About My Choral Work
My choral music draws on medieval literature, sacred traditions, folk song and contemporary poetry. Written for amateur and professional performers alike, these works seek to balance practicality with imagination.
Featured Works
Love Came Down for SATBB – 3’
A setting of Christina Rossetti’s Love Came Down at Christmas with overlapping, flowing lines. Suitable for Amateur performance
M and A and R and I for SATB with ostinato choir (or recording) – 5’
A haunting Middle English text set against a distant ostinato choir, live or pre-recorded.
Jankyn at the Angnus for SATB and Organ – 3’
An theatricals setting of an amusing Middle English text telling the story of a parishioner’s dalliance with the priest.
Suitable for Amateur Choirs
Love Came Down for SATBB – 3’
Toured across the UK by Ex Cathedra and appeared on Radio 3 “In Tune”
A setting of Christina Rossetti’s Love Came Down at Christmas with overlapping, flowing lines. Suitable for Amateur performance
Jankyn at the Angnus for SATB and Organ – 3’
Toured twice across the UK by Ex Cathedra, broadcast on Idagio and Sky Arts
An theatricals setting of an amusing Middle English text telling the story of a parishioner’s dalliance with the priest.
Adam lay ibownden (Version 1) – SATB a cappella – 3’
A fun, rhythmical exploration of the 15th century text Adam Lay ibownden featuring a tenor solo. Best suited to a chamber choir.
Adam lay ibownden (Version 2) – SSA with soprano soloist, Organ, optional Percussion – 3’
A meditative chant with Organ, designed for young voices but performable by anyone
Ave Maris Stella, the star of the sea – SATB with divisi, Organ – 3’
A rhapsodical setting of a Middle English poem, alternative to the Latin “Ave Maris Stella”
Procedenti puereo – available in unison, SA, SSA, SATB with organ – 3’
A fun chant based on a version of the Procedenti Puereo text with an engaging chorus and multiple versions to suit different forces
O, my love is like the red, red, rose – SATB with divisi a cappella – 4’
Performed by Choral Societies internationally
A new setting of the Robert Burns poem with interleaving vocal parts.
Ye banks and braes of Bonne Doon (arrangement) – SATB a cappella – 3’
A gentle, easy arrangement of the classic by Robert Burns
I syng of a mayden – SATB a cappella – 3’
A carol based on a Middle English poem with close harmonies and an atmospheric feel
Go Down for SAB – 3’
An atmospheric, dreamy aleatoric work based around the harmonies of Tippet’s “Go Down Moses”
Works for Professional Choirs
Wolcum Yol for SSAATTBB a cappella – 3’
An exciting setting of the Middle English text that will challenge any professional choir. A real show piece.
I drukke I dare for SSAATTBB a cappella – 4’
A meditation on doomsday taken from a Middle English text, with rich, dramatic harmonies and vocal writing
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day for SATB with solo soprano and optional tambourine – 3’
A rhythmical piece that is a challenge for professional choirs that draws on Brazilian rhythms, with optional tambourine.
Jhesu, Jhesu, saf us alle thorw thi vertu – for SATB with divisi a cappella – 2’
A joyful work built around an accordion-like musical gesture.
Nunc Gaudet Maria – for SATB with solos and divisi – 3’
A dance like setting of the text, with some tricky hocket rhythms performed by soloists.
M and A and R and I for SATB with ostinato choir (or recording) – 5’
Performed by Ex Cathedra at Birmingham Symphony Hall and broadcast on Idagio
A haunting Middle English text set against a distant ostinato choir, live or pre-recorded.
Large Scale Choral Works
What fruite of immortality – for 24 voices, two ensembles, narrator and soloists – 40’
Commissioned by the Jack Lyons Award in collaboration with Graham Bier
A large-scale exploration of the metrical English Psalter of Archbishop Matthew Parker, weaving new music around the historic psalm settings of Thomas Tallis.