer, Tenor Saxophone and Drum Kit | 10'00"
Written for Frankie Mulholland
Remember to Blend
Solo Trombone | 7'30"
Shoot Your Arrow
Actor and Chamber Ensemble | 10'00"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of Plug 2018 Festival
Take Flight
Orchestra | 3'30"
Why Couldn't You Be More Like Your Cousin?
Mixed Ensemble | 5'30"
Rewritten for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Kokoro Ensemble as part of their Composers Day 2019
Fabulous Darling
Saxophone Sonata | 21'30"
Written for Richard Scholfield
Stagnant
Piano Duo | 2'00"
2016
Pageant Queen
Brass Ensemble and Percussion | 11'00"
Selfish Acts
String Quartet No.1 | 25'00
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2018 Festival for the Brodick Quartet
MONGREL
Wind Quintet and Piano | 7'00"
You Oughta Been Prayin'
Wind Octet | 10'00"
Butch Queen
String Orchestra | 14'00"
How to Own The Room
Wind Orchestra | 8'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2017 Festival
2015
SCP 434
Chamber Ensemble | 7'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2016 Festival for the Glasgow New Music Expedition
Quiver Lip
Flute, Vibraphone and Violoncello | 5'30"
Stubborn Candle
Not string quartet | 7'40"
2014
Bali Unpacked
Violin, Percussion and Balinese Instruments | 8'00"
A Doctor's Dilemma
Solo Piano | 2'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2015 Festival for Sinae Lee
Please see here for information about Hiring of Materials.
2023
A Working-Class Composer Trying to Be Passionate Without Posh People Thinking He's Angry
Chamber Ensemble | 7'30"
Written for +- Ensemble and Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sticky and Stuck
Chamber Opera | 13'30"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
Skilled Job's Nobody Thinks About
Speaking Viola | 3'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Alma Orr-Ewing
Another Country
Basset Clarinet and Tape | 6'00"
Written for Dov Goldman and Commissioned by Psappha Ensemble as part of their "Composing For" Scheme 2022/23
The Weight of History and Background Etudes
Violin and Film | 13'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Sean Morrison
Scally
Wind Quintet | 7'30"
Commissioned by Birmingham New Music and written for the Millennium Quintet
Attempts at Being a Sophisticate
Chamber Ensemble | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
Punk, Trademarked
Open Ensemble | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Thallein Ensemble
The Damned
Recorder Concerto | 10'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
Head Down
Open Ensemble | 5'00" to 10'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
2022
Otamatone Concerto
Otamatone and Virtual Orchestra | 18'30"
Written for and Commissioned by the Hadit Collective
Theme with Variations Forced by Expectations
Alto Saxophone and Film | 10'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Andrey Fjeldstad
Night Bus Dreaming
Low Brass Quartet and Film | 8'20"
Commissioned by Birmingham New Music and written for the Broken Bones Quartet
Pearlies or Ornamentations Taking Over a Theme
Orchestra, Film, and Voice | 5'00"
Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in partnership with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Escapism
Chamber Concerto | 30'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
Benidorm
Cello and Tape | 6'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Molly Welling
Playing for a Wall
Performer (instrument and tape) | 5'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
Ganguro
Flute | 5'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Emily Hicks
Budget Cuts to Faure's Piano Trio in D Minor
Cello, Piano and Offstage Speaker | 2'30"
Written for the Fidelio Trio and Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Our Serengeti's
Chamber Ensemble and Tape | 9'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
My Tenner
Performer (Text and Percussion) | 8'30"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
The Big Light
Baroque Cello and Multimedia | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Molly Welling
Joan's Bastard
Chamber Ensemble | 7'30"
Written for BCMG
2021
Baguette Baton
Orchestra, Five Singers, and Projector | 4'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Orkest de Ereprijs as part of their Young Composers Meeting 2022.
