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Happy new year! I’m fortunate to have lots of exciting things coming up in 2022, including the world premiere of Message-Fragments in Honour of Giles Swayne for solo violin and further performances of Song-Messages by its dedicatee Héloïse Werner. There will also be a public workshop of my London Symphony Orchestra commission Symphonic Message: “Wach…

I’m thrilled to say that I have been awarded a PhD in Composition from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the result of nearly four years of work. It’s been a transformative experience, and I’m hugely grateful to my supervisors Julian Anderson and Paul Newland, as well as those who commissioned and performed my…

You can now listen to my recent piece Canzoni et Ricercari online. Performed by the amazing 12 Ensemble, this piece was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for the 2021 Cheltenham Music Festival and premiered at Gloucester Cathedral on 9th July this year. It’s great to finally be able to share this recording. The piece is…

My new piece Canzoni et Ricercari will be premiered by the 12 Ensemble in Gloucester Catehdral, 7.30pm on Friday 9th July, as part of the Cheltenham Music Festival 2021. The Royal Philharmonic Society commissioned me to write the piece as one of their 2020-21 composers. Click here to find out more about the concert, which…

Having previously been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my new orchestral piece PROTO-SYMPHONY was finally performed by the London Symphony Orchestra on 8th March as part of the Panufnik Composers Workshop, and will now be streamed on the LSO YouTube channel this Sunday 16th May at 7pm (event page here). The broadcast will also…

I am thrilled to announce that I have been commissioned to write a new orchestral work for the London Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 season. This follows my participation in the Panufnik Composers Scheme, as part of which the LSO performed my PROTO-SYMPHONY in a workshop at LSO St. Luke’s on Monday 8th March. I am incredibly…