Winner of the Aberdeen University Concert Band's competition to write an original piece under 2 minutes in early Spring 2021.

Premiered by the AUCB at the Music Hall Aberdeen in December 2021, conducted by Sam Paul.

UoASO & AUCB 2021 - Autumn Concert

Get in the Groove (January 2021)

Co-commissioned by the Sound Festival and Any Enemy new music ensemble as part of the Sound Festival 2021. Premiered live by Any Enemy.

'In line with the Sound Festival 2021’s theme of Environment, this piece is an exploration of the gradual destruction of our planet Earth through changing musical textures and landscapes. As the piece continues, the soundworld becomes gradually less harmonic and becomes infused with non-traditional sound to convey how we are suffocating our world with toxic fumes and chemicals, causing loss of green spaces, irreversibly harming natural habitats and various species of animal, and covering the earth in waste. As the contemporary techniques become more and more apparent, they become an expression of my own frustration that the idea of moving to another planet has become an option. Is the promise of a Planet 2 causing much more widespread destruction? As the music fades, a sense of loss is felt as we abandon our planet Earth – both physically and through emotional detachment – to which we have caused such devastation.'

Thank you to the Sound Festival and Any Enemy for this opportunity!

Photo - Sebastian Palomino - pexels.com

Abandonment (Autumn 2021)

Short composition for 34-piece orchestra.

Placed 3rd in a recent competition run by Eric Turnnessen in conjunction with the Northern Film Orchestra.

Photo - Idea Rizkha - pexels

Show Me Your World (Spring 2023)

Pathways was selected by Red Note Ensemble to be performed at one of their Noisy Nights gigs in May 2023.

Unfortunately I cannot upload the recording, so this is the midi track (NotePerformer)

Programme Note:
Recently I have been a little bit obsessed with the idea of 'a journey'. Pathways is a fun exploration into
some of the ways in which music can evoke a feeling of journeying - choosing a theme, trying different versions of it, cutting it up, drifting off, going completely off the path, finding your way back, losing yourself and going round in circles... A little bit like a walk through a forest, where one might stray from the path, but the intention remains the same -
to get to the end in one piece (both literally and musically).

Pathways (May 2023)

All That May Be

A wondrous mystery, written for the National Centre for Early Music composition competition 2024.

A wondrous mystery

A Sea Dirge

Performed at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2024 by VibaDuo as part of the Music for Youth Proms. 

Duet for Violin and Marimba

The Coast - 2022
Written as part of my fourth year portfolio for my BMus degree.

Premiered by Aberdeen Sinfonietta at the Aberdeen Music Hall on 18th May 2025.

Clara-Jane Maunder

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