Full Orchestra
Fèin-Aithne
for Full Orchestra (2016) 12’ 00”
3333 – 4331 – timp – 2perc - Strings
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3
Premiered by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard as part of BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now ‘Scottish Inspirations’ concert at City Halls, Glasgow on 10th December 2016
Terrarium
for Full Orchestra (2016) 7’ 00”
2222 – 4231 – timp – 2perc – Pno - Strings
Commissioned by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Premiered by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at the RSNO’s 360 Live concert series for School Children with accompanying imagery from Minecraft
The Bearable Weight of Being
for Full Orchestra (2016) 10’ 00”
2222 – 4231 – timp – 2perc – Strings
Written for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Composers’ Hub 2015/16 Scheme
Workshopped by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Jean-Claude Picard under the tuition of Brett Dean and Stuart MacRae
Solo Instrument
& Orchestra
Our Gilded Veins
for solo Flute & Orchestra (2020) 20’ 00”
2222 – 4231 – timp – 3perc - Solo Flute - Strings
Commissioned by Royal Scottish National Orchestra, written for RSNO Principal Flute Katherine Bryan
To be premiered by Katherine Bryan and the RSNO, conducted by Thomas Søndergård as part of the 2020:21 Season Opening Concerts
Endlings
for Piano & Orchestra (2018) 30’ 00”
3333 – 4231 – timp – 3perc – solo Piano - Strings
Commissioned by James Willshire and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland with generous support from Creative Scotland, PRS Foundation
Premiered by James Willshire (Piano) and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, conducted by Rebecca Miller as part of "The Power of Nature" Spring Season concerts in 2018
Chamber Orchestra
Circadian Refrains
(172 Days Until Dawn)
for Chamber Orchestra (2020) 8’ 30”
1202 – 2000 – timp - Strings (55553)
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3
To be premiered by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard on 5th September as part of the BBC Proms 2020
The Enchantment of Vulnerability in Superficial Charm
from Inertia of a Bona Fide Psychopath
for Chamber Orchestra (2016) 5’ 00”
1111 – 1111 – 1perc - Strings (11111)
Written for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Composers’ Hub 2015/16 Scheme
Premiered by the RSNO Alchemy Ensemble conducted by Peter Wiegold
Houdini’s Death Defying Spectacular
for Chamber Orchestra & Multimedia (2015) 25’ 00”
2021 – 1110 – 2perc - Kbd - Strings - Audio Tape
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as a result of winning the Craig Armstrong Prize 2014
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2015 by Red Note Ensemble conducted by Garry Walker
Inappropriate Emotional Incontinence
from Inertia of a Bona Fide Psychopath
for Chamber Orchestra (2014) 10’ 00”
2120 – 1111 – 2perc – Hpsd - Strings
Winner of the Craig Armstrong Prize 2014
Premiered by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir James MacMillan at MediaCityUK, Manchester for broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s ‘New Year New Music’
MONAD: Lysis
for Chamber Orchestra (2013) 10’ 00”
1111 – 1110 – 2perc - Strings
Written for the 100 year anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Premiered by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre-André Valade
Chamber Ensemble (without voice)
The Quiet
for Saxophone Quartet (2019) 5’ 00”
Sop, Alt, Ten, Bar
Written for Sax Ecosse
Premiering soon
Les Barricades Mystérieuses
for Chamber Ensemble (2018) 6’ 00”
A.Fl - Vln, Vla, Vcl - Hrp - Pno
Commissioned by Hebrides Ensemble
Premiered by Hebrides Ensemble at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's New Auditorium on 5th May 2018
A Prophecy from a Dying Star
for Chamber Ensemble & Multimedia (2016) 15’ 00”
1011 – 0000 - 1perc - Strings (10111) - Audio - Narrator
Commissioned by the Glasgow New Music Expedition
Premiered at the Glasgow School of Art by GNME Ensemble conducted by Jessica Cottis
Interstellar Immortal
for Clarinet, Cello & Piano (2016) 8’ 00”
Commissioned by the Park Lane Group and the RVW Trust after being selected as Sir James MacMillan’s ‘Composer’s Choice’
Premiered at the PLG Young Artists Spring Series 2016 at ST John’s Smith Square by the Tritium Trio
Netherlandish Proverbs
for Cor Anglais & Three Oboes (2015) 8’ 00”
Commissioned by Heather Nicoll
Premiered by Alison Teale (of the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and the RCS Oboe Trio
Chekov’s Gun
for Saxophone Octet (2015) 8’ 00”
2Sop, 2Alt, 2Ten, 2Bar
Commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Premiered by the RCS Saxophone Ensemble
Circumstantial Awareness at Zero-Depth Entry
for Chamber Ensemble (2014) 7’ 00”
Ob - A.Sax - 2Perc - Pno - Dbass
Commissioned by the Workers Union Ensemble
Premiered by the Workers Union Ensemble at The Warehouse, London
Dehumanised Shock Absorbers
for Chamber Ensemble (2013) 4’ 00”
Ob - A.Sax - 2Perc - Pno - Dbass
Winner of the Heidi Cupp Award 2013
Premiered by the Workers Union Ensemble at the LSO’s St Luke’s Jerwood Hall
White-Knuckle Grinder
for Soprano Saxophone, Piano & Drum Kit (2013) 7’ 00”
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland by Ross Montgomery
Chamber Ensemble (with voice)
The Seven Noses of Soho
for Mezzo Soprano Voice, Cello & Piano (2019) 9’ 00”
As yet unperformed
