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Forthcoming Performances

• September 26th, St Lukes, Queens Park Terrace, Brighton, Different Stones, Vertigo Trio, for Mezzo and Viola, Alessia Mankouskaya and Jose Manuel Gandia
• October 11th, 7.30pm, St Cyprians, London NW1. 'And its hard, being dead' Derek Foster, piano. Part of the All Ears Festival.

Past Performances - 2008

• August. Dartford Parish Church In the desert, bells toll no more for Kathleen Garner (soprano), Helen Lowe (piano), Emily O'Hara (guitar).
• July Vertigo Trio, Different Stones, No 1 for Mezzo and Viola, Alessia Mankouskaya and Josema Gandia, Charlton House, London
• June A Vindication of the Rights of Women for female vocal trio, Troika, Trinity College of Music
• June Letters from Darkness for soprano and piano, Helen Bailey, Trinity College of Music
• May Aspects of Arrival for organ, Carson Cooman, Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley, California
• May Eleison for Recorder Quintet, Consortium 5, Trinity College of Music, London
• May Aspects of Arrival for organ, Carson Cooman, First Unitarian Society, Newton, Massachusetts
• May 'A Transpontine Academic Festival Overture' for symphony orchestra, Prizewinners Concert, Trinity College of Music, Blackheath Concert Halls, London
• June Aspects of Arrival for organ, Carson Cooman, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• March Sequenzas Faciles y Sensatas - for guitar and string quartet, Trinity College of Music, London, Tim Yates as soloist
• March 'And its hard, being dead' for piano, Trinity College of Music, London
• March To Catch The Floating Sighs for guitar and Violin, Laban Centre for Dance, London
• March Voices for clarinet choir, Clarification, Laban Centre for Dance, London
• February, Chamber Symphony No. 5 Contemporary Music Group, Trinity College of Music, London

Past Performances - 2007

• November, To Catch The Floating Sighs for guitar and Violin, The Norfolk Duo, St Paul's Deptford
• October, The Light Fading in the West for chamber orchestra, Forum London Chamber Symphony, St Cyprian's, Glentworth Street, London
• June, Voices for clarinet choir, Southwark Consorts of Winds, Forest Hill, London
• April, Communique for clarinet, cello, and piano, Hyde Park Chapel, 1pm
• March Cancion a la Tierra for chamber orchestra, Contemporary Music Group, Trinity College of Music, London
• January, Running From The Waves for piano quintet, Dominic Irving and the Parandeh String Quartet, Trinity College of Music, London

Past Performances - 2006

• November, Voices for clarinet choir, Southwark Consorts of Winds, Forest Hill, London
• November, In Remembrance of a Passing Generation, for wind nonet, Southwark Consorts of Winds, Forest Hill, London
• October, 'El Crimen Fue En Granada' for chamber orchestra, Forum London Chamber Symphony, Bethnal Green, London
• September, String Quartet No. 3, All Ears Contemporary Music Festival
• September, 'Glorifying Terrorism', for piano, All Ears Contemporary Music Festival
• July, In Remembrance of a Passing Generation, for wind nonet, Southwark Consorts of Winds, Dulwich, London
• March, Voices for clarinet choir, Southwark Consorts of Winds, Blackheath, London

Past Performances - 2005

• December, Peace? Conflict? Resolution?, COMA London Ensemble, Shoreditch, London
• December, On learning of the death of Alfred Schnittke for open scored ensemble, ensamble entrelinea, La Plata, Argentina
• November, In Remembrance of a Passing Generation, for wind nonet, Southwark Consorts of Winds, Horniman Museum
• October, Where Will the West Wind Blow You, for chamber orchestra, by the Forum London Chamber Symphony
• On learning of the death of Alfred Schnittke - for open scored ensemble, ensamble entrelinea, Berriso, Argentina, October
• Shot in the Foot - for percussion ensemble, the Brake Drum Assembly, Forum All Ears Festival, London, September
• Aspects of Arrival - for organ, July 12, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh, USA; Carson Cooman, organ
• July 10th, George Inn, Borough High Street, London SE1
  Four Unwritten Love Songs - by the London Chamber Group
• June, Blackheath Concert Halls, To The Edge - for 40-line wind and percussion ensemble, premiered by Trinity College of Music
• March, St John's Bethnal Green, London, part of
  ChamberSymphony No. 2 - for chamber orchestra, by the Forum Sinfonietta
• February, Conway Hall, London Voices for clarinet choir

