​​​Here are some samples of my work, past and present.  Please contact me directly for more recent examples of ensemble recordings, as these are limited by performing rights restrictions.​

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PIANO

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Recent compositions for solo piano

Here are a few of my recent compositions:

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Snow was written in 2024 for a recital at the JdP in Oxford.

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Rain was the third movement of a piece written for an RSNO ensemble as part of the Notes from Scotland project in 2021, which I set for solo piano in 2024.

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Sky is a short prelude written about two years ago.

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Fugue in C Aeolian mixes my love of counterpoint and fugues with more modern harmony.​​​

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CHORAL

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Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation

Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Two of my compositions were awarded distinctions in this competition adjudicated by Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King's Music.  The event was sponsored by The Christian Arts Trust, the Edinburgh Society of Organists and the Royal College of Organists.​​

​​"Easter Monday" is a setting of the poem by Christina Rossetti.​​

"I Myself Will Search for my Sheep" is a setting of Ezekiel 34 (see below)

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Service of Celebration and Remembrance of Eric Liddell

I was asked to set two poems by Alexander McCall Smith for organ and choir as part of this service in June 2024 at St Giles Cathedral, attended by HRH The Princess Royal.  This was part of the Eric Liddell 100 programme to secure, cherish and celebrate the legacy of Eric Liddell on the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Olympics.  You can listen to the pieces here (conducted by Michael Harris) and the words can be found in the order of service here.

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Setting of Ezekiel 34

I was honoured to be asked to set this passage for organ and voice for the consecration of Anderson Jeremiah as the Bishop of Edmonton in 2024 at Canterbury Cathedral.​​​​​​​​

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Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation

Festival of the Sacred Arts 2023, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

​A professional choir, conducted by Calum Robertson, performed three of my choral compositions as part of a programme of work by young Edinburgh composers.  You can listen here
and download scores here and here.  Please let me know using the 'Contact' form if you are performing them, as I would love to know.

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"The Lord is Near" was recently sung as part of Evensong at Old St Paul's, Edinburgh, conducted by Calum Robertson.

Listen here.​​  It was also performed as part of the 2024 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at All Saints, Fulham, conducted by Alastair Carey.  you can listen here.

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"Anthem to St Andrew" was performed by the Echo Vocal Ensemble  conducted by Sarah Latto in April 2024 in Edinburgh (St Giles' Cathedral) and in Glasgow (University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel) as part of a programme of historical and contemporary music on their first Scottish tour.  A short clip of them improvising on it is here.

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Let There Be Light
This anthem for SATB choir and organ was commissioned for the HMC/IAPS Enlightened Education conference in Edinburgh, in October 2022. I was privileged to be mentored by Sir James MacMillan during the composition process.  You can watch and listen to a performance here.

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ENSEMBLE​​

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The Seven Days of April

This piece for string orchestra was inspired by a poem of the same name, by the Orkney poet, Piers Cain. It was selected for the George Mackay Brown Centenary Celebration and was performed by the Orkney Camerata in St Magnus’ Cathedral in March 2022. Listen to their performance here.

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For Uli and PeterA duet for piano and violin, composed for Peter Evans (my piano teacher) and his wife Uli.  Here is a link to their beautiful performance.​

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JAZZ

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I continue to write and perform jazz.  ​I made these albums when I was much younger and less developed as a composer, but I am still proud of some of the ideas.

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Lock & Key
Composed and recorded at home during the second UK Covid-19 lockdown in 2021, here I enjoyed experimenting with electronic instruments.  “The Lockdown” and “Golden Days” were broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster’s Jazz World with Linley Hamilton.
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Friends
I composed, performed and recorded this album at home during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. I experimented with a mixture of styles -  jazz, blues, and even some baroque and classical - and mainly acoustic instruments.
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