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Acoustic works for one to two performers.

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Solo Works

13 works
2024
Pace non trovo
Solo Clarinet in B♭
Written for Cosimo Profita, based on different levels of reading of Petrarca's poem of the same title.
♩ Score ▶ Recording Premiered 13/08/24, Fortezza Vecchia, Livorno, Italy. Livorno Music Festival.
2023
Cho1Ha6 (初夏）
Solo Flute
Based on a loose algorithmic mapping on《 阮郎歸·初夏》by 蘇軾. Premiered by Ada Poon.
♩ Score ▶ Recording Premiered 16/07/23, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK. Gey Teal Girl's Choir Concert.


Patina
Solo Piano
Premiered by Siwan Rhys. An organic transformation of material through time, creating an unpredictable yet distinctive beauty like the patina formed on aged, weathered metal
♩ Score ▶ Recording Premiered 01/03/23, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
2022
Recursion
Solo Percussion
Workshopped by Brian Archinal. Pitch-space from AI-generated data mapped onto different timbres to form timbral hierarchy — skin instruments most prominent, followed by wood and metal.
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Markov Patterns
Solo Vibraphone and Marimba
Algorithmically generated music interpreted by percussionist Steven Moore. Recorded March 2022.
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Flou
Violin
Recording by Mira Benjamin, a co-attempt between performer and composer to embody otherwise unidiomatic algorithmically generated music.
♩ Score ▶ Recording
2021
Adrift
Solo Guitar
Recording by Seth Josel. This piece uses James Tenney's method of approximating just ratios with the 72-TET scale. Guitar scordatura played with natural harmonics only to achieve maximum microtonality
♩ Score ▶ Recording
2020
Stillness
Solo Piano
Part of Four Pieces with Cognitive Constraints — a portfolio exploring a generative system based on Fred Lerdahl's 16 Cognitive Constraints.
♩ Score ▶ Recording
2018
Vertigo
Alto Saxophone
Plays on cyclical thematic materials across a range of extended techniques. Recorded by Shaohui Hao.
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Niflheim
Bass Clarinet
Recording by Heather Roche. Inspired by the dark, misty, and freezing realm of Old Norse mythology. Breath sounds, hollow timbres, and slow-moving bass notes respond to its theme.
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The Lost Meadow
Bass Clarinet
Juxtaposes a range of flute extended techniques with the typical timbre frequently associated with rural, greenery landscapes. Recording by Nicholas Sabisky.
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Three Musings for Piano
Solo Piano
A set of three miniatures for solo piano.
♩ Score ▶ Recording
2017
Illumination
Accordion
Explores the wide range of dynamics, register, and timbral colour of the accordion — from expressive high note vibratos to low register cluster chords. Recorded by Bartosz Głowacki.
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Duets

3 works
2025
Tractions
Harp Four Hands
Written as a collaborative experimentation with Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir and Stef Van Vynckt during the Darmstadt Harp workshop 2025.
♩ Score ▶ Recording Premiered 26/07/25, Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt, Germany. Därmstadter Ferienkurse.
2023
Mou4 Gaan3（無間）
Harp Four Hands
For two harpists playing on a single harp (pedal or non-pedal). One player performs normally while the other executes a preparation part for extended techniques. Premiere by Amy Tam from the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
♩ Score ▶ Recording Premiered 06/08/23, Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, China. HKNME Shapes Songs Project.


Hineni: Here I am
Solo voice and Piano
9 haikus written by the piece's co-creator, Ruth Steinberg, describing 9 fragments of her husband Len's life story from 1937 Krakow to 1985 Leeds. Premiered by Bethan Terry and Francesco Lauri
♩ Score ▶ Recording Premiered 13/06/23, Lecture Theatre, Leeds Conservatoire of Music, Leeds, UK. Leeds Lieder Festival