It has been a very productive and, from a compositional viewpoint, busy year since last I blogged. So busy in fact that I have continually put off blogging until a quieter moment… which has never come. So I apologise if…

(Well, you can’t be across everything…) My webmeister, Andrew Bernard, just discovered that anyone who has viewed this site previously on a mobile phone will have had a fairly unhelpful experience. This is because the menu navigation system on the…

At long last my 2021 solo for contrabass, Resuscitatîve, has been played! And by its co-dedicatee, no less. On 28 April 2024 contrabass players from all over gathered at the Elder Conservatorium for a series of “recitals, presentations, masterclasses, and…

I am delighted to be able to declare that Thomas Giles gave the World Premiere of my soprano saxophone solo ⟨ʀ⟩emote in the Frequency Series at the Constellations venue in Chicago on 5 November. The livestream of the concert is…

My year of the single-reeds continues with the world premiere of ⟨ʀ⟩emote, my new soprano saxophone solo. Thomas Giles emailed me in early August this year asking if I could have a piece ready for him to play on November…