composer/performer
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recently released
Straylight
2023
Rehearsal footage on request
For 24 players​, 13'
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Commissioned by Paraorchestra for Anatomy of the Orchestra; Drone Refractions. Premiere at Bristol Beacon as part of the Association of British Orchestras conference 2024, and two repeat shows at Southbank Centre.
In Chemical Transit
2023
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All Men Unto Me album, 50'
Debut release under moniker, reviewed as 'a brave, fascinating, and triumphant view of transition' in The Wire.​ Premiere at St. Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh, kindly supported by Chamber Music Scotland.
Scots Pine
2023
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For solo cello, 8'​
Commissioned and premiered by Jessica Kerr in Stories of People and Trees, The Hidden Gardens. Repeat performances as part of the Edinburgh Fringe, 2023. Made in collaboration with photographer Ken Paterson.
2023
Leave John, take Michael
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For flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello, 10'
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Commissioned by The Night With... for Hebrides Ensemble. Premiere at The Night With...Festival, The Engine Works.
There is still a light
Live recording on request
For low voiced choir and piano, 10'
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Commissioned by The Sunday Boys, and made in collaboration with playwright Jo Clifford for A Very Queer Christmas at Manchester Cathedral.
Small haven
Recording available soon
For violin and track OR for voice and track, 6-8'
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Written for Emma Jane Lloyd and The Night With..., with vocal version for solo vocal performances.
blush bloom
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Solo works
Woodsman, 5'
Lær meg å kjenne, 6'
For live alt-folk performances
Development programmes
2022-23
Paraorchestra and Sky Arts, Musician in Residence
12 month development programme with R&D for All Men Unto Me, and new work.
2022
boyh (bringer of your hair)
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For piano quintet and two dancers, 5'​
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Commissioned by Crossing Borders Music and Momenta Dance Company, with choreography by Julia Cox.
To Gelert
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For solo cello, 9'
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Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of their Composer's Programme, for Gemma Rosefield at Presteigne Festival, 2022.
Heartstrings
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For violin and cello, 5'​
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Recorded by Sequoia Duo and released by Fergus Hall on album Isola.
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Original performance by Red Note Ensemble, Noisy Nights go Digital.
you are embodied air, afloat
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For cello and track, 14'​
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Recorded by Alice Cromarty of Sequoia Duo and released by Fergus Hall on album Isola.
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Solo works
My husband, 6'
I am stretched, 5'
For live alt-folk performances
Development programmes
2021-22
Sound and Music, New Voices programme
Royal Philharmonic Society Composer's Programme
18 month development programme with pre-production and recording for All Men Unto Me.
12 month development programme with commission.
EP Lawn Crypt
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Written in Cromarty, Nov 2021, supported by Cromarty Arts Trust's Student Residency Prize.
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​Album and writing kindly hosted by Sáimh Sound.
Lawn Crypt tracks
Woo'd 4'
Cradlesong 4'30"
I know who killed me 3'30"
Black gold / dust 4'30"
What used to stand here 5'30"
2021
supine (it lay)
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For cello and piano, 6'30"​
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Written for Jennifer Langridge and Benjamin Powell of Psappha Ensemble, as part of their Composing for... scheme, 2020-21.
Powder Down
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For high, medium, and low voice, flute, 2 violins, 2 cellos, and fixed electronics 12'
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​Commissioned by Shadwell Opera as part of their Digital Commission series. Libretto by Max Chase
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The Happy Prince
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For two singers, two Deaf actors, and piano 20'
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Commissioned by FormidAbility Opera for Song In Sign. Performances at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Royal Northern College of Music, and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Development programmes
2020-21
Touretteshero Young Artist Development Programme
Psappha, Composing for... cello and piano
Oxford Contemporary Music BOOM Residency, with duo partner Simone Seales
2020
For soprano saxophone and track 3'30"​
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Commissioned by Jenny Gillies and Nevis Ensemble, for Jenny Akroyd, as part of the Lochan Sketches project, 2020. Premiere on BBC Radio Scotland, Classics Unwrapped.
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Dutch premiere by Iván Sánchez Iglesias in recital Human Bubbles, 2021.
In waves
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For string quartet 7'
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Commissioned by the RCS for the Edinburgh Quartet, in collaboration with poet Beag Horn and artist Kirstie Cohen.
World premiere by Crossing Borders Music.
Selected for JACK Studio, 2020-2022 by JACK Quartet.
Nominated to represent Scotland at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days 2021.
Nominated for the RMA Tippett Medal 2022.
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For classical guitar 5'​
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World premiere by Sasha Savaloni, as part of Red Note Ensemble's Noisy Nights go Digital series.
UNSUNG II; even from a loved one
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For flute, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass 9'​
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Commissioned by sound Scotland for soundfestival June 2021, and performed by Red Note Ensemble in Sound Unbound.
Streamed in soundfestival October 2021.
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For flute and track 6'
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​Commissioned by sound Scotland for soundfestival 2020, and performed by Ruth Morely of Red Note Ensemble and Alistair MacDonald.
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2019 and earlier
Six Weather Pictures
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For tenor saxophone and piano, with optional live signed description 11'​
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Awarded the 2018/2019 Kimie Composition Prize, and commissioned by Live Music Now Scotland for the Gelos Duo, funded by Kimie Trust. Two performances at The Yard, Edinburgh, for children with additional support needs.
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Artwork by Angie Dunn
Permanent Address
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For clarinet, violin, viola, and violoncello 10'​
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World premiere by Hebrides Ensemble at Diversions at The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh.
Diversions awarded 2 Scottish New Music Awards; The RCS Award for Making it Happen and The ISM Music Prize for Collaborations.
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