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It’s So Easy Pt. 4: Without a Doubt in One’s Mind (2024)
for singing saw and string quartet
written for Bergamot Quartet
to paraphrase a book that is 3110 miles away from me and therefore inaccessible, it’s something about prioritising beauty instead of thinking it an afterthought
It’s not something I ever thought would be the case (2023)
for magnetic resonator piano
written for Xenia Pestova Bennett
commissioned by The Night With…
tension and release
The loveliest thing in the world from a quiet train home (2023)
for double bass and electronics
written for and with Zoe Markle as part of the Ensemble Matters/Equivalentbehaviour 4x4 Residency
interference patterns and a folk tune that has never been heard in full
A grey seashell placed on my thumb to look like a little bonnet (2023)
for solo percussion
written for Delia Stevens as part of Psappha Composing for…
I look up from my computer. I see a grey seashell brought to me from Greece. I pick it up and place it on my thumb, so that it looks like a little bonnet from a 19th century period piece. My nail as the face. 'Ah, such joy,' I think to myself. I place the seashell back on my desk, and resume my work.
The City Where No-One Reads Books (2023)
for clarinet quartet
written for The Silver Keys
supported by The Hinrichsen Foundation
“after all it’s just romantic film music; good enough for netflix, at best”
An Absolute Pleasure (2023)
for percussion quartet
written for Cass Lo, Renata Rangel, Nupur Thakkar and Meilin Wei as part of soundSCAPE Festival 2023
supported by Creative Scotland
For Patrick Naish. I guess there’s not much more to say than that it was an absolute pleasure.
Behind closed eyes (2022)
in 6 movements for flute, clarinet, bassoon and upright saw (homemade instrument)
written for Tillie Coulton, Michael Burslem and Rachel Simmons
upright saw designed and built by Neil Gauld
released on Why Keith Dropped the S
a dream of perfection that is never reached and that's ok
It’s been far too long, my dear (2022)
for piano, harp, percussion and cello
written for Inland Ocean
commissioned by Creative Scotland
an almost pathetic quality that breaks the heart
Four Short Pieces for Somewhere Incredibly Far Away (2022)
for percussion duo
written for Köng Duo (Hoitong Keung and Bevis Ng) as part of the Evolution: Classical programme at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Text by Thomas Lyle (I), Josie Rogers (III), Thomas Moore (IV) and Ollie Hawker (IV)
supported by Creative Scotland and the Sir Mark Turner Memorial Scholarship
I’d like to use my flesh and bones better
It’s So Easy Pt. 3 - It’s Always This Easy (2022)
radio installation for live electronics
originally broadcast on Subcity Radio
excerpt released on Why Keith Dropped The S
An exercise in teasing apart a sound and threading it back together again, in a never-ending series of similar but non-repeating breaths in and out.
A great joy (2021)
for harp and fixed electronics
written for Sophie Rocks. Vocal samples by Lea Shaw
commissioned by Live Music Now Scotland as part of the Kimie Composition Prize
the days were short
Good news behind closed eyes (2021)
for flute and upright saw (homemade instrument)
written with and for Tilly Coulton
Confusion as to who is playing what/Lack of discernible development within a movement
It’s all I know and I love it so much (2021)
for two pianos and live electronics
written for Edward Scully and Vita Hofinger Mihelic
“Where have you been so long?” he cried. “There’s so much to tell you. You wouldn’t believe it, Marie! This whole, long life!”
Lochaber no more (2021)
for violin and fixed electronics
written in collaboration with Emily Betz, performed by Ruairidh Geddes
“the pain of melancholy could in this sense be interpreted as a sign of the believer's devoutness”
The Owen Wilson Elegies (2020)
for harp, piano, accordion and live electronics
written with Scott Morrison (as Instruction Manual)
“my mother sometimes also like wants me to do like a you know real like dramatic kind of part that she can really be proud of”
Seven Tips for Anxiety & Nervousness (2020)
for sustaining instrument and live electronics
written for and with Zeo Fawcett
“remember that 92% of all your fears, based on statistics, will not come true”
It’s So Easy Pt. 2: Two Motorway Bridges (2020)
fixed media piece made with field recordings and singing saw
“take that, the M8!”
It’s So Easy Pt. 1 (2020)
fixed media piece made with singing saw, vocals and violin
“It’s so easy! It’s so fucking easy!”
before we are folded in sleep (2020)
for string quartet
“what we wanted to be”