recent works

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Categories:
vocal
choral
songs
chamber ensemble
orchestral
music-theatre
educational

vocal

hexennacht (2009), SSAA single voices, loop station (5 mins). Also now adapted for choir.

The Danger Girl (2008), SSA single voices (20 mins). Score to be sung live to the eponymous 1916 film, co-written with juice.

i have crossed an ocean i have lost my tongue from the root of the old one a new one has sprung (2007), SSA single voices and beatboxer (4 mins)

the song of doves (2006), SSA single voices (2.5 mins)

turn on the neon nightswitch (2006) 3 female voices and electronics on CD by Paul J Abbott (6.5 mins)

sundial songs (2005) counter-tenor, prep. piano (11 mins).

A song-cycle, setting poems by Hilaire Belloc.

lullaby for the witching hour (2004) 3 amplified female voices (4 mins).

Funky Brian Wilson/Zap Mama-inspired piece.

ojo (2004) 3 female voices (4.5 mins)

sundrenched (2003) SSAT single voices (3 mins)

shapeshifters (warbitch trio) (2003) 3 amplified female voices and electronics on CD by Paul J Abbott (10 mins)

naming song (2002) SSATB single voices (4 mins)

luna-cy (2001) 3 female voices (5 mins)

tanka 1 (2000) various arrangements for single voices and CD - SSA, SSAAATTBB, SSAT.

peace song (2000) ATTB single voices (4 mins)

choral

magnificat (2010) SATB choir (5 mins). Commissioned by the LLCMF.

Fall (2010) SATB choir (10 mins). Commissioned by the JCOS, setting a poem by Robin Robertson.

adam and the mother (2009) SATB choir (4 mins).

A carol/lullaby setting medieval texts. To be published May 2009. order it here.

The Cherry Tree Carol (2008) SATB choir (4 mins) To be published in 'The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols', August 2009. order it here.

York Mass (2008) SATB choir (16 mins) Order it as part of 'New Horizons' CD here.

the contest of the ivy and the holly (2008) SATB choir (4 mins). Published as part of 'The Ivy and The Holly'. order it here.

riddle 1 (2007) (SATB, plus optional youth/children's choir voices) A modular, flexible piece commissioned by Royal Holloway for a large-scale educational project.

Drop, drop slow tears (2007) SA(B) choir (3 mins)

New anthem for Lent published by Oxford University Press in their 'Flexible Anthems' series. Order it here.

dusksongs: music for Compline (2006) SATB choir (45 mins).

Released as a CD on Boreas Music order it here.

   12 atmospheric pieces of music  - prayers, hymns, 

   responses, collects - for the evening office of

   Compline. Works that can be sung as individual pieces

   are:

   o nata lux (hymn, 3 mins)

   before the ending of the day (hymn, 3 mins)

   nunc dimittis (6 mins)

   hail gladdening light (5 mins)

magnificat (2005) SATB choir (5 mins).

New anthem influenced by Bulgarian choral music.

hevene quene (2004) SATB choir (3 mins).

A mixture of Latin and medieval texts, published by OUP.

0rder it here.

o lux beata trinitas (2003) SATB choir (4 mins)

Published by OUP as part of their Cantica Nova collection and the final piece in dusksongs (see above). 0rder it here as part of the anthology and here as a single copy.

greencrazysummer (2002) SATB choir (8 mins)

the echoes are square-shaped (2002) TTBB choir, glockenspiel, gong, wood block (4 mins)

maranatha (2002) SATB choir (4 mins)

Published by Faber Music. 0rder it here.

chamber ensemble

dawnsong (2009) alto/piano, baritone/crotales (3 mins)

pollock (2008) clarinet in A, 'cello, keys, electric bass (5 mins)

hammock (2008) Mezzo, 'cello (2.5mins)

wine, whisky and songs (2008) Mezzo, baritone, clarinet in A and piano (9 mins)

I think you'll find I'M the man (2007) clarinet in A, 'cello, keys, electric bass (6 mins)

shiftingsands (2005) oboe, horn, bassoon, viola and double bass (7 mins)

3 songs (you don't get tigers in africa) (2004) baritone, vibes, prepared piano (11 mins)

late night radio (sleep music) (2003) 3 female voices with crotales, cl. in Bb, trpt. in Bb, electric gt., electric bass, vibes, electric organ, electric piano, portable radio (from 15 mins).

ytek's orchid (2001) vln, pno, perc (7 mins)

fruit songs (2001) mezzo-sop, acoustic gt (11 mins)

fruit songs (2001) (arr.) mezzo-sop, vln, cl, pno cello, perc (11 mins)

phat flute (sure shot loop) (2000) fl, 2 perc (5 mins)

orchestral

mokoondi (with bourbon) (2004) chamber orchestra with homemade percussion, conductor with cowbell (11 mins)

Tom Waits gets lost in the rainforest and stumbles across singing Baka Pygmies...

music-theatre

Beginning With Blobs (2009) clarinet, 'cello, melodica, double bass, electric bass, keyboard, percussion, 3 live voices, sound design. 45-min soundtrack with live vocals for theatre piece.

sedna stories (2005) juice, clarinet in A/tenor sax, electric guitar, 'cello, keyboard, percussion (86 mins). Visuals by Harriet Poole and electronics by Paul J Abbott.

See separate page for more details and images.

educational

The Spell (2009) children's voices, assorted strings, percussion, electronics, assistive music technology (40 mins)

waterworlds (2005) children's voices, assorted instruments and piano (15 mins)

6 short songs about a journey through different land/waterscapes written for spnm's Composing For Kids scheme.

Keyboard Book (2004) piano/keyboard

16 Beginner to Grade 4 standard pieces in all styles.