A selection of work from album releases and live recordings.
All album releases are available to purchase both digitally and on CD on bandcamp
Latest EP - WILDWOOD - a solo cello suite featuring Martin Johnson (principle cellist of the National Symphony Orchestra).
EP of songs - The Ring Lieder - on poems by Roderick Ford:
Debut album “What was” is available on ergodos records.
Below is a selection of live recordings from various live concerts over the years.
Everything was asleep as if the universe was a vast mistake - written for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland as part of the Contemporary Music Centre’s professional development composer lab.
Winter Wisps Softly Dissipate - commissioned by Music Network. Written for the French duo Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello) and Félicien Brut (accordion) for their 8 date tour of Ireland in November 2022.
Across the Empty Squares - written for Dermot Dunne (accordion and electronics) for the Sligo International Chamber Music Festival 2021.
Swells and Shoots - piece for viola and cello written for Adele and Martin Johnson for the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin’s Salon Series.
Mouthpiece - tape piece written with singer Natasha Lohan in London 2005.
Invisible Shadows - for chamber orchestra - Postgraduate commission from the University of York, 2008.
My One’s Bigger than Yours - Written for and performed by Kate Ellis (cello) and Malachy Robinson (double bass).
…mad sweet pangs through my belly and breast… - Commissioned by singer Michelle O’Rourke for vocal duo Tryst with funds from the Arts Council. Performed here by Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Nora Ryan (voice), Jonathan Brigg (piano), Dennis Cassidy (drums), Sean Maynard Smith (bass), Adrian Hart (violin) and Laura Hyland (vocal textures). Recorded at the Backloft, Dublin, 1 November 2011.
FLUX – jeux de bague (for Nathalie Forget (Ondes Martenot) and tape 2012). Written during my residency in Paris at the Centre Culturel Irlandais.
To Pull an Eerie Twist - Written for and performed by Michelle O’Rourke (voice) and Kate Ellis (cello) with original text written by Emily Crossland.
Accumulation - One of my first pieces was the winner of the 2000 Luigi Russolo composition competition.
fine feathers far below the blue floor - for clarinet, viola, piano and tape. Commissioned by Concorde and performed by Paul Roe, Garth Knox and Jane O’Leary.
…hush - for adapted viola and tape - written for Elizabeth Smalt of Trio Scordatura.