Testimony
for Music Theatre Voice, Actor and String Orchestra (2014) 30’ 00”
Written for Hannah Quinn and the RCS String Orchestra
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Bride Week 2014
Spitting
for Soprano Voice and Chamber Ensemble (2013) 6’ 00”
Sop Voice - Picc, CBsn - Pno - 1Perc - Vln, Vcl
Written for Barbara Cole Walton for recorded performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Piano(s)
Dead Hand Radio
for Piano Duo & Multimedia (2015) 20’ 00”
Commissioned by the Glasgow New Music Expedition
Premiered at the Glasgow Piano Festival 2015 by Sinae Lee and James Willshire
Unauthorised Edition
for Piano (2014) 12’ 00”
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2014 by Sinae Lee
Christus Tantasticus
for Piano (2013) 8’ 00”
Winner of the Dinah Wolfe Prize 2013
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2013 by Sinae Lee
Choral
Dreamer
for SSAATTBB soloists, SATB Chorus & Organ (2019) 3’ 00”
Commissioned by The Cumnock Tryst Festival 2019
Written for the Novantae Singers, The Cumnock Tryst Festival Chorus & organist David Gerrard
Premiering soon
Arcadia
for A Cappella SSAATTBB Choir (2019) 4’ 00”
Commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine
Written for the University of St Andrews' St Salvator's Chapel Choir
Premiering soon
The Unspoken
for A Cappella SSAATTBB Choir (2018) 12’ 00”
Commissioned by the Glasgow School of Art Choir
with support from the backers of the Buy a Bar of Music Campaign
Premiered by the Glasgow School of Art Choir, conducted by Jamie Sansbury as part of the GSA Choir's Summer Concert at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's New Auditorium on 19th May 2018
Brass
As Above, So Below
for Solo Brass Quintet & Brass Band (2017) 20’ 00”
Commissioned by and written for The Wallace Collection
with generous support from the PRS Foundation's Beyond Borders 2017
Premiered by The Wallace Collection and the Dalmellington Brass Band, conducted by Martyn Brabbins as part of the Cumnock Tryst Festival 2017
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The Gadarene Swine Caprice
for Ten-Piece Brass Ensemble (2015) 4’ 30”
4Tpt, 1Hn, 3Tbn, 1BTbn, 1Tba
Commissioned by Association Européene des Conservatoire 2015
Premiered at the AEC Conference 2015 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland by Conservatoire UK Brass conducted by John Logan
Inertial Frames
for Brass Quartet (2015) 10’ 00”
Commissioned by Bryan Allen for the Cottier Chamber Project 2015
Premiered by BrassLab at the Cottier Theatre
Sehnsucht
for Brass Quintet (2014) 10’ 00”
Commissioned by Sir James MacMillan for the Inaugural Cumnock Tryst Festival 2014
Premiered by Pure Brass at Dumfries House
Wind Orchestra
Hypnic Impact
for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Orchestra (2012) 12’ 00”
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2012 by Jay Capperauld & the RCS Wind Orchestra Conducted by Ilan Volkov
Heroin Chic
for Extended Big Band (2011) 8’ 00”
Picc, Cl, B.Cl, 2A.Sax, 2T.Sax, Bar - 4Tpt, 3Tbn, B.Tbn, Tba - 4Perc - Pno
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2011 by RCS Big Band conducted by Nigel Boddice
Voice & Piano
Sojourn
for Soprano Voice and Piano (2011) 4’ 00”
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2011 by Fiona Wilkie
Duo
Afterlife
for Alto Saxophone & Piano (2019) 60’ 00”
Commissioned by and written for Lewis Banks
with generous support from Creative Scotland, The Musicians' Company, The Hope Scott Trust, The Cross Trust and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Afterlife comprises of several pieces that are ordered as follows:
1.1.Egalitaire (10' 00")
1.2. Conservation 1 (2' 00")
2.1. Omniattentive: Nowadays everything happens at once (7' 30")
2.2. Conservation 2 (2' 00")
3.Déjà Vu: A Re-Creation of the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No.1 BWV 1007 (6' 00")
4. God's Cancer: A Self-portrait of Ligeti and Cancer (with God in the background) (5' 30")
5.1. The Third Death (7' 30")
5.2. Conservation 3 (2' 30")
6.1. Her, the heretic (9' 30")
6.2. Conservation 4 (2' 30")
7. Reversal (6' 00")
Premiere coming soon
Erratics
for Piano and Percussion (2019) 5’ 00”
Written for Benjamin Powell and Tim Williams as part of Psappha Ensemble's "Composing For..." Scheme 2018/19
Premiere coming soon
An Ignorant Prelude to Cosmic Consciousness
for Cello and Piano (2015) 10’ 00”
Commissioned by Sir James MacMillan for the Cumnock Tryst Festival 2015
Premiered by BBC Young Musician of the Year 2012 Laura van der Heijden and Tom Poster
Solo Instrument
Déjà Vu
A Re-Creation of the Prelude
from Bach's Cello Suite No.1 BWV 1007
for Solo Alto Saxophone (2019) 6’ 00”
Commissioned by and written for Lewis Banks as part of the larger work Afterlife
Premiere coming soon
Conservations
from Afterlife
for Solo Piano (2019) 9’ 00”
Commissioned by Lewis Banks as part of the larger work Afterlife
Premiere coming soon
Talisman
for Solo Guitar (2019) 2’ 30”
Commissioned by and written for Kevin Cahill for his debut album 'Future Relics'
Premiered by Kevin Cahill at The Castle Cinema, London in 2019
The Pathos of Broken Things
for Solo Flute (2017) 7’ 00”
Written for Katherine Bryan
Premiered on Film uploaded to Youtube with film by Louise Mather and sound by Douglas Whates
Heroin Baby
for Bass Clarinet (2012) 3’ 00”
Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Plug Festival 2012 by Fraser Langton