music

select list of works  (all scores available from the composer)

and still I dream it   (2010) for solo piano
  first performed: Slava Sidorenko, concert tour of North Wales & Manchester

This piece has grown out of a close working relationship with the talented young
Ukranian pianist, Slava Sidorenko, to whom the work is dedicated.

like a leaf to the river   (2010) for solo piano,
  first performed: David Bednall, Victoria Rooms, Bristol

This short piano piece was composed to celebrate the work of Geoff Poole on
his retirement, and forms part of the collection Joyous Lake.

empty chambers II  (2008) for clarinet quartet
  first performed: Fell Clarinet Quartet, Peel Hall, Salford

The piece, in two movements, draws its inspiration from a number of exhibitions
and installations by artists Tacita Dean, James Turrell and Volker Straebel, which
quietly but incessantly force the audiences’ focus onto small, ever-changing detail.

The Selfish Giant  (2007)
  chamber opera for 6 soloists, children’s chorus and chamber orchestra
  libretto by the composer based on the story by Oscar Wilde
for a synopsis please click here

empty chambers  (2006) for string quartet

Secret Gardens  (2004) sound installation for six loudspeakers
  commissioned by ImagEngine artist’s collective
  first performed: Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale. September – October 2004

ceaseless voice  (2004) for flute, guitar & percussion,
  first performed: New Music Players, Bristol University, 2004

North   (2003) for orchestra
  first performed: Ostrava Banda, dir. Marian Lejava,
  Ostrava New Music Days 2005 (Czech Republic);
  programme note: please click here

Beboonikae  (2003) for chamber orchestra
  first performed: De Ereprijs Ensemble, The Warehouse, London, 2003

The Child  (2000) for two part choir and piano
  commissioned by the Manitoba Music Educators Association
  first performed: KDHS Junior Choir, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 2003

Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano  (2000)
  first performed: Psappha, Manchester University, 2000

Medusa's Ankles  (1999) tragicomedy for two singers and chamber ensemble
  excerpts first performed: New Ensemble, dir. Clark Rundell, RNCM, 2000
  libretto by the composer based on the story by A.S. Byatt

Three Short Pieces  (1999) for woodwind quintet
  first performed: Quintessence, Manchester University, 1999

Prayer of St Egbert  (1998) for SATB choir and SATB soli
  first performed: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Montréal, 1999

The Virgin of Ys   (1997) for solo tape
  first performed: McGill University, Montréal, 1997, Medusa Concert

Recovered Memory  (1997) for two pianos
  first performed: Soo-Hyun Ahn and Zina Varosian, McGill University, Montréal, 1997