Body resonance (Cello Concerto)
Vc. + Ensemble. The ‘Body Resonance’ refers to the modes of vibration of the sounding chamber of a stringed instrument. Julia Barahal on Cello. Premiered in Korzo, Den Haag.
Rainforest
Solo electronic improvisation using my self-coded synth.
origin:axis
A duo between myself and Christine Cornwell. Interaction between two voices, vocal improvisation, electronics.
plane/plain/song
Origin:Axis is a duo complrised of myself and Christine Cornwell. We focus on use of the voice in different ways, ‘tuning in’, interaction with electronics. The signature aspect of our performance is the X-Y oscilloscope, one axis of which represents one voice. MaasTheatre Rotterdam, 2019.
‘In C’ – Incubator Rotterdam
I was asked to create a programme for undergraduate keyboard players from different disciplines. The programme would teach them collaborative compositional principles and help them to create their own pieces. This would be held over the course of a project week called ‘incubator’. Our venue was the Pelgrimsvaderskerk in Rotterdam. The final result was live …
‘More Up’
Oliver Vibrans asked me to help prepare orchestral score and parts for his piece ‘more up’ for the BBC Symphony and the Able Orchestra. I provided graphics for use by the electronic musicians which followed Ollie’s ideas. I edited and produced a score and set of parts for the first performance.
Agar the Dutchman
I was looking through some (rather rubbish) old school songs during my residency at Eton College and found this rather nice tune written in the late 19th Century. I arranged/orchestrated it for easy orchestral performance.
Xaipete
Arrangement of the Ley’s School Cambridge song, re-imagined for big band in jazz style. Commissioned as part of the Ley’s school celebration of Ken Naylor.
Te Lucis Ante Terminum
Choir of any size. Part of Operadagen/Tent Rotterdam. Now a score, but originally a project of improvised singing with the Tarwewijk Choir. I started the Tarwewijk choir to explore different ways of co-composing improvised vocal music. The first public performance of our plainsong-based piece ‘Te Lucis’ was part of ‘Scores for Rotterdam’; a project by …
Art Break Rotterdam
Art Break was an evening-long performance in the ‘Fenix Factory’ Rotterdam — an old shipping warehouse in the south of the city. I participated as a composer and performer. https://www.facebook.com/ArttBreakk/ Performances included my piece ‘Piano Factory’ for 6 pianos as well as a devised piece with live interactive electronics / motion sensors.