Commissions

'THROUGH ALL THE HEAVENS OF ICE'

Through All the Heavens of Ice - string quartet in three movements, commissioned by Orkney Arts Society and performed by Edinburgh String Quartet - 2022

'The Blackbird Pageant'

solo viola - commissioned by Modern Chants & recorded by Katherine Wren - 2021

'On The trysted shore'

flute & viola, commissioned by Orkney Arts Society - 2021

'Drift'

For soprano & clarinet, commissioned by Turning the Elements for a podcast and a tour - 2020

'Carry His Relics'

fl & va, commissioned by Nordic Viola - 2019

'love was his meaning'

SSA & harp, commissioned by Multitude of Voyces - 2019

'voyage to inchcolm'

SAB & flexible quintet, commissioned by CoMA and Inchcolm New Music Ensemble and Heriot-Watt University for a Scotland tour - 2018

'psalms for rosemary'

SATB & organ, commissioned by Peter & Judith O’Hanlon for Strathclyde University Choir - 2018

'Joy'

for solo violin, commissioned by Illuminate for tour - 2019

'almost the one'

fl, ob, tr, v, va, vc, bsn, bsn, perc, perc, commissioned by Sound Festival - 2018

'The Enquiry'

violin and piano, commissioned by Illuminate for tour - 2018

'almost white'

for shakuhachi, commissioned by Illuminate for tour - 2018

'The story of magnus erlendsson'

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

'Always By the Shore'

solo piano - commissioned by Sound Festival and performed by Rolf Hind for a concert in memoriam Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - 2017

'Ode to Francisco Salinas'

SATB chorus & organ – commissioned by S.Kingston - 2017

'Strange Fish'

solo bassoon. Commissioned by Lesley Wilson and premiered at Aberdeen Sound Festival. Recorded for the album, 'A Much Travelled Clown' [Vox Regis] - 2016

'The fabian Stragegy'

sound art recording for Collide, Collude, Collaborate (an installation-exhibition in conjunction with sculptor, Craig Ellis) - Aberdeen Sound Festival 2015

'The locked door'

chamber opera for soprano, mezzo soprano, baritone, fl, cl, v, vc, pf commissioned by Sound Festival - 2015

'egilsay kirk'

SSAATTBB and organ, commissioned by St Magnus Cathedral Choir - 2015

'greylightning'

chamber orchestra, commissioned by Orkney Camerata,

performance in St Magnus Cathedral - 2015

'Orkney oracle'

– 3 alto singers/actors – music theatre commissioned by Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich & performed at Pier Arts Centre - 2014

'found'

sound art recording for installation-exhibition in conjunction with sculptor, Craig Ellis, at Grays School of Art for Sound Festival - 2014

'Stormy Weather, Iona'

fl & cl, piece played in front of painting by Samuel Peplow, commissioned by Sound Festival & Aberdeen Art Gallery - 2013