Past Performances - 2004

November 2004, Steiner Theatre, Park Road, London

August 2004, Berisso School of the Arts, La Plata, Argentina

• Aftershocks
• On learning of the death of Alfred Schnittke

August 2004, Rosario, Argentina

• Symphony 4
• String Trio
• For the people of East Timor, for fl, cl, vln, vlc, pno, perc
• Midnight Abstract for fl, vln, cl, vlc, pno, percussion
• I did not come to weep here where they fell, but to see you, to greet those who live. for cello soloist, with fl, vla, cl
• Conversation III for viola and piano

• February 2004, Paris
  Performance of Countdown - for flexible trio, by Ensemble Decadance
• March 6th 2004, St John's Bethnal Green
  Performance of a movement from Symphony No. 2 - for chamber orchestra, by the Forum Sinfonietta

2003

• September, The George Inn, London
  Performance by the London Chamber Group of Travel Together To... - for sax quartet and vibraphone
• September, St John Bethnal Green
  Performances at a Forum Composers' group concert of: String Quartet
• July , The George Inn, London
  Performance by the London Chamber Group of Four Unwritten Love Songs - for mixed ensemble.
• June , Rosario, Argentina
  Performances by the Ensamble Rosario of:
  • Cold Eye for Fl, ob, cl, hn, tmb, strings, perc
  • Symphony No. 2, last movement
  • Midnight Abstract for fl, vln, cl, vlc, pno, percussion
  • "strained almost to breaking point" - for string orchestra
  • Four Unwritten Love Songs - for mixed ensemble
  • String Trio
• March, Royal Academy of Music
  Forum Composers' Group, One Step Forward, One Back - for wind quintet

2002

• Folk House, Bristol, Four Unwritten Love Songs - for mixed ensemble
• Tower Tavern, London, One Step Forward, One Back - for wind quintet
• Welsh Conservatoire, Cardiff, Seeds of Destruction for cello duo
• Tower Tavern, London, Seeds of Destruction for cello duo
• Duke of Sussex, London, One Step Forward, One Back - for wind quintet
• Conway Hall, London, Symphony No. 2, first movement

2001

• Nottingham Trent University, Chorale, Melodies, and Interruptions - for larger flexible ensemble
• Amherst, Massacchusetts, River and Field for tenor and piano
• Minneapolis, For the people of East Timor, for recorder and piano
• Tower Tavern, London, The Eternal Trio - for clarinet, violin, and cello
• Tower Tavern, London, String Trio
• Tower Tavern, London, The Eternal Trio - for clarinet, violin, and cello
• Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, Midnight Abstract for fl, vln, cl, vlc, pno, percussion
• Rochester, New York, Friends and Influences - for piano solo
• Shirehampton, Bristol, Four Unwritten Love Songs - for mixed ensemble

2000

• Conway Hall, London, Waltz, Trio, and Lament for wind quintet
• Somerville College, Oxford, For the people of East Timor, for recorder and piano
• Conway Hall, London, For the people of East Timor, for recorder and piano
• Bath International Music Festival, For the troubled dead of Northern Ireland - flexible ensemble and voices
• Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, Cold Eye
• British Library, London. String Trio
• British Library, London, Waltz, Trio, and Lament for wind quintet
• BMIC, London, String Trio

1999

• Stockton Arts Centre, On learning of the death of Alfred Schnittke for pianists and any group of instruments
• Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, A fine October day in the garden, and other simple pleasures - an improvisation for flexible ensemble
• Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, Against the Tide of Darkness for flexible amateur orchestra

1998

• Conway Hall, London, More in Anger than in Sorrow for flexible amateur orchestra
• Oxford Festival, More in Anger than in Sorrow for flexible amateur orchestra
• Nottingham University, London, Paris, Barcelona, and beyond. How to make some sense of life? - for concert wind band
• Burghfield Church (Berkshire), Tedious Progress? for flexible amateur orchestra

1997

• Early Music Centre, London, Four European Dances for recorder trio
• Chalk Farm Library, London, Four European Dances for recorder trio
• Museum of London, Four European Dances for recorder trio
• Purcell Room, London, Cancion a la Tierra
• Docklands Festival Fringe, London, Regretful Songs of the Sea for baritone, cello, and oboe
• BMIC, London, Waltz, Trio, and Lament for wind quintet

1996

• BMIC, London, Six Brief Comments for flexible amateur orchestra
• Royal Academy of Music, London, Four European Dances for recorder trio

1995

• Dulwich Festival, London, Regretful Songs of the Sea for baritone, cello, and oboe
• Spitalfields Festival, London, Six Brief Comments for flexible amateur orchestra
• BMIC, London, Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, and Conversation II for recorder, flute, or violin, with piano