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Opera/staged works
  • "Aorta" 20-min opera in one act (2018); collaboration with Dutch National Opera (DNO), premiere at Opera Forward Festival 2018 in Amsterdam, Mar 2018
  • "There is a precipice", theatre piece (2018); collaboration with Michela Amici (Hrp.), Antoine Josselin (perc.) Zacharias Fasshauer (Db.) premiere at Korzo Theater Den Haag, Arp 2018
  • "The Patchwork Coat", puppet opera (2015); premiere at Frontiers Festival 2015, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham, Mar 2015

​Orchestra
  • "She found" for symphony orchestra (2017); written for Residentie Orkest, premiere Zuiderstrandtheater, Den Haag (NL) with conductor Hans de Graf in Oct 2017
  • "Quilting" concerto for saxophone quartet and wind orchestra (2014); premiere Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham (UK) in Nov 2014 with Mirage Saxophone Quartet and Neil Aston (cond.) 
  • "Hydrophobia" for symphony orchestra (2012); recorded at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2012 with Birmingham Conservatoire Composer's Orchestra and Edwin Roxburgh (cond.)

Large/Medium Ensemble
  • "Drift" for Edge Chamber Choir (2021); for the Edge Chamber Choir, as part of Making Music and Sound & Music's Adopt a Composer Programme. 
  • "My plants think I'm one of them" for Saxophone Octet (2018); written for Naomi Sullivan and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Saxophone Octet. Premiere at the World Saxophone Congress, Zagreb (Croatia) in Jul 2018 
  • "No Important Person" for vocoder and ensemble (2017); written for Omega Impact and premiered at Korzo Theater, Den Haag (NL) in Apr 2017
  • "Cantabile" for classical guitar and ensemble (2015); written for Daniel Bovey (guit.) and Thallein Ensemble, premiered at Recital Hall, Birmingham (UK) in Feb 2015 with conductor Richard Baker
  • "The Grass Is Greener" for Orkest de ereprijs (2015); premiered in Apeldoorn (NL) in Feb 2015 with conductor Rob Vermuelen 
  • "Is it hard?" for large flexible ensemble (2014); premiered at Recital Hall, Birmingham (UK) in Jan 2014
  • "A Guide To Going Against The Grain" for large flexible ensemble (2014); premiered at Recital Hall, Birmingham (UK) in Jan 2014
  • "Wysiwyg" for brass dectet (2013); premiered by the Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Ensemble at St. John's Smith Square, London (UK) in summer 2013 with conductor David Purser

Small Ensemble
  • "Δ" for electric guitar, piano and double bass (2019); premiered by SQUEE! at Korzo Theater, Den Haag (NL), May 2018
  • "Music for Saxophone Quartet" (2016); commissioned by Frontiers Festival and premiered by Naomi Sullivan, Andy Tweed, Benjamin Hill, Rob Jones in Mar 2016
  • "Thread" for piano trio (2015); premiered by The Schubert Ensemble at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham (UK) in Spring 2015
  • "You're Pie-fect" for harp and untrained singers (2016); commissioned by Poppy Harp, premiere in Birmingham Summer 2016 

Solos/Duos
  • "`Awakening" for triple harp and mezzo soprano (2022); written for harpist Michela Amici, recording coming soon. Text by Salomé Roodenburg.
  • "From Seed" for clarinet and baritone saxophone (2020); written for Sounding Cities Project for Naomi Sullian (b. sax.) and Luke Newby (cl.)
  • "Cal" for bass oboe (2019); for Mikey Sluman
  • "When We" for clarinet and alto saxophone (2019); for a short residency in South France and premiered by Annick Odom (cl.) and Rob Jones (a. sax.) in Saint-Germaine-de-Calberte (France), May 2019
  • "They/Again" for clarinet and alto saxophone (2018); written for Sounding Cities Project and premiered by Naomi Sullian (a. sax.) and Luke Newby (cl.) in Johannesburg (South Africa), Aug 2018
  • "They've parity" for organ (2018); written for the organ at Grote St. Bavo, Haarlem, premiere at Haarlem International Organ festival 2018 (NL)
  • "Those Shirt Collars" for double bass and live typing (2017); written for, and premiered by Annick Odom (Db.) and Rob Jones  at Studio Loos Den Haag (NL), Dec 2017
  • "Skinned" for solo timpani (2016); written for Marin Lambert, premiere at Korzo Theater, Den Haag (NL) Autumn 2016
  • "To Speak With Perfect Candor" for piano/keyboard (2015); written for Charles Matthews, premiere in Birmingham Summer 2015
  • "Pecha Kucha" for solo tin whistle (2014); premiere in Izmir (Turkey), May 2014
  • "Until (A matter of Swingle Singers)" (2015); premiere in Birmingham (UK), Spring 2014
  • "Ayre No.1" for mezzo-soprano and prepared piano (2012); highly commended in the BBC Inspire Young Composer Competition 2012. Performed at RCM, London (UK) in Aug 2012

Other
  • "Nectar Points" for Javenese Gamelan (2015); written for the Birmingham Conservatoire Gamelan coached by Sean Clancy
  • "Glitch Chorale" for SQUEE! collaborative composition with fellow composers James Alexandropoulos-McEwan and Annick Odom. For piano (Rob Jones), double bass (Annick Odom), electric guitar/electronics (James Alexandropoulos-McEwan)

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