FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCES & EVENTS
Forthcoming Performances & Events
2024
The Giant Folk & The Wee Folk (Excerpt & Interview)
BBC Ulster Radio
17.8.2024
New work: title tbc (Premiere)
Choir and 2 trombones: Nordic Music Days Festival
3.11.2024
The Haunted Concert Hall (Premiere)
RSNO orchestra, RSNO children's chorus
Children's classics concerts
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: 26.10.24
Edinburgh Usher Hall: 27.10.24
2025
The Ballad of Mulan - (Live premiere)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, RSNO children's chorus - date tbd
Previous Performances
2024
The Giant Folk & the Wee Folk - Song Cycle (World Premiere)
National Youth Choir Northern Ireland Junior Choir
David Campbell College, Belfast: 19th July 2024
2023
Flicker...
The Glasgow Barons @ The Night With...
In Pursuit... (Double Trombone Concerto)
NYOS Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Soloists: Blair Sinclair, Cillian Ó'Caellachain
Aberdeen Music Hall 14th July 2023
Perth Concert Hall 15th July 2023
"Scotland- it all belongs to me!"
RSNO Children's Chorus 1 and Youth Chorus 1
Glasgow Science Centre - 12 March 2023
2022
Baloo, lammy, balulalow
National Youth Choir of Scotland - National Girls Choir
BBC Scotland Television, Christmas day broadcasts, 25th December 2022
There's an Alien in my Spaceship {Premiere)
RSNO, RSNO Children's chorus
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall , 29th October 2022
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30th October 2022
Kneeling
The Choir of Old Saint Paul's (SATB), Calum Robertson (clarinet), Dr. John Kitchen (Musical Director), Edinburgh Fringe sacred music festival, August 2022
"Lost & Found: No Ear-rest for the Nearest"
Ruth Morley, solo flute
BBC Radio 3 New Music Show (Kate Molleson), August 2022
"Lost & Found: No Ear-rest for the Nearest"
Ruth Morley, solo flute
International Flute summer school, August 2022
Baloo, lammy, balulalow (Premiere)
National Youth Choir of Scotland - National Girls Choir
16th April 2022, GRCH New Auditorium
AN T-EUN NACH D'RINN SGÈITH (Premiere)
(THE BIRD THAT NEVER FLEW)
Mezzo-soprano / piano
8th April 2022, 6pm
2021
"Scotland - it all belongs to me" (Premiere)
RSNO Junior Chorus
@COP26 Green Zone,
November 2nd, Glasgow Science Centre, 11pm / 3pm
"Ghost Ship" (Premiere)
Children's Classics Concerts
RSNO with RSNO Junior Chorus Probationary choirs
October 30th, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 3pm
October 31st, Usher Hall Edinburgh 3pm
"Lost & Found: No Ear-rest for the Nearest" (Premiere)
Ruth Morley, solo flute
October 23rd, Sound Festival, Aberdeen 3pm
"Lost & Found: No Ear-rest for the Nearest"
Ruth Morley, solo flute
12th Spetember 2021: Online release
2020
"Ghost Ship" (Premiere)
Children's Classics Concerts
Cancelled (due to Co-vid 19)
RSNO with RSNO Junior Chorus Probationary choirs
October (date tbd) Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The Wee Folk & the Big Folk - Song Cyle
Tell Us Who We Are (Excerpts):
(i) It's On The Rise, (ii) Press Of A Button (Nuclear)
Cancelled (due to Co-vid 19)
Gala Concert
August 8 2020 , Ulster Hall, Belfast
The Wee Folk & the Big Folk - Song Cycle (Premiere)
***Cancelled (due to Co-vid 19)
National Youth Training Choir Northern Ireland
July 24, details tbd, Belfast
Baloo, lammy, balulalow (Premiere) -
***Cancelled (due to Co-vid 19)
NYCoS National Girls Choir
April 18, 2020, Central Hall Edinburgh, 3pm
In Pursuit (Premiere) - Double Trombone Concerto c.17'
Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble,
Soloists: Dávur Magnussen & Simon Johnson
Saturday 11th January 2020, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, 7.30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/2825089540864309/
2019
"Kneeling"
The Choir of Old Saint Pauls (SATB) & Calum Robertson (clarinet)
Wednesday 21st August, Edinburgh
Details
https://www.osp.org.uk/event/the-wounds/
If I Were King/Queen
Have You Ever Met a Squirrel at a Ceilidh?
There's a Dinosaur in my Garden
RSNO Junior Chorus / Preliminary choirs 40th Anniversary Concert
May 2019, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Have You Ever Met a Squirrel at a Ceilidh?
