Composition Profile
My compositional interest focus on ideas of time, specifically brevity, fragmentation and stasis. This is reflected in a range of works that have at their core fragile and delicate textures, and pieces that explicitly play with the use of short forms. An interest in narrative is seen in works for voice, ranging from overtly dramatic pieces to new renditions of folksongs and Renaissance lute songs.
I work closely with players on individual projects, favouring presentation of works at unusual venues and in settings where new music is not usually heard. Collaborating with visual artists is of increasing interest to me, as I begin to present works in a gallery context.Full Composition Profile
Works
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Recordings
Strange Machines
Jonathan Sage (clarinets), Delia Stevens (percussion)
Recording of The Package Contents Shall Prevail and Producer for album
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Online Examples
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Composition Projects
Musical Temporality
A range of research examining issues of temporality in music, with a focus on form, analysis and perception.
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Music and Lace
A collaborative music and fine art project exploring, and rendering as music, the holdings of the Nottingham Lace Archive.
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Creating and Understanding Musical Fragments
A research project bringing together analytical work and new compositions that engage with and investigate the idea of musical fragmentation.
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Embedded at the British Music Collection
Sound and Music Embedded scheme working as composer-in-residence at the British Music Collection.
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Firewheel
A project featuring new commissions, a tour of performances, a CD release and a published anthology of works.
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Lyons Celebration Award
A commission to write a substantial work in response to Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
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