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
Watch here.
// Applause (2021)
for wind ensemble, fixed audio and animation [3′]
Created as part of I SOLISTI Composers’ Lab, Genk, Belgium
// Physical Education (2019)
for actor/dancer, video and ensemble [25′]
Created as part of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s Apprentice Composer-in-Residence scheme, in collaboration with Richard Court (actor) and Sasha Balmazi-Owen (video)
Video available on request; watch the trailer here.
// Anthems for Queer Youth (2018)
for soprano, piano and video [70′]
Created in collaboration with Patricia Auchterlonie (soprano), Gareth Mattey (director/writer) and Savage Parade (devised performance).
Watch here.
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.
// 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.
// 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.
// The Palace of Light (2016-7)
for piano [6′]
Created on Psappha Ensemble’s Composing for Piano scheme, performed by Ben Powell.
Watch here.
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.
// The Death of Marilyn Monroe (2014)
for mezzo-soprano and flute [4′]
Written for Keri Kallio and Graham Dickson.
Text by Edwin Morgan.
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.
// 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.
// 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.
ENSEMBLE
// SLAUGHTER MANUAL (2017-18)
for speaking string quartet [12′]
Workshopped by members of the London Contemporary Orchestra. Text from WikiHow.
// 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
// LES MINETS SAUVAGES (2016)
for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, piano and percussion [11′]
Performed by Ensemble Modern
// I AM FOREVER STARING AT THE SKY (2015)
for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello [8′]
Performed by Red Note Ensemble