Past Commissions and Performances

My day in Hell (for string quartet). Commissioned by the Dante Quartet and the Royal Philharmonic Society and premiered at the Cheltenham Festival on the 16th July 2009.

Bouleumata (for solo clarinet). Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival and premiered by Catriona Scott at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bleddfa on Saturday 23rd August 2008.

The Ogre Lover (for string trio). Premiered at the Purcell Rdoom on the South Bank, January 11th 2007 by the Lendvai String Trio as part of the Park Lane Concert Series. Also performed elsewhere in the UK and in Latvia, Sweden, Holland and China.

The Snowwoman (for solo violin). Commissioned by Natalia Lomeiko and performed as an encore in the UK, Canada and New Zealand.

2006

My Fleeting Angel (piano trio). To be premiered by the USF Piano Trio at the University of Southern Florida, Tampa, February 14th, followed by a New York premiere on the 18th February.

2005

The Glory Tree (Sop., fl., (picc.), cl., (bass), Vln, Vc, Pno) Commissioned by the Kreisler Ensemble, premiered in the Purcell Room, 9th June. (15 mins.)

2004

Family Matters (three scenes from). (Sop., tenor, bar., bass, cl. (bass), perc.,pno., vc.) Commissioned by Tête à Tête, performed at the Bridewell Theatre 6-22 Feb, then toured in twelve venues around England.(c. 25 minutes)

2003  

The dreams that fly from me (String Orchestra with Solo Quartet Commissioned by the Hans Sheueble Foundation and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. (As yet unperformed.)

2002

Excelsus(solo ‘cello) Commissioned by Y.C.A.T. and premiered at the Wigmore Hall by Thomas Carroll, October (16 mins.)

Invocation (Double Bass and Piano). Commissioned by Double Bass 2000, premiered at Wells Cathedral School by David Heyes and Mark Cracknell, October.

Memoria (ob./Cor., vln., vc., pno.) Commissioned by the Spitalfields Festival with funds from the Foyle Foundation. Premiered in Christchurch, Spitalfields, by Nicholas Daniel and the Schubert Ensemble, June.

Melancholia (piano trio) Commissioned by the London Mozart Trio,Premiered at the Wigmore Hall, 26th June.(12 mins)

2001

Broken lines: sonata for opera (sop., tenor, Bass-Bar., chamber orch.) Commissioned by the Cambridge Music Festival with funds from the R.V.W. Foundation, performed by the New Cambridge Opera Group, November. Based on three revue sketches by Harold Pinter (c.25 mins.)

Kontakion and Three Fragments (Double Bass Qtet) Commissioned by the Bass Club premiered at Winchester College, August.

2000

Refusal to Mourn (Oboe and String orchestra) Commissioned by the Cambridge Music Festival and the Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra with funds from the RVW Foundation.Conducted by Nicholas Daniel and CUCO in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, November.(c.15 mins.)

Nunc Dimittis (for 21-voice choir) Commissioned by the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Performed at Fotheringay Church on 6th September 2000, and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Later performed in St. John’s College Chapel, Cambridge. (2 mins.)

Tread Softly (fl (picc., alto), clar (bass), vln, vla, vc, pno and perc.) Commissioned by the Composers’ Ensemble and the Almeida Festival, premiered at Hoxton Hall, June. (6 mins.)

1998

Stone Angel (Double Bass and Piano) Commissioned by the Chard Festival of  Women in Music. Premiered at the Chard Guildhall, by Elena Hull (Bass) and Cheryl Frances-Hoad (piano), May. (6 mins.)

The Prophecy (‘cello and piano) Commissioned by the Manchester International ‘Cello Festival. Performed by Rebecca Gilliver and Simon Parkin at the RNCM Concert Hall, April. (15 mins.)

1997

Rhapsody on a Theme by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Symphony Orchestra). Commissioned by the Surrey Philharmonic for the re-opening of Dorking Halls, premiered in Dorking Halls, May (c.10 mins.)

1996

String Quartet No. 2 Choreographed by G. Cauley. Danced by Scottish Ballet at the Britten Theatre, London, November.

Fantasia (for nonet) Commissioned for Lord Yehudi Menuhin’s 80th Birthday celebrations at the Yehudi Menuhin School, premiered in the school concert hall, May.
     
Concertino (Solo Vc., pno, perc., and orchestra). 1 of 4 winners of the BBC Young Composer’s Workshop. Premiered by the BBC Philharmonic at the BBC North Studios, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, February. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

1995

There is no Rose (SATB choir) Joint winner of the Bach Choir Carol Competition. Premiered at the Bach Choir’s Christmas Concert in the Royal Albert Hall, December.

Ballet Suite No. 1 (String Orchestra) Choreographed by Lynn Seymour C.B.E., danced by students of Elmurst Ballet School. The Woking Theatre, March.

1993

Vocalise (sop., fl., harp) Winner of the under 25’s section of the Purcell Composition Prize, October.

Other works

2006

Brief Lessons in Eroticism (Orchestra ) Uncommissioned.

2001

In Glass Houses (two pianos eight hands) Uncommissioned.

Competitions/Prizes/Scholarships

2006

Winner of the 1st Robert Helps International Composition Competition

2004

Winner of the Birmingham Conservatoire Composition Competition

2002

Awarded the Bliss Prize (from Cambridge University), the Harriet Cohen Award, and the Mendelssohn Scholarship 2002.

2002-2005

Awarded a four-year A.H.R.C. grant (for an Mphil in Composition at

Cambridge University and a PhD in Composition at King’s College London)

2001

Winner of the Cambridge Composer’s Competition.
Awarded the Sir Rudolph Peters’ Prize for Music and The Master’s Prize (both from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Received awards from the the Newby Trust, the Earls Colne Educational trust and the Sidney Perry Foundation.

2000

Elected into a College Senior Scholarship, awarded a College Essay Prize, and

Master’s Prize (all from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)

1999

Elected into a College Scholarship (Gonville and Caius College)

1996

Winner of the BBC Young Composer’s Competition

1995

Winner of the Bach Choir Carol Composition Competition

1993

Winner of the Purcell Composition Prize (under 25’s Section)

Education

2002-2006

King’s College London – PhD in Musical Composition, to be completed in April 2006. Studying with Silvina Milstein and George Benjamin

2005

Awarded an MA from Gonville and Cauis College Cambridge

2001-2002

Awarded a Distinction: Mphil in Composition at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. Studied with Robin Holloway.

1998-2001

Awarded a Triple 1st: BA (Hons) in Music at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.

1989-1998

Studied ‘Cello, Piano and Composition at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey.