Works

Three violins and optional ‘cello (2016) This suite of modest miniatures was written in early 2016 as a gift for the dedicatees Pete, Fred and Clara Miln to play together…

Voice and piano (2019-20) How sweet I roam’d from field to field – William Blake Lullaby – Traditional (German) Now spring has come – Bainen New Year’s Morning – Helen…

Voice and piano (2006-7) Will-o’-the-Wisp – Walter de la Mare Now close the windows – Robert Frost On Eastnor Knoll – John Masefield Out in the dark – Edward Thomas…

Voice and piano (2007-8) Song – Edward Thomas He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? – A. E. Houseman Lady, I will touch you with my mind…

Unaccompanied SATB choir (2014-15 rev 2020) 1. Break, break, break – Alfred Tennyson 2. The Song Shop – Annette Wynne 3. Pack, Clouds, Away – Thomas Heywood Hearing local amateur…

Piano, harp, violin, flute, alto saxophone, cornet, tenor horn, guitar (2020) Chameleana is an eclectic set of 21 miniatures, written for my piano pupils during the first UK lockdown in…

Two violins (2011) Written for two fellow masters students at the Royal Academy of Music, the first study features a fast web of intertwined harmonic arpeggiations, where the second involves…

Large orchestra (2012) Processional and Bacchanal is a single-movement piece which depicts an approaching, riotous Bacchanal. Listen to an excerpt: A slow repeated rhythm underpins the music, which gradually accumulates…

Solo piano (2018) Stone Study no.3 ‘Black Honey’ was largely inspired by Alan Garner’s essay Flint – part of the BBC Radio 3 series Cornerstones. A very compact miniature for…

Solo Alto flute (2022) – Avian Study no.2 Tyto alba (white owl) is the Latin name for the barn owl. Listen to an excerpt: In this miniature I have tried…

Oboe, bassoon and piano (2019) – Avian Study no.1 Listen to an excerpt: This ‘miniature epic’ was inspired by the impressive aerial displays of Swifts flying over our house during…

Chamber orchestra (2007) Three Dancing Movements was written for the student-formed chamber orchestra The New Fangled Consort at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2007. I often imagined dancers when writing, and it…

Unaccompanied SATB (2023) 1. Will you come? 2. Interval 3. The Lofty Sky Commissioned by Hereford Chamber Choir for their ‘Dymock Poets Re-imagined’ project, and first performed at the 2023…

Two narrators, four harps, choir and organ (2019 rev.2022) Set in ancient Alexandria this dramatic cantata juxtaposes the lives of two martyrs of antiquity – the pioneering mathematician and philosopher…

Solo marimba (2019 rev.2021) Loch Morlich is located in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands. At 318 metres above sea level, it is the highest beach in…

Solo harp (2018) Listen to an excerpt: (Excerpts from Yew, Spectred Oaks and Mountain Ash. The full Spectred Oaks and Mountain Ash can be heard here) ‘Sylva’ is from the…

2-20 parts + optional percussion (2019) These 20 rounds of varying difficulty feature original settings of nursery rhymes, riddles and more. Though written primarily for children, they may also provide a source…

Unaccompanied SSAA choir (2019) …Luciferum… was written for Jo Williamson and her Cantabile Girls’ Choir. The title which refers to the ‘Bringer of light’ is taken from Psalm 109 (Vulgate), and…

Violin, ‘cello and piano (2018) Stone Study no.2 – Cave and Cliff takes the form of a ‘theme and variations’. The theme consists of a chaconne-like harmonic progression which contains only…

Beautifully imaginative and vivid pieces with some fantastic duets that introduce children to the joy of chamber music!  – Clare Hammond, Pianist A very welcome addition to contemporary piano literature…

Solo piano (2013) Listen to an excerpt: Written for Huw Watkins and commissioned by the ‘Wednesdays at The Forge’ concert series, the music is written in the same character as…

Solo harp (2012) Written for harpist Olivia Jageurs, this suite was partly conceived as a harmonic exploration of the harp, which moves between a virtuosic stand in some places, and…

Solo piano (2013) Listen to an excerpt: Commissioned through the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize and the Alan Horne Memorial Prize, Pearl (II) was written for pianist Clare Hammond and…

SATB and piano (2014) R. L. Stevenson I. Prologue: “Fair isle at sea…” II. Summer Sun III. The Gardener IV. Autumn Fires V. Night and Day VI. Epilogue: Requiem Written…

Amateur SATB, solo soprano and piano (2017) Missa Brevis (inc. Shakespeare, Hesiod) Listen to an excerpt: Ad Majorem Gastropoda Gloriam Snail Litany was first performed in Yarpole Church, Herefordshire by…

SATB and organ (2017) Text – A. Walker Listen to an excerpt: I. Long walk to the beach II. Cradle song III. Childhood beach IV. Sojourner V. St Anthony then…

Unaccompanied SATB (2015) Sweet silence after bells! deep in the enamour’d ear soft incantation dwells. Filling the rapt still sphere a liquid crystal swims, precarious yet clear. Those metal quiring…

Clarinet/bass clarinet, harp, viola, ‘cello (2011) Listen to an excerpt: Written for Chroma, the generally dark, grotesque and sometimes farcical character of this piece was partly inspired by the old…

Oboe, violin, viola, ‘cello and piano (2009-10) Listen to an excerpt: A set of tableaux (or freeze-frames) offered an appropriate model for this music, which depicts a series of typically…

Violin and harp (2012) Listen to an excerpt: Commissioned by cheese and spirit makers Charles Martell and Sons, these three movements depict three pastoral impressions: I. – a babbling brook…

Oboe and harp (2012) The first of a number of ‘Pearls’, the music is written in the same character as the anonymous medieval text from which it takes its name,…

Four horns (2011) Listen to an excerpt: Incidental music for a child’s make-believe drama. Pantomime! was first performed at Duke’s Hall, June 2012, by Carys Evans, Oliver Hickie, Edmund Morgan…

Four horns (2011) Listen to an excerpt: Exploring a dialogue between the principle and the three remaining members of the section, the music was characterised by the often contrasting associations…

Basset horn and four double basses (2011/12) Listen to an excerpt: Apart from the basset horn’s distinctively plaintive and melancholy character, the main influence on this piece came from observing…

Counter tenor, baroque oboe, violin, viola, ‘cello, harpsichord (2012) Commissioned by the London Bach Society, this music is a response to one of the most famous parts of Bach’s St…

Mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (2009) Listen to an excerpt: In the spirit of Anglo Saxon riddles and storytelling, these two songs are very much ‘round the campfire’ settings. The first…

Alto sax, viola, piano, percussion (2009) Listen to an excerpt: Written for the ensemble Decibel, the music takes the form of an introductory ‘meditation’ which then springs into two fast…

String quartet (2016) Written largely for fun between 2008 and 2016, these two volumes of folksongs arranged for string quartet are generally straightforward in approach, with an attempt to preserve…

‘cello and piano (2016) Listen to an excerpt: The imposing and characterful viaduct that towers over the village of Knucklas in Powys was the model for this three-movement work for…

Flute, viola and harp (2016) Written for the Aurora Trio, the title Three Diversions refers to a somewhat playful approach (Diversions being the anglicized version of Divertimenti) as well as…