list of works
From a Railway Carriage for choir SATB with divisions (audio)
From a Railway Carriage BBC interview
From a Railway Carriage - Adopt a Composer Scheme information
Wind: Song of the Air for guitar quartet (audio)
Meditation for Pf. (An exercise using Mode 2 based on Messiean's La Banquet Celeste)
Swans for sextet (1 Flute, doubling Alto Fl. and Pic; 2 Clarinets, 1 Vln, 1 Vla, 1 Vc)
(based on a background of two intersecting, shifting trichords with melodic material based on Mode 2 and a rhythmic plan of contracting and expanding units - inspired by an Escher engraving)
Diaspora for String Trio - (Vln, Vla, Vc)
(based on a Pf improvisation developed freely, but based on a tetrachord. A meditation on the plight of refugees)
Cycle - (Fl, Ob,Cl (B. Cl), 2Vln, Vla, Vc, Db)
(based on a string chorale isorhythm overlayed with melodic material based onMode 2 - inpired by an Escher lithograph)
Origins of the Three Tiered Cosmos for Fl (A. Fl, Pic), Ob, Cl (B. Cl), Hn,Tpt, Tbn, Mar, Pf, 2Vln, Vla, Vc, Db)
(Inspired by David Lewis-Williams' "The Mind In The Cave" and 'the Neolithic Mind", studies of Cave Art and the flowering of human consciousness) [in progress, nearing completion]
Dance for Guitar Septet - (4 Guitars, 2 Requintos, 1 Bass)
(for the Birmingham Schools' Guitar Enseble to be rehearsed in Sept 07 andperformed in that term)
Africana for Gtr. Vc. Based on Kora music and chants
Take Refugue for fl. Cl. B.Cl. S.sax. Db.
Mass Production for 4 spoken voices and prepared tape.
Autumn Solitude for vibraphone and soprano
Whale – for Gtr. Alto Voice. Text – poem by D.M.Thomas
Bedsit for Gtr. Tenor Voice
Songs and Dances Ten solos for classical guitar
Reflections of West Africa - Three pieces for solo classical guitar
Escher's Swans for Fl, doubling Pic. Cl. Vn. Va.
From a Railway Carriage BBC interview
From a Railway Carriage - Adopt a Composer Scheme information
Wind: Song of the Air for guitar quartet (audio)
Meditation for Pf. (An exercise using Mode 2 based on Messiean's La Banquet Celeste)
Swans for sextet (1 Flute, doubling Alto Fl. and Pic; 2 Clarinets, 1 Vln, 1 Vla, 1 Vc)
(based on a background of two intersecting, shifting trichords with melodic material based on Mode 2 and a rhythmic plan of contracting and expanding units - inspired by an Escher engraving)
Diaspora for String Trio - (Vln, Vla, Vc)
(based on a Pf improvisation developed freely, but based on a tetrachord. A meditation on the plight of refugees)
Cycle - (Fl, Ob,Cl (B. Cl), 2Vln, Vla, Vc, Db)
(based on a string chorale isorhythm overlayed with melodic material based onMode 2 - inpired by an Escher lithograph)
Origins of the Three Tiered Cosmos for Fl (A. Fl, Pic), Ob, Cl (B. Cl), Hn,Tpt, Tbn, Mar, Pf, 2Vln, Vla, Vc, Db)
(Inspired by David Lewis-Williams' "The Mind In The Cave" and 'the Neolithic Mind", studies of Cave Art and the flowering of human consciousness) [in progress, nearing completion]
Dance for Guitar Septet - (4 Guitars, 2 Requintos, 1 Bass)
(for the Birmingham Schools' Guitar Enseble to be rehearsed in Sept 07 andperformed in that term)
Africana for Gtr. Vc. Based on Kora music and chants
Take Refugue for fl. Cl. B.Cl. S.sax. Db.
Mass Production for 4 spoken voices and prepared tape.
Autumn Solitude for vibraphone and soprano
Whale – for Gtr. Alto Voice. Text – poem by D.M.Thomas
Bedsit for Gtr. Tenor Voice
Songs and Dances Ten solos for classical guitar
Reflections of West Africa - Three pieces for solo classical guitar
Escher's Swans for Fl, doubling Pic. Cl. Vn. Va.