Main Compositions to date.
1995 - "Elegy II" for string orchestra, 1 oboe, 1 B flat clarinet, 1 bassoon,1 horn in F. (Performed by Composers' ensemble Birmingham Conservatoire, 25th November 1998, and also received a performance in Portsmouth, performed by the Portsmouth New Music Orchestra, 20th October 1999)
1996 - "Fantasy Fragments" for Trumpet solo and electro-acoustics.
(commissioned and performed by SPNM event. Birmingham BEAST. Daniel Terrugi workshop and concert, performed 10th March 1996, soloist: Jon Quirk.)
- " Parody": two movements for piano and two percussion players.
(commissioned by, and performed by Klammer Vier, Germany Karlsruhe on the 15th October 1996)
1996/97 - Cycle of nine songs "I am Nobody" of poems by Emily Dickinson.
(four songs published by Da-capo music. Performed in Birmingham, Composers' ensemble performed 14th March 1997, soloist Dawn Foxall, pianist Pat Bennet.)
1997 - "To each other strangers" for woodwind quintet. (Performed in Manchester during the ICCC days during the ISC World music festival 19th April 1998, also highly commended by the Galliard ensemble, London)
- Cycle of five songs of poems by Oscar Wilde, "Impressions"
(performances: Composers' Ensemble Birmingham Conservatoire, and CCA concert Coventry, 11th November 1998)
1998 - String Quartet No 3 in one movement, "Dark Adagio"
(won the 1999 Birmingham Chamber Music Society composition prize, and performed by the Vellinger string quartet on February 19th 2000 at the Adrian Boult Hall at the conservatoire.)
- "Destiny", piece for full orchestra. see below
1999 - "Street Life" for octet: oboe, B flat clarinet, Bass clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 violins, 1 cello and tape with street noises.
(performed by the Composers' Ensemble in Birmingham, in the ABH hall, Music Extra Festival, Birmingham Conservatoire, 16th March 1999)
- "Street Life 2" (A further version of the original piece commissioned by London City Life Arts.)
for tape with street noises, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, Bb trumpet, trombone, electric guitar, electric bass, two percussionists, piano or keyboard, and violin.
- "Scherzo" for Bass Trombone and piano. (written for Jonathan Warburton, received its first performance 1st December 1999 at the Birmingham Conservatoire, Composers' Ensemble concert.)
2000 - "Appassionato" sonata, for cello and piano (commissioned by Duncan Honeybourne and Sharon McKinley, and premiered in January 2000 in Birmingham Cathedral)
- Double Concerto for Bb Clarinet, Bass Trombone, string orchestra and percussion (this piece is illustrated in the Scores section under its earlier title "Concerto Grosso")
- "Syrens" for mixed choir, SATB. There are no words used in this composition, only sounds which can be changed ad lib. The piece is based on the Greek legend. Syrens were half fish, half women, who lived on an island and by their singing lured seafarers to destruction on its rocks.
- "A Mother's Prayer" for mezzo soprano, flute, Bb clarinet, French horn in F, piano, violin, viola and cello
- "The Little Match Girl" for full orchestra, Ballet suite after the story from Hanss Christian Anderson.
- "Destiny" (1998) piece for full orchestra, received its premiere as part of the music festival year 2000 and CD recording for international release in the Vienna Modern Masters series in Olomouc by the Moravian Philharmony in the Czech Republic.
2002 - The Magnificat Project - a recent commission by Women in Music.
Second CD with Vienna Modern Masters released - copies available from the composer.
Autumn 2002: part of a project with SPNM sound inventors, teaching composition in groups for children and adults.
Publisher: Da Capo Music Limited
Coming later in 2004: a jolly piece; 'Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow' setting one of Edward Lears poems. I wanted originally use one of my mother's poems but after a lot of thought chose this this one.
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