Compositions


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Orchestral (+solo)


- Symphony No.5 Viennese (2026) - 2(picc)223(contra)/4230/perc/timp/strings

- Symphony No.4 Chansonnier(2024) - 2ob, 2clar, 2bsn, Cbsn, 3hrn, celeste, cellos, basses and mezzo-soprano - text by Kabir trans. Tagore - premiere 16 April 2027

- Symphony No.3 Ricercare(2024) - 3 String Orchestras and Solo Bassoon - in memoriam Mark Pollard - premiere 21 Feb 2026

- Symphony No.2 Joie de Vivre(2024) - 3333/4232(euph)/perc/timp/hrp/strings

- Symphony No.1 In the Heel of the Hunt(2019-2023) - 2222(contra)/4331/perc/timp/strings - premiere 25 April 2025

- Cello Concerto(2018/19) - 1111/2200/hrp/strings/timp/solo cello - 2019 - Premiere Nov 2021 (rescheduled due to COVID-19)



Chamber Orchestra (+solo)


- Suite Antique Populaire(2026) - Solo Double Bass + Chamber Orchestra: 2ob/CorA/2clar/bassclar/3hrn/percussion (IN PROGRESS)

- Sometime, Soon(2022) - Ode for Alto Saxophone, Strings and Vibraphone (piano score available) - premiere 20 October 2023

- Hexad(2016) - String Orchestra Version - premiered by St Paul's Sinfonia Feb 2017


Chamber Works


- Verzauberte Sonatine (Enchanted Sonatina)(2026)  - Alto Saxophone and Piano  - comissioned by Timothy Sun

- FIve Vignettes from the River Avon(2025) - Clarinet and Basset Horn - comissioned by CCC - premiere 14 March 2025

- Blowing a Gale(2024) - Soprano Saxophone and Harp - comissioned by Huw Wiggin - premiere May 2025 Chiltern Arts Festival

- Canticles(2024) - Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet - premiere Clapham Chamber Concerts, June 2024

- H.B.J.W(2023) - Theme and Variations - Violin and Cello

- Three Ecstatic Visions(2021) - Flute and Piano

- Five Short Dances in a Stravinskian Style(2018) - Violin, Clarinet, Cornet, Trombone, Percussion, Bassoon, Bass - premiere Clapham Chamber Concerts, Sept 2018

- Venus Under Moon(2017) - Clarinet, Cello and Piano - premiere by Clapham Chamber Concerts, Feb 2017

- Hexad(2016) - String Sextet (String Orchestra) - premiere by Clapham Chamber Concerts, March 2016

- Morceaux (2015/16) - Sax, Violin and Piano - Commissioned by Contrasts Trio, premiere Feb 2017 in Hong Kong - version for flute, sax and piano available

- Capriccio Brillante(2012) - Euphonium and Piano (see video) Commissioned by Gary Curtin, premiered in BrucknerHaus 2012

- From my Window I can hear the Sea(2011/12) - Flute and Harp - premiere Borough New Music May 2019

- 3 Divertimenti for String Trio(2011) - Violin, Viola, Cello - comissioned and premiere The Amarilli Trio 2012 (Withdrawn)

- String Quartet No.2(2010) - Commissioned by the Cork Orchestral Society, RTÉ Vanbrugh 13th April 2010

- String Quartet No.1(2006) ‐ Premiered in Cork, RTÉ Vanbrugh, June 2007 - Commissioned by Cork Orchestral Society (Withdrawn)


Solo Instrumental


- Púca(2026) -  Prepared Solo Violin 

- Ambush(2026) - Solo Piano

- Imeall na h’Aille (Cliff Edge) (2024) - Solo Piano

- Banshee(2018) - Concert Harp and voice of harpist - premiere online Jean Kelly(harp and voice)

-"Mosey; Tootle; Pootle" (2015/16)for Solo Violin with tape - Premiered May 2016

- L'Oiseau mis en cage(2006) - Solo Bass Clarinet


Opera


- The Signalman(2021)(rev.2026) - Opera in One Act - Baritone, Tenor, Actor, Flute(picc, alto), Clarinet(bass), Horn(wagner tuba), Trombone, Percussion(2), Harp, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Electronics.

- Across The Water (The Identity Project) (2013-16) - Multimedia opera for Soprano and Harps with words by Dan Milmo - premiered 14th Nov 2016 at The Forge

- Lucy(2010) - Premiered in 2014 as part of the Clapham Chamber Concerts series - Winner of the Directors Choice Award at the Boston Metro Opera International Composers Competition 2013) - Soprano, Mezzo Soprano and Baritone - Piano Score only.

- The Judgement of Paris(2013) - Scena - SSS C-T and Actor - Piano and 'Cello - Commissioned by Cork Orchestral Society and premiered in June 2013.



Songs and Song Cycles


- Loving You is a Golden Religion(2019) - High Voice and Piano - premiered 2021 at Clapham Chamber Concerts

- Silver Apples from my Childhood(2010) - Soprano and Piano - commissioned by Music Network Ireland and Cork Orchestral Society

- Songs from the Rolling Deep(2010) ‐ Soprano (High Voice) and Piano (BMO Merit Award Winner 2013). Premiered by Norah King and Ciara Moroney in the NCH (Ireland) 2010.

- Leaves of Grass(2009 rev.2025) - Tenor and String Quartet - Piano Score available - Walt Whitman poetry.

- Tagore Love Songs(2008) ‐ Soprano, Piano and Flute (clarinet) ‐ Premiered in Ireland, April 2008

- Tri Caoineadh (Three Laments)(2006) ‐ Soprano and Piano ‐ Premiered in London, July 2006. Also winner of the 10th Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize


Choral


- Persephone(2026): Dramatic Monolgue for SATB, Two Pianos and Percussion. (In progress)

- Green Man(2023) - SATB - Dan Milmo

- Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven(2023) - SSAATTBB - W.B.Yeats

- A Symbel At Yule(2018) - SSA and Harp - various old English carols

- Impressions of Light(2010) - SSAA + 2Hrn. Premiered by Capella Lyrica 2013 - Walt Whitman



Community Projects (not available for performance)


- Kaleidoscope 1(2021) - Commissioned by University of Edinburgh for the first conference on CVI - premiered online Nov 2021

- Bonnington Variations(2018) - Commissioned by COPE foundation - collaborative project

- Sounds Spiritual!(2008) ‐ SSAA pno, fl, vl, tpt, perc (spiritual arr.) Premiered in Cork, April 2008. Commissioned by the Cork School of Music Community Music Department