Projects that are brewing…
If anything takes your fancy, feel free to contact me.

currently working… (March – August)

death and desire – for large Ensemble, Studio Musikfabrik
suffering? – for solo Tenor Voice, Niki Zhodi
.. as it seems to be fading – for clarinet/bass clarinet, accordion and vl’cello, Trio Tempestoso
forbidden bodies – for Alto Flute and Clarinet d’Amore, E & R
EXO – for Soprano, Bass Flute and Double Bass

Stand-Alone works

SOLO

adrift in the dark which is now – for solo piano, for Tamara Geißner [Stuttgart] (2022-23) [13′]

d(r)ench – for solo vibraphone [Bern] (2023-24) [9′]

bypass – for solo violoncello, for Urban and Robbie [Slovenia] (2022-23) [7′ – 8′]

sinking stairs – for solo Tubax/Bari Sax, for Samuel Dong [Sydney] (2024) [6′ – 7′]

CHAMBER

a stroke of mundanity – for clarinet, piano & electronics; for Ray Brien and Ben Smith (2022-23) [5′]

umbra; between one another – for spatialised Trumpet & Viola (2023) [13’+]

in the field with phantoms – for Violin & Violoncello (2023) [10′ – 11′]

of two and three make – for spatialised Soprano, Violin, Viola, Guitar and Piano (2023) [9′ 1/2]

dryad’s kiss – for two Sopranos and Violoncello (2023) [9′]

Autumn; the second following – for Saxophone Quartet [AATB] (2024) [6′ – 8′] for Olinda

bleeding line/puncture wound – reworking for Two Soprano Saxophones and electronics, for Sam Dong and Angus Key (2023-24) [10’+]

LARGE ENSEMBLE/ORCHESTRA/CONCERTANTE

piano concerto – for piano and chamber orchestra [TBD] (2025) [20′]

nucalyptus – for 4 simultaneous ensembles (2024-25) [34′]

broken black jacket – evening length work for Large Ensemble, (2025) [60′]

New Concertante Work – for Cello and Large Ensemble (2026) [20′]

everything in the universe is the smell of burnt almonds – Concertante Work for Piano, voice, concertante ensemble & Orchestra (2026-27) [installation ~] for Matthew Lee Knowles

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CYCLES & SERIES

skin on skin; contact (2021-25)

1. EXO (2022-24)

choreographed accumulative work – for soprano, bass flute and double bass

(i) echophemera [6′] solo double bass (2021-23) under revision

I. lapse [7′] soprano, bass flute & double bass

(ii) tactility/mobility [45″] solo double bass*
(iii) under veils of breath [6′] solo bass flute (2022)

II. how hearts (un)bind [12′] soprano & bass flute

(iv) the inane beauty of its surface [7′] solo soprano (2021, rev. 2022-23) under revision
(v) bridges; between you and me [3′ – 4′] bass flute & double bass* (2022)

III. more is less [13′] soprano, bass flute & double bass

* – only available as part of EXO – all other movements can be extracted and/or partitioned off.

2. NEST (2022-)

I. pain, in seek of pleasure – Tetraptych (2022-24)

1. that place, apart from you – for Trio + Ensemble (6-9 players), for .abeceda [Slovenia] (2022-24) [17′]
2. death and desire – for embedded trio and large ensemble, commissioned by Studio MusikFabrik with funds from the Landesmusikrat Nordrhein-Westfalen [Köln] (2021-23) [12′]
3. suffering? – for solo Tenor Voice, for Niki Zhodi [Leeds/UK] (2023) [6′ – 8′]
4. forbidden bodies – for Alto Flute & Clarinet d’Amore, for E + R [Austria/Switzerland] (2023-24) [7′]

II. by the hands of those who love me – Pentatych (2022-25)

1. participants in silence’s deafening – for Bass Clarinet and Double Bass, for STASH Duo (2022) [5′ – 6′]
2. a hollow heart’s temptation – for Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Harp and Violoncello, for Ensemble Offspring; commissioned as part of the Hatched Composer Intensive (2022) [6′ – 7′]
3. love and mourning – for Oboe and Viola, for Phoebe and Ben (2023-24) [11′ – 14′]
4. the depths of [my love for] you – for solo Voice and Ensemble (2024-25)
5. the hearth – for string quartet, TBC (2024-25) [25′]

III. in series – with Richard Haynes (2020-)

PANEL ONE: invitation (2020/22)

invitation (2022) – for solo Clarinet d’Amore [extracted from incubation]
incubation (2020) – for solo Clarinet d’Amore [13′] for Richard Haynes

PANEL TWO: instigation (2023-)

accumulating concertante work – for solo Clarinet d’Amore and 10 players; Alto/Bass Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Flugelhorn, Alto/Tenor Trombone; Prepared Harp, 2 Percussion; Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass

PANEL THREE: infiltration (TBD)

TBD… with (chamber) orchestra?

