SELECTED WORKS
OPERA
TIDE chamber opera in development for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, and small ensemble [30'] watch here
The Chef and the Sommelier opera vignette for dramatic soprano, bass-baritone and piano [3'] * watch here
Paradise Garden chamber opera for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, chorus, and small orchestra [25'] +
Song of Sara short monodrama for solo soprano [6']
A Castrated Confession opera vignette for two sopranos, baritone and piano [3'] *
+ This chamber opera was created in association with Royal Opera House Covent Garden, for singers on the Guildhall Opera Course.
* The Chef and the Sommelier and A Castrated Confession were created as a creative experiments on Performance Arts Lab in 2021 and 2020 respectively. The music was composed over three consecutive days, preceded by four days of creating libretti, followed by three days of rehearsal and recording. These vignettes are intended as work-in-progress representations of our experiences, NOT as finished works.
VOCAL
khāné (meditations on home) for SATB voices with divisi [4'30"] listen here
Mother Love for voice and piano [3'30"]
My Name is... for voice and piano [2'30"] listen here
küçük aslan a collaborative, multilingual work for soprano (doubling fiddle), mezzo-soprano,
accordion (doubling alto voice) and baritone (doubling guitar) [3'] watch here
three Sappho fragments song cycle for soprano and string quartet [12'30"]
The Sick Rose for voice and piano [3'] watch here
Sweeter Than Honey for SSA consort [4'30"] listen here
Jabberwocky for mezzo-soprano and piano [3'] listen here
SOLO
CLOUDSCAPES for solo guitar [5'] ++ watch here
raindrops keep dancing... for voice flute and piano [3'] watch here
A Clare Toccatina for solo organ [4'] ** watch here
Sun and Moon for cello and piano [10'] watch here
Duo for clarinet and piano [5']
Calling for solo piano [4'30"] listen here
++ This work was written for Tom McKinney as part of Psappha's 'Composing for...' scheme 2020-21.
** A Clare Toccatina was commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine for their New Music series 2020, in partnership with Graham Ross and The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. It was premiered by George Gillow in Clare College Chapel, Sunday 15th November 2020.
CHAMBER / ENSEMBLE
György's Apprentice for string quartet [2'30"]
THE EARTH IS BREATHING for mixed ensemble [13']
The Four Elements for recorder quartet [6'30"] listen here
Haunted House for Pierrot ensemble [5'] listen here
Circus for piano and wind sextet [6']
CHORAL
One Thousand Threads for SSAATTBB choir with divisi in the upper voices [4'] listen here
Ave Maris Stella for SATB choir with divisi [3'30"] listen here
Away in a Manger for SATB choir with divisi [3']
Forest Hymn for SSAATTBB choir and SATBar solo quartet [13']
Adam lay ybounden for SATB choir with divisi [3']
Drop down, ye Heavens, from above for SATB choir [4'] listen here
Morning Red for SSAATTBB choir [8']
Coventry Carol for SATB choir with divisi l4'] +++ watch here
O Crux Benedicta for SATB choir [3'] listen here
+++ Coventry Carol is published in Multitude of Voyces: Sacred Music by Women Composers. Volume 3: Advent to Candlemas.
ORCHESTRAL
RED LETTER DAY for chamber orchestra and narrator [3'] listen here
Settling for chamber orchestra [6'] listen here
Fanfare for symphony orchestra [0'30"] ***
*** Winner of the Royal Opera House Fanfare Competition, February 2015.
OPEN / TEXT SCORES
in conversation with... (BIRDS) for two composer-performers [any duration]
CHRISTMAS WISHES for open ensemble / performers [any duration]
circling back, circling forwards for collaborative duo [10']