Instrumentation: sitar, oud, santoor, percussion.

In this piece we are trying to portray a summer’s day in a remote village far from London! 
The use of stringed instruments from Persia, Turkey and India along with African and Middle Eastern percussion create an exotic flavour whilst keeping the location of the village ambiguous. The use of interwoven stringed parts interact with more simplistic percussion and handclaps to evoke a sense of the whole community. 
As the piece fades the percussion begins to take over, depicting the light fading and the arrival of a party atmosphere .

Remote Village

Instrumentation: bassoon, clarinet, cello, spoons.

This is a comedy piece depicting a neurotic character who often finds himself in awkward situations and has little time for observing social convention. It is very much inspired by Larry David, the star of the HBO comedy series ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’. The exchanges between the clarinet and bassoon, which at times attempt to be a bit jazzy and then quickly retreat back to what they know, combined with a spoons player desperately trying to integrate himself into the piece make this whole piece an awkward situation!


Mr Wilson

Instruments: four-piece band, voice, electronics. 

We were commissioned to write this piece for an upcoming short film to promote the borough of Wandsworth. The film is set in and around Wandsworth roundabout and features 4 dancers who are currently choreographing movement to our music. We aimed for this piece to be an uplifting journey which reflects the excitement and energy leading up to the summertime in London 2012. The slide projector sound correlates with the visuals at the beginning of the film.

Roundabout

Instrumentation: piano, trombones, organ, choir, percussion, double bass, electronics. 

Greatly inspired by the ancient Roman Pantheon we wanted to write a piece that would reflect its vast history, eerie quality and the epic and mind blowing achievements of the architect. Not having a choir and brass section at our disposal, the use of midi sounds is not ideal but we hope the piece reflects our writing for a larger ensemble. Whilst composing the piece, we imagined it being performed in the Pantheon late at night by candlelight. 

Pantheon

Curtain call music for Kieran Lynn's play 'An Incident at the Border'. The play was performed at the Finborough Theatre and was directed by Bruce Guthrie. 

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