3. the feat awaiting (2022/23-) [25′]

collage for four players and live speaker/actor, featuring:

1. the feat awaiting – for solo Contrabass Clarinet (2023) [8′ – 9′]
2. through gold and fray – for solo (heavily) prepared Harp (2023) [5′ – 6′]
3. ergo, therefore i am – for solo Viola (2022/23) [9′ – 10′]
4. dross – for solo Percussion (2023) [4′ – 5′]

the feat awaiting – for Contrabass Clarinet solo, prepared Harp, Viola & Percussion with live Speaker/Actor (2024-)
text by: Robert Frost, James Joyce, Samantha Curran and Sean Quinn

4. as much as we try to avoid it

collage – for Speaker; Bass Flute, Double Bass; Viola; Violoncello; Percussion & Prepared Harp
with text by S.X. Quinn

featuring materials from:

under veils of breath – solo bass flute
bridges; between you and me – bass flute & double bass
bypass – one or two violoncello
ergo, therefore i am – one or two violas
dross – solo percussion
through gold and fray – prepared harp & percussion version

5. tree tongue time traveller – a chamber opera (2022-25)

for baritone, ensemble & electronics
with Justin Spenner

PART ONE – The Traveller’s Curse

1. embedded truths
2. longing
3. here it lays (2022)
4. the heart’s vulnerability
5. formidable dialogues

PART TWO – the shadow of the heart

6. sympathetic severance
7. departure; despair; a reckoning

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imaginarium (2022-)

1. a place for everything; everything in its place (2024-25)

installation with combined forces – co-created with Xiaole Zhan and Aditya Bhat [Melbourne]

SCENES:

ever essence – movements for Voice & Percussion
dross – for solo Percussion
bypass – for solo Violoncello
ergo, therefore i am – for solo Viola

also including works by Aditya Bhat, Xiaole Zhan, Rebecca Saunders, Liza Lim & more

2. tracing in timeless tandem – oddities and tangents

PANEL ONE: the outer ring

(i) fluid (2023-24) – for Violin duo
(ii) shape (2023) – for solo Flute, for Eric
(iii) narratif; amid the elements (2024-25) – for Speaker, Ensemble & Electronics

PANEL TWO: temporal tangents

(ia) .. an intermittent breath .. – for solo Accordion, commissioned by Ghenadie Rotari for the ‘Quarantine Diaries’ project [IT] (2021) [2′ – 3′]
(ib) between broken breaths – for solo Accordion (2023) [5′]
(ii) as it seems to be fading.. – for Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Accordion and Violoncello, for Trio Tempestoso [DE] (2022-23) [12′]
(iii) ~ seismic cosmology – for solo Electric Guitar, for Rueben [DE] (2022-24)
(iv) New Work – for Accordion and Electric Guitar [DE] (2024)
(v) inverting breath’s bruising pace – for solo Accordion, commissioned by Ghenadie Rotari [EU] (2023-24) [12′ – 15′]
(vi) as vision slides between realities – for Electric Guitar and Ensemble, for Rueben [DE] (2024) [TBD]
(vii) the heat of each star’s beating heart – for Electric guitar duo, for Duo Santorsa-Pereyra [EU] (2024) [25′]
(viii) under the ear’s heaving lung – for Accordion and ensemble, for Ghenadie [EU] (2024) [17′]
(ix) breathless.. – accumulative installation project; for solo Accordion, solo Electric Guitar… (2024-26)

PANEL FOUR: lichen series (2023-25)

• lichen (i): the living raincoat – for spatialised Alto, three percussion and prepared harp (2023-24) [11′]
• lichen (ii): survival instinct – madrigal for three voices [MzS.A.Bar] and prepared harp (2023-24) [7′ – 8′]
• lichen (iii): the intimacy of being – for four voices [MzS.A.T.Bar], saxophone quartet and two percussion (2024) [15′]
• lichen (iv): mutual beneficiaries – for four voices [MzS.A.T.Bar], concertante group, choir [SATB] and orchestra (2027) [30′]

PANEL FIVE: if water held its shape

for large ensemble (17-20 players)

3. The Triduum of Light – operatic triptych

moths – for 3 vocalists, ensemble and electronics (2021-25) [75′ – 90′]

fireflies – for 3 voices, 3 dancers, ‘baroque’ sextet, exterior quartet & electronics (2025-)

arachnids – 3 voices, video, electronics and 3 instrumentalists (2027-) hommage à Aperghis

5. IF (2022-24)

spatialised installation work; for 19-performers

soprano & baritone voices, flute/bass flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, 2 violoncellos & double bass

6. fabric of one’s mettle – with WHACKollective and others…

(i) dross – for solo percussion, for Aditya Bhat
(ii) feld; sechs und vierzig – for percussion trio, TBD
(iii) filigrane – for four percussionists; spatialised, for WHACKollective
(iv) rind – operatic collage; voice, percussion trio and ensemble*

* – can also be performed in a concert edition

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7. biomass – works with Sheng, for Wu Wei

1. biomorph – for solo sheng (2022-23) [9′ – 11′]
2. the deeper root of their thinking – for sheng and spatialised electronics (installation)
3. biomass – concerto for solo sheng and large ensemble

8. the elephant in blue

installation opera project – TBD

part one: (untitled) – (2021-26) [72′] for voice, actor & electronics + trio + quartet

• prologue:rain – ensemble + electronics [5′]
  • fade – voice + trio [6′]*
  • please – voice, ensemble + electronics [8′]*
• pitter, patter (i) – voice + double-bell trumpet [7′]*
  • waiting – voice + mixed quartet [15′]*
  • interior – narrator + trio [5′]
• pitter, patter (ii) – voice + bass clarinet [6′]*
  • senses – double-bell trumpet + ensemble [8′]*
  • cold – voice, narrator, bass clarinet, ensemble [9′]*
• epilogue: (what is blue?) – narrator, ensemble + electronics [3′]

(*) – work is extractable as a single concert work, or in the case of the pitter, patter pieces, they may be paired together, or (i) may be paired with senses and (ii) with cold. Unmarked works are only available as part of the elephant in blue opera.

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part two: be… still (TBD)

part three: brink (TBD)

part four: (blue)… is… (TBD)

part five: stay… with… (TBD)

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