While I was at school, I wrote music. Playing instruments came later. My teachers suggested I attend Leeds University to study composition with Alexander Goehr. That was a great idea. His teaching was inspiring; I still think about things he said today.
Playing took over and I wrote nothing for many years, but I started to write again a while back.
Esperanza for baroque oboe and harpsichord, was written for my partner, Gail Hennessy.
Steven Devine seemed delighted with the harpsichord part so in 2016 I wrote him a piece, Flats , then subsquently two more.
Pieces I have written:
Those that have been performed marked with asterisk.
Some pieces are are looking for a performance!
Baroque oboe
Esperanza * for Gail Hennessy
baroque oboe & harpsichord
Echoes and Falls * for Gail Hennessy
baroque oboe solo
Bass viol
Hard darknin for Reiko Ichise
Cello
Ceum thar na mara * for Christine Hurley
Cogarnaich anns a' ghaoith for Christine Hurley
Double bass
Stronghold * for Malachy Robinson
Guitar
Tränen für die Syrischen Kinder for Xuefei Yang
(also version for harp)
Harpsichord
Flats * for Steven Devine
Naturals for Steven Devine
Prelude with sharps * for Steven Devine
and also a version for Ottavino *
Coragio for Trevor Pinnock
Piano
Stepping Stones for William Hennessy
Untitled
Songs
My Gostly Fader for Kate Semmens
soprano & organ
Feare no more the heate o' th' Sun *
for Kate Semmens, soprano and organ
Spanish double harp
Tha mi 'n dòchas... for Constance Allanic
String quartet
Áthas... * for Sarah MacMahon
A Distant Kiss * for Lucy Russell
Berry Hill * in memoriam Iain McGillivray
Viola
To the Heath for Sarah Parfitt
Daalamist * in memoriam Gustav Clarkson
Written for Adam Romer
Violin
Gazing out to sea * for Lucy Russell
Ahint for Lucy Russell (two violins)
Vender * for Miki Takahashi
Recorder quintet
The Fair Maid of Perth for Pamela Thorby
Sackbut
O’r Galon * for Emily White
(with drone)
Theorbo & clapping (dancer)
Dance in Shadows for Matt Wadsworth
My Compositions
