Works
- opera :
- vocal music :
- performance pieces :
- orchestra :
- 7+ players :
- 2-6 players :
- solos :
- works with video :
- Kate Molino and Jason Noble
Opera
Electric Dreams
A historic opera
2015
70 minutes
Ensemble: flute, saxophone, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, 2 keyboardists (synthesizers and sampler), midi drum kit, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass.
Commissioned by The 6th Johann-Joseph-Fux Competition for Opera
Soloists: 2 sopranos, mezzo soprano, tenor, bass, actor and French horn.Ensemble: flute, saxophone, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, 2 keyboardists (synthesizers and sampler), midi drum kit, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass.
Vocal music
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
- Sad Lyric Happy Music
- Symptoms of Depression
- Misery Thesaurus
- He, She and Doxy
- Woman Waits, Seething, Blooming
Instrumental Music
2011
25 minutes
For eight voices
Commissioned by EXAUDI
- Micro Hetero Poly
- Power Chord
- Drum Vocabulary
- Arpeggio Interlude After Fugazi
- Scat Pack
You Close Your Eyes Again
2004
15 minutes
For female voice, clarinet, electric guitar, percussion & piano.
Performance pieces
Lecture About Sad Music and Happy Dance
2017
1 hour
For violinist and dancer
In collaboration with Shila Anaraki and Aisha Orazbayeva
Lecture about Listening to Music
2017
32 minutes
For lecturer, soprano/tenor saxophone and synthesiser/samples
Lecture about Bad Music
2015
40 minutes
For lecturer, clarinet, electric guitar, synthesiser and violin
Commissioned by Ultima Festival
Letter Pieces
2007+
Open-score pieces for performer (e.g. dancer, live-artist, actor) and musician (vocal or any instrument).
Read more about Letter Pieces and see more performances at the Letter Pieces blog page.
Orchestra
Glücklich Glücklich Freude Freude
2019
20 minutes
For keyboards and orchestra
Commissioned by Donaueschinger Musiktage
Music and Actions for strings, keyboard and conductor
2015
11 minutes
For conductor, keyboard and string orchestra
Commissioned by Nederlands Strijkers Gilde
7+ players
Popular Contexts, Volume 3: The Music of Theatre Making
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
- Pentatone Alphabet March
- The Beautiful Game
- Weird Tour Guide
- Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
- Kitchen interlude
- Five Monuments for Our TIme
Avant Muzak
2010
16 minutes
For flute, soprano saxophone, drum kit, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello and sampler (also arranged for soprano saxophone, clarinet, drum kit, electric organ and sampler, violin, cello and double bass)
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur for Ensemble bESIdES
- Slow, quite slow, quite fast and fast; with footsteps
- Starting and stopping; with girl poem
- Loud and Soft; with construction
- Scanning
- Cultural Location
Joy Time Ride for Ives
2009
16 minutes
For flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, drum-kit, electric organ, 2 violins, cello and double bass.
Commissioned by Ives Ensemble
Five Monuments for Our Time
2008
7 minutes
For conductor, 8+ instruments, and drum kit
For Gijs Kramers
2-6 players
Weird Audio Guide
2011, arranged 2020
For accordion, synthesiser (with samples) and drum-kit
(arrangement of the third movement of Popular Contexts, Volume 3)
Graveyard Slot (with guest appearance)
2019
20 minutes
Quartet for alto saxophone, electric guitar, drum kit (with MIDI pads) and synthesiser (with samples)
For Ensemble Nikel
Popular Contexts, Volume 10: Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony in context
2016
15 minutes
For The Peärls Before Swïne Experience Beethoven cycle
Commissioned by Swedish Arts Council
- Beginning, middle, end
- Seaside Construction
- Situation Comedy
- Ode to Joy
Popular Contexts, Volume 7: Public domain music
2014
25 minutes
For clarinet, electric guitar, synthesizer and sampler, drum-kit and cello.
Commissioned by asamisimasa
- International Transport Chimes Reggae
- Jazz in the Park
- Canteen Funk
- Muzak in the Shopping Mall
The Major Sevenths Medley
2014
13 minutes
For 4 electric guitars
Commissioned by TRANSIT Festival for Zwerm
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
- Saxophone Sequences
- Basic Bass Patterns
- Air Drums
- Chromatic Crowds
Logic Rock
2013
7 minutes
For guitar and drum kit
For Toon Callier and Jeroen Stevens
Commissioned by bESIdES
Popular Contexts, Volume 5: Language command
2013
24 minutes
Quartet for speaker, soprano voice, tenor saxophone and synthesizer/sampler
- Training
- Stalling
- Controlling
- Directing
- Instructing
- Stopping
More Logic Rock
2012 (rev. 2015)
16 minutes
Duo for midi guitar and drum kit
Commissioned by Drumming Grupo da percussao
Line and Length
2007
9 minutes
For soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet & bassoon.
Commissioned by The 2007 Spitalfields Festival for Calefax
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
Free Square Jazz
2005
10 minutes
For soprano/tenor recorder, electric guitar, double bass and drum kit.
Commissioned by The Orpheus Institute for Champ D'Action
Solos
Popular Contexts, Volume 8: five soundscapes for a contemporary percussionist
2015
25
For midi pads and assorted acoustic instruments
Written for Håkon Stene
Commissioned by The Norwegian Programme for Artistic Research
- Drummin’ in the Rain
- Comfortably Glock
- Session Drummer
- Exotic tourism in recorded sound history
- Royalty Free
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
- Weird Uncle
- See My Logic
- Racing Cars Have Feelings Too
- Stand Up for Skateparks
Popular Contexts
2010
30 minutes
For piano and sampler.
For Mark Knoop
- Free Sound
- Progressive Clock, Alarm Rock
- Partial Pastoral Lobotomy
- Resonant Coupling
- Weird Twin
- Discharge
Serious and Sincere Sentiments About Something
1999
8 minutes
For guitar.
For Geoffrey Morris
Commissioned by The Australia Council for the Arts for Geoffrey Morris
Works with video
A Documentary Saga of the OULIPO
2006-07
22 minutes
Video work by Rees Archibald, Andrew Infanti & Matthew Shlomowitz.
Train Travel
2006
20 minutes
For clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola & video.
Video: Rees Archibald
Six Aspects of the Body in Image and Sound
2004
19 minutes
For clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello and video.
Video: Rees Archibald
Commissioned by The Bath International Festival of Music for The Tate Ensemble