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland pre-juniors choir
Glasgow New Auditorium
May 2019
Rollercoaster Ride...Are you tall enough? (Premiere)
NYCoS boys training choir
April 2019, Edinburgh
2018
Live interview with Jamie MacDougall & Juice, BBC Classics Unwrapped,
BBC Radio Scotland
11th December 2018, 9pm
There's a Dinosaur in my Garden
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Pre-junior choir
Sunday 16th December, 4pm, City Halls, Candlerigs, Glasgow
I Regret Your Sex c.15' (Premiere)
The Night With...Juice
13th November 8pm, The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
14th November, 8pm The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Tell Us Who We Are c.60' (Premiere)
National Youth Performing Arts Companies
7th, 8th, 9th August, Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, Glasgow
2017
Ghost Train
Children's Classic Concerts / RSNO Junior Chorus / RSNO
28th October 2016, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Ghost Train (premiere)
National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) boys training choir
April 2017, Perth
Have You Ever Met a Squirrel at a Ceilidh? (premiere)
National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) girls choir
April 2017, New Auditorium, RSNO Centre, Glasgow
How Will Earth Look? (premiere)
National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) girls choir
April 2017, New Auditorium, RSNO Centre, Glasgow
Common Complaints
13th Jan - 30th April Wallace Arts Award winners and travelling finalists,
Travelling Art Show, New Zealand,
2016
Game? (premiere)
Choreography by Thomas.J.Baylis.
June 2016, Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
Common Complaints (Premiere)
Intersections, Glasgow New Music Expedition with visual artist Jennifer Mason
26th April 2016, 20:00, Glasgow Schoool of Art
If I Was King/Queen (Premiere)
National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) girls choir
26th April 2016, 20:00, Caird Hall, Dundee
Flicker (Premiere)
Sound Thought Festival 2016, Glasgow New Music Expedition (Composer in residence)
1st April 2016, 19:30 CCA, (Centre for Contemporary Arts), Glasgow
For Now I Am...
Marc Brew (Dancer / Choreographer), Cello (Andrew Huggan), piano (Claire McCue), sound design
10th, 11th March 2016, Sadlers Wells, London
2015
For Now I Am...
Marc Brew (Dancer / Choreographer), Cello (Andrew Huggan), piano (Claire McCue), sound design
22-30 August 2015 5.45pm. Zoo Southside at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Shamal
Rachel Gadsden (Visual Artist), Lesley Shrigley-Jones (Cello) with short film by Abigail Norris and soundscape
26th July 2015 7.30pm, Liberty Festival, Queen Elizabeth Park, London
For Now I Am... (extract - 2nd Mvmt, in concert)
Ancute Nite-Doyle (piano), Quintin Doyle (cello) in aid of Hospices of Hope
6th July 2015, 3pm, Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, Glasgow
Beauty & The Beastie
RSNO chamber group, (String quartet)
7th June 2015, 2.30pm Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Beauty & The Beastie (Premiere)
RSNO chamber group, (String quartet)
5th June 2015, 7.30pm Cottier's Theatre, Glasgow (Cottier's Chamber music festival) (Premiere)
For Now I Am (Premiere)
Marc Brew (Dancer / Choreographer), Andrew Huggan (cello), Claire McCue, (piano, sound design)
May 2015, Tramway, Glasgow
2014
For Now I Am (Preview)
Marc Brew (Dancer / Choreographer), Andrew Huggan (cello), Claire McCue, (piano, sound design)
11th December 2014, Lilian Bayliss Theatre, Sadlers Wells, London
Shamal (premiere)
Rachel Gadsden (Artist/Performer), Lesley Shrigley-Jones (Cello) with short film by Abigail Norris and soundscape
1st December 2014, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Kneeling
The Choir of Old Saint Paul's (SATB), Calum Robertson (clarinet), Dr. John Kitchen (Musical Director)
Monday 11th August, 1.05pm, St.Mary's RC Cathedral, Edinburgh
Thursday 21st August, 10pm, Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 24th August, 6pm (Evensong) Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh
Kneeling (premiere)
The Choir of Old Saint Paul's (SATB), Calum Robertson (clarinet), Dr. John Kitchen (Musical Director)
Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, 18th May 2014
Commissioned for the choir of Old St.Paul's, Calum Robertson and Dr.John Kitchen.
2013
Cube of Curiousity (premiere)
Rachel Gadsden (Visual artist), Marc Brew (Dancer / Choreographer), Calum Huggan (Percussion)
Queen Elizabeth Park, London. Commissioned for Liberty festival, National Paralympics Day.
