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Letter Pieces 2007+ Open-score pieces for performer (e.g. dancer, live-artist, actor) and musician (vocal or any instrument).
For full performance listings of Letter Pieces see the Letter Pieces blog.
Popular Contexts, Volume 5: Urban Dictionary 2013 25 minutes For soprano, tenor saxophone, piano/keyboards and drum-kit
Wespoke
  • Kings Place, London, UK 2 February 2014
  • Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland 30 January 2014
Letter Piece #8 (trio): Sit up and stand down 2013 8 minutes For three performers
Alter Ego
  • Midvinterfestival, Piteå School of Music, Sweden 23 February 2013
Ensemble Offspring
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia 16 November 2013
  • Kings Place, London, UK 20 October 2013
  • Glasgow University, UK 16 October 2013
  • Birmingham Town Hall, UK 14 October 2013
  • Concertgebouw, Brugge, Belgium 13 October 2013
  • Theatre Dakota, The Hague, Netherlands 12 October 2013
  • International Festival of Exploratory Music, Bendigo, Australia 13 September 2013
  • The Standard, Sydney, Australia 11 September 2013
  • Melbourne Recital Hall, Australia 8 April 2013
Hi hat and Me 2010 5 minutes For solo percussionist (voice and hi-hat). For Claire Edwardes
Claire Edwardes
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia 7 March 2013
  • Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia 6 December 2012
  • CarriageWorks, Sydney, Australia 1 December 2012
  • Tura New Music, Perth, Australia 22 November 2012
  • City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia 14 November 2012
Joley Cragg
Nick Reed
  • Great Hall, Goldsmiths University, London, UK 27 April 2013
  • Clothworkers Centenary Hall, University of Leeds, UK 20 April 2013
Popular Contexts, Volume 2 2010 25 minutes For piano, sampler, voice and physical actions (one person) For Stephane Ginsburgh
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur for Stephane Ginsburgh
Stephane Ginsburgh
  • Kammer Klang, Café Oto, London, UK 22 October 2013
  • Instants Chavirés, Paris, France 15 November 2012
  • Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, UK 12 November 2012
Logic Rock 2013 7 minutes For guitar and drum kit For Toon Callier and Jeroen Stevens
Commissioned by bESIdES
bESIdES
  • Concertgebouw, Brugge, Belgium 13 October 2013
Fast Medium Swing 2008 10 minutes For solo piano, 3 instruments and sampler.
bESIdES
  • Concertgebouw, Brugge, Belgium 13 October 2013
Slow Flipping Harmony 2006 8 minutes For any four melodic instruments and one auxiliary player.
Commissioned by The Australia Council for the Arts for Ensemble Offspring
Ensemble Offspring
  • International Festival of Exploratory Music, Bendigo, Australia 13 September 2013
  • The Standard, Sydney, Australia 11 September 2013
Popular Contexts 2010 30 minutes For piano and sampler. For Mark Knoop
Gwenaëlle Rouger
  • Royal College of Music, London, UK 6 June 2013 [extract]
Mark Knoop
  • Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway 1 March 2013
Avant Muzak 2010 16 minutes For flute, soprano saxophone, drum kit, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello and sampler
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur for Ensemble bESIdES
bESIdES
  • Bruges Concertgebouw, Belgium 10 May 2013
Instrumental Music 2011 25 minutes For eight voices
Commissioned by EXAUDI
EXAUDI
  • Only Connect Theatre, London, UK 4 May 2013
Songs about words and about the pleasure of misery 2012 20 minutes Five songs for soprano and piano For Juliet Fraser and Mark Knoop
Commissioned by The Britten-Pears Foundation
Juliet Fraser and Mark Knoop
Popular Contexts, Volume 6 2013 23 minutes Trio for vibraphone, drum-kit and sampler keyboard
Commissioned by MaerzMusik, Speak Percussion with support from Julian Burnside
Speak Percussion
  • Third Coast Percussion Studio, Chicago, USA 21 March 2013
  • MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany 16 March 2013
Popular Contexts, Volume 3: The Music of Theatre Making Movement 2: The Beautiful Game 2011 40 minutes For conductor, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, drum-kit (with glockenspiel), guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass and sampler keyboard
Commissioned by Nieuw Ensemble
Norwegian Academy of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble
  • Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway 1 March 2013 [extract]
Five Monuments for Our Time 2008 7 minutes For conductor and orchestra. For Gijs Kramers
University of Southampton New Music Ensemble, Ben Oliver
  • Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, UK 30 November 2012
Earth Breeze Smoke 2008 11 minutes For 2 recorders.
Commissioned by The Bruges Concertgebouw
Ensemble Bradamente
  • Saint Remi Church, Profondeville, Belgium 4 November 2012