Orchestral & Ensemble works
2020 | 13' study of material for "The Flowering Desert" sop, mez, SATB, vn, va, vc, fl, cl, hn, perc, pno Created during the COVID-19 pandemic as an artistic research project in collaboration with the librettist Roxanne Korda and the videographer Tadas Stalyga. It was presented at the Midlands4Cities Research Conference 2020.
Triple Study
Excerpt from "Triple Study", recorded at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 | 11' study of material for "The Flowering Desert" sop, vn, va, vc, fl, cl, hn, perc, pno Created during the COVID-19 pandemic as an artistic research project in collaboration with the librettist Roxanne Korda and the videographer Tadas Stalyga. It was presented at the Midlands4Cities Research Conference 2020. This piece became the Overture of the full opera.
Measurer Study
Excerpt from Measurer Study, in collaboation wih Garso Teatras. Recorded at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 | 7' study of material for "The Flowering Desert" fl, cl, tbn, perc, hp, vc, db Written for BCMG (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) as a preparatory study for the composition of the opera The Flowering Desert.
Cosmology Study
Excerpt from Cosmology Study, performed by BCMG at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham in 2020.
2017 | 7' meta-composition homage fl, cl, ob, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, prc, hp, pno, str Commissioned by Thallein Ensemble for Howard Skempton's 70th and Edwin Roxburgh's 80th anniversaries. It is loosely based on the music I composed for the theatre play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (2017), directed by Lise Olson, and the music I drafted for a potential operatic work happening in a pub.
Double homage to Two Gents
2016 | 7' for mixed ensemble fl, b. cl, hn, tbn, mar, hp, vn, vc Written for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group based on four poems by Josepa Montagut.
Papallones silenciades sobre una mar de gel
Excerpt from "La Terra", second movement of the cycle of miniatures "Papallones silenciades sobre una mar de gel". Performed by BCMG at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham in 2016.
2016 | 55' orchestral masquerade 2222 2211 3 Strings Orchestral work based on the folk masquerade of "Los Carochos de Riofrío" to be performed alongside traditional masquerading rites.
La Obisparra
Excerpt from the eight scene of "La Obisparra": 'Villagers' celebration and Final fight', performed at Frontiers Festival 2016 (Birmingham).
2015 | 5' graduation fanfare 2 picc tpt, 2 C tpt, hn, 4 tbn Written for Birmingham City University's 2015 graduation ceremony.
Processional Fanfare
2015 | 6' folk tale for mixed ensemble picc, Eb cl, sop sax, tbn, gtr, pno, perc, vn, vc, db Ensemble work based on a folk tale about a smoking demon being tricked by a peasant.
El Dimoni Fumador
Excerpt from "El Dimoni Fumador", performed by Thallein Ensemble in 2015 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
2015 | 8' for gamelan ensemble Written for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Composition Department's Gamelan Ensemble.
Intrada
Excerpt from "Intrada" performed by the Gamelan ensemble at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2015.