Works

MULTIMEDIA & THEATRE

// Do you share coming out stories still? (2022)

for TouchKeys, MIDI keyboard and video [6′]
Commissioned and performed by Zubin Kanga for Submerge Festival, Manchester
Video coming soon – watch this space

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SOLO

// Some Pictures of Guitarists (2021)

for speaking guitarist [5′]
Created on Psappha Ensemble’s Composing for Guitar Scheme, in collaboration with Tom McKinney (guitar).
Watch here.

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// I am only an island in winter (2020/22)

for trumpet and fixed audio [5′]
Commissioned for Nevis Ensemble’s Lochan Sketches, in collaboration with Dr. Stuart Edwardson and Elisabeth Lusche (trumpet).
Listen here.

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// Four Songs from an Interview with Peter Maxwell Davies (2017)

for speaking pianist [8′]
Commissioned and performed by Rolf Hind, based on Alison Hennegan’s interview with Peter Maxwell Davies for Gay News, 1978.
Watch here.

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// The Palace of Light (2016-7)

for piano [6′]
Created on Psappha Ensemble’s Composing for Piano scheme, performed by Ben Powell.
Watch here.

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VOCAL

// Terry Helenson’s Revolutionary Dreams (2018)

for soprano and ensemble (fl.cl – pno.perc – vn.vc) [21′]
Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
Text by Gareth Mattey.
Listen here.

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// The Death of Marilyn Monroe (2014)

for mezzo-soprano and flute [4′]
Written for Keri Kallio and Graham Dickson.
Text by Edwin Morgan.

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ORCHESTRAL

// their hands outstretched in yearning for the other shore (2017)

for orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp – 2perc – hp – strings) [12′]
Created on the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Composers Hub 2016-17.

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// theid mi dhachaidh (2016)

for violin and small orchestra (1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – strings) [5′]
Created on the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Composers Hub 2016-17.

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// Three Love Songs (2016)

for orchestra (2.2.2.2sax.2 – 2.2.2.1 – 2perc – hp – strings) [15′]
Created as part of Dream On, a cross-disciplinary performance celebrating William Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary, in collaboration with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art.

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ENSEMBLE

// SLAUGHTER MANUAL (2017-18)

for speaking string quartet [12′]
Workshopped by members of the London Contemporary Orchestra. Text from WikiHow.

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// PERFECT LOVERS (HOMAGE TO FÉLIX GONZALEZ-TORRES) (2017)

for two pianos [3′]
Performed by Rolf Hind and Ben Smith at Occupy the Pianos, St. John’s Smith Square, London

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// LES MINETS SAUVAGES (2016)

for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, piano and percussion [11′]
Performed by Ensemble Modern

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// I AM FOREVER STARING AT THE SKY (2015)

for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello [8′]
Performed by Red Note Ensemble