Holding
Telephone | 11'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
It's Hard to Make an Oboe Sound Working-Class
Oboe and Narrator | 13'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Jack Mouradian
Seven Working-Class Time Pieces
Performer (Text, Keyboard and Metronome) | 20'00"
Written for and Commissioned by The Hadit Collective
_ _ _ _
Multimedia | 16'00"
How You Say It
Yamaha PSR-E303 and Recorded Audio | 7'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Richard Greer
2020
Just Enough
Piano Trio and Multimedia | 9'00"
Flowers
String Trio and Multimedia | 20'30"
Frontmen
4 Acoustic Guitars | 4'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Sean Shibe
Penn and/or Teller
Solo Bongos | 5'30"
Commissioned by the Riot Ensemble as part of their Zeitgeist Commission scheme with PRS for Music
The Dregs
Chamber Ensemble | 3'30"
Commissioned by Sound Scotland for Any Enemy
Almost Achilles, Always the Heel
Icebreaker ensemble | 7'30"
Written for and Commissioned by the Glasgow Barons Orchestra
What It Is
Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Bass Drum, Piano, Double Bass, and Tape | 8'30"
Commissioned by the Riot Ensemble as part of the PRS' Composers Scheme 2020
Dalmuir Heights
Actor, Chamber Ensemble, and Film | 17'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2020 Festival for Red Note Ensemble
The Management of Oz
Solo Flute and Loop Pedal | 12'00"
Written for and Commissioned by Andrew Dardis
Its the Burden of Knowing
Solo Freebass Accordion | 5'30"
Written for Miloš Milivojević and commissioned by Psappha Ensemble as part of their "Composing For" scheme 2020/21
2019
Everything Is Fine
Two Saxophones and Piano | 16'00"
Written for and Commissioned by the Campus Trio
Instinct and the Fight or Flight Dilemma
Flute dbl. Piccolo, Oboe, Bb Clarinet dbl. Bass Clarinet and Trombone | 7'20"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and St. Andrews University as part of BioMusic
The Other Black
String Quartet, Actor and Tape | 8'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Stirling Art Trust for the Edinburgh Quartet
The Loving Lie
Soprano Saxophone and Virtual Saxophones | 12'30"
Written for and Commissioned by Richard Scholfield
The Blind Harper
Solo Bass Clarinet | 3'30"
Written for Sarah Watts
2018
Moving On
Film, Tape and Sinfonietta (Revised 2020) | 21'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of Plug 2019 Festival
You Know It
Alto Saxophone Quartet | 9'00"
Written for members of the Molios Saxophone Quartet
Them and Us
Large Orchestra | 15'00"
Commissioned by the BBC SSO and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of "Last Futures"
2017
Holding on to you
Solo Piano | 10'00"
The man behind you has bad intentions
Brass Quintet and Percussion | 8'30"
What will I be today?
Solo Bassoon | 5'00"
Written for Pascal Gallois as part of Sound Festival's Call for Scores 2017
It's Becoming Routine
Pole Dancer, Tenor Saxophone and Drum Kit | 10'00"
Written for Frankie Mulholland
Remember to Blend
Solo Trombone | 7'30"
Shoot Your Arrow
Actor and Chamber Ensemble | 10'00"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of Plug 2018 Festival
Take Flight
Orchestra | 3'30"
Why Couldn't You Be More Like Your Cousin?
Mixed Ensemble | 5'30"
Rewritten for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Kokoro Ensemble as part of their Composers Day 2019
Fabulous Darling
Saxophone Sonata | 21'30"
Written for Richard Scholfield
Stagnant
Piano Duo | 2'00"
2016
Pageant Queen
Brass Ensemble and Percussion | 11'00"
Selfish Acts
String Quartet No.1 | 25'00
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2018 Festival for the Brodick Quartet
MONGREL
Wind Quintet and Piano | 7'00"
You Oughta Been Prayin'
Wind Octet | 10'00"
Butch Queen
String Orchestra | 14'00"
How to Own The Room
Wind Orchestra | 8'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2017 Festival
2015
SCP 434
Chamber Ensemble | 7'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2016 Festival for the Glasgow New Music Expedition
Quiver Lip
Flute, Vibraphone and Violoncello | 5'30"
Stubborn Candle
Not string quartet | 7'40"
2014
Bali Unpacked
Violin, Percussion and Balinese Instruments | 8'00"
A Doctor's Dilemma
Solo Piano | 2'30"
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Plug 2015 Festival for Sinae Lee