After The Before (premiere)
The Astrid Quartet & Davur Juul Magnussen (Trombone)
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Wednesday 14th August 2013
Commissioned by The Astrid Quartet as part of the Five by Five series for Edinburgh Fringe Festival, supported by Made in Scotland and the Hope Scott trust.
"The Snow" (premiere)
Grace Pei-Yu Kuo (soprano), Eva Madarasz (piano)
Kodaly Institute, Kecskemet, Hungary, August 2013
"Fast Food" (premiere)
Nola Shantz (soprano), Balazs Szekely (piano)
Kodaly Institute, Kecskemet, Hungary, August 2013
"Prey"
Fraser Langton (bass clarinet) Calum Robertson (bass clarinet), Simon Smith (piano)
Edinburgh Society of Musicians June 2013
Composed for Calum Robertson & Fraser Langton
"Prey" (premiere)
Fraser Langton (bass clarinet) Calum Robertson (bass clarinet), Ed Cohen (piano)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, January 2013
(Composed for Calum Robertson & Fraser Langton)
2012
"Beach" (premiere) (A short film by Laurie Irvine)
Red Note Ensemble
Cor Anglais, violin, viola
Traverse Theatre Bar, Noisy Nights series, Edinburgh, December 2012
"Once Upon A Time" (premiere), (Wedding Theme)
Solo piano
Sloan's, Glasgow, August 2012
"Fickle Nemesis" (premiere)
Alba Brass Quintet
Cottiers, Glasgow, West End Chamber Music Festival, June 2012
"Charged +/- : (i) Repulsion (ii) Attraction (iii) Meltdown" (premiere)
Calum Huggan (percussion) , Elanor Gunn (electric/acoustic violin), dancers from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
BA Modern Ballet. Choreography by Anna Clifford. Spiers Lock Studios, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, June 2012
"Frames" (premiere)
Matthew Topliss (solo dancer) pre-recorded sound (generated from recordings of hand sounds and camera clicks). Choreography by Anna Clifford. Spiers Lock Studios, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, June 2012
"Reflections"
(Music students from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and dance students from the Dance School of Scotland)
Kings Theatre Glasgow, June 2012
"littleblacknotes" (premiere)
Jo Ashcroft (Flute (db alto)) & Calum Huggan (marimba / percussion)
Composition Marathon performance, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow March 2013
"Reflections" (premiere)
(Music students from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Recording) and dance students from the Dance School of Scotland.
Mitchell Theatre Glasgow, March 2012
2011
fRagmEnteD
Choreography: Anna Clifford with dancers from BA Modern Ballet, RSAMD
Dance and Piano, RSAMD Concert Hall, Friday 3 June 2011, 7.30pm
SURGE (premiere)
Musiclab (conductor Ilan Volkov)
BBC Hear & Now concert, (as part of Plug New Music Festival)
Saturday 7 May 2011, 7.30pm, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
fRagmEnteD (premiere)
Musiclab (conductor Jessica Cottis)
Choreography: Anna Clifford with dancers from BA Modern Ballet, RSAMD
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD Concert Hall, Tuesday 3 May 2011, 7.30pm
Zing! (premiere)
Musiclab (conductor Jessica Cottis)
Choreography: Matthew Topliss, with dancers from BA Modern Ballet, RSAMD
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD Concert Hall, Tuesday 3 May 2011, 7.30pm
A Scrap Of Life (premiere)
Northern Lights Wind quintet, Aaron Shore (piano), Catriona Morrison (mezzo-soprano). (conductor Nigel Boddice)
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD Concert Hall, Friday 6 May 2011, 1pm
Roselein, Roselein (premiere)
Raoni Hubner de Barros (Tenor), Geoffrey Tanti (Piano)
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD Concert Hall, Friday 6 May 2011, 1pm
The Way Of Things (premiere)
Red Note / Musiclab
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD Concert Hall, Friday 6 May 2011, 7.30pm
2010
And Then There Were Four (premiere)
Flutes en Route
British Flute Society Festival/RSAMD Flute Mini-Festival, RSAMD Concert Hall, Monday 7 June 2010,
“Train To Nowhere” (premiere)
Robin Michael (cello), Mary Dullea (piano) (The Fidelio Trio)
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD) Concert Hall, May 2010
Double Jeopardy (premiere)
Ed Cohen (piano)
Plug New Music Festival, RSAMD Jack Spruce Space, May 2010
Xi: Imaginary Numbers (premiere)
Red Note / Musiclab
RSAMD Concert Hall, Wednesday 27 January 2010
