'Gemma McGregor’s music was brilliant, carefully condensed and melodic'
AOC Reviews
Commissions
1. The Fabian Strategy – sound art recording for Collide, Collude, Collaborate – an installation-exhibition in conjunction with sculptor, Craig Ellis, at Gallery 17, Aberdeen Sound Festival, 24.10.15 – 7.11.15
2. Found – sound art recording for installation-exhibition in conjunction with sculptor, Craig Ellis, at Grays School of Art for Sound Festival, 2014
3. No Trees to Whisper – soprano & clarinet, commissioned by Turning the Elements for tour, 2020
4. Love Was His Meaning – SSA & harp, commissioned by Multitude of Voyces, 2019
5. Carry His Relics – fl & va, commissioned by Nordic Viola, 2019
6. Joy – solo violin, commissioned by Illuminate for tour, 2019
7. Psalms for Rosemary – SATB & organ, commissioned by Peter & Judith O’Hanlon for Strathclyde University Choir, 2018
8. Almost the One – fl, ob, tr, v, va, vc, bsn, bsn, perc, perc, commissioned by Sound Festival, 2018
9. Voyage to Inchcolm – SAB & flexible quintet, commissioned by Inchcolm New Music Ensemble & Heriot-Watt University for tour, 2018
10. Almost White – shakuhachi, commissioned by Illuminate for tour, 2018
11. The Enquiry – violin and piano, commissioned by Illuminate for tour, 2018
12. The Story of Magnus Erlendsson - opera - soprano, mezzo-soprano, boy tenor, 3 tenors, 2 baritones, bass, fl, cl, v, va, vc, fluglehorn, 2 tenor trombones, organ, bells, male semi-chorus, SATB chorus, commissioned by St Magnus International Festival, 2017
13. Always By the Shore – solo piano, commissioned by Sound Festival for concert in memoriam Maxwell Davies, 2017
14. Strange Fish – solo bassoon, commissioned by Lesley Wilson for performance & recording, 2016
15. The Locked Door – chamber opera for soprano, mezzo soprano, baritone, fl, cl, v, vc, pf commissioned by Sound Festival, 2015
16. Egilsay Kirk – SSAATTBB and organ, commissioned by St Magnus Cathedral Choir, 2015
17. Greylighting - chamber orchestra, commissioned by Orkney Camerata, performance in St Magnus Cathedral, 2015
18. Orkney Oracle – 3 alto singers/actors – music theatre commissioned by Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich & performed at Pier Arts Centre, 2014
19. Stormy Weather, Iona – fl & cl, piece played in front of painting by Samuel Peplow, commissioned by Sound Festival & Aberdeen Art Gallery, 2013
20. Land Unseen – SAA chorus, flute & prepared piano, commissioned by Historic Scotland for Mayfield Singers on World Heritage Day 2012