Postgraduate Composition Student — University of Manchester (2018 - Present)

I developed good communication skills and workshopping techniques through

composing for a variety of professional musicians including Psappha, Quatour Danel,
Trio Atem and Distractfold. These compositions were workshopped and subsequently
recorded live in concert, highlighting my strong engagement with the outer musical
community.

My PhD portfolio studies involve engaging with a variety of concepts involving time as a
pre-compositional method, this includes the philosophy of Heraclitus and Socrates to
control parameters in my compositions.

Recent compositions, such as my work for the virtual choir Vox Ex Animo, emphasise
collaboration and constructing a piece of music that is tailored for the performer. This
includes experimental workshops based on sketches and been flexible as a composer,
where I have developed a keen open mind towards rehearsals in which I am unafraid to
be flexible with my musical ideas.

I have a diverse portfolio of compositions of instrumental and vocal works, ranging from
dramatic song settings of poems by William Blake to my large orchestral work The
Fanfares of Time. This has given the necessary skillset which include part preparation,
effective word settings, and clear typesetting.

Committee member of Manchester University Music Society, where I programmed and

organised the Lunchtime Concerts as well as assisted with the Opera production. This
gave me practical skills in organising rehearsals as well as sourcing props and costumes
for the opera production.

Gained recognition outside of Manchester University, through being accepted onto the
Peter Reynolds Composition Studio and the Advanced Composition Course as part of
MusicFest (both postponed to 2021 due to Coronavirus). Where I was going to
compose for GBSR Duo, Mad Song and The Carducci Quartet as part of these festivals.

Notable Composition Residencies

Composer in Residence at Dauntsey's School (2019 - March 2020).

Peter Reynolds Composition Studio, in collaboration with The Vale of Glamorgan Festival
(2020, Postponed to 2021 due to Coronavirus).

Advanced Composition Course as part of University of Aberystwyth’s MusicFest, and

being awarded the ‘Friends of Musicfest’ bursary (2020, postponed to 2021 due to
Coronavirus).
Composer in Residence for the ensemble Vox Ex Animo (2020)

Qualifications and Awards

Bachelors of Music (Hons) - First Class, University of Manchester, 2015-2018.

Masters of Music (Composition Instrumental and Vocal Music) - Distinction,

University of Manchester, 2018-2019.

Manchester University Alumni Bursary for Academic Excellence (award of £3,000

reduction in tuition fees for Postgraduate Masters course) - 2018 - 2019.

LRSM in Solo Piano Performance - September 2019.

Richard Davey Jones Piano Scholarship of £1,000 to support further development as a

pianist, Llanwrst National Eisteddfod of Wales, Winner of the Piano Class 2019.

Awarded the Transmission Fund grant from Help the Musicians UK to assist in attending
Peter Reynolds Composer Studio and Advanced Composition Course in 2021.

Notable Ensembles

Quatour Danel - Premiered, Stage Fright, for String Quartet. (2018).

Trio Atem - Premiered, Attention!, for Voice, Flute and Cello (2018).

Psappha - Premiered Motions of Time, for piano, flute and clarinet (2019).

Marvolo Quartet - Workshopped and Recorded, Recollections (String Quartet No.1), For
String Quartet (2019).

Distractfold - Premiered, Stratifications, for violin, electric guitar and bass clarinet (2019).

Manchester New Sounds Ensemble - Premiered, Bright Star, for large chamber
ensemble (2020).

GBSR Duo - Workshopped and recorded, Interlocking Mechanisms, for piano and mixed
percussion (2020).

Future Ensembles (Rearranged due to Covid -19 Pandemic)

Carducci Quartet - Winter 2020.

Mad Song - Summer 2021

Sinfonia 1 - Summer 2021.

List of Compositions:

Chamber

Mirror Fragments (Solo Piano)

Notturno (Piano, Tape and Live Electronics)

Motions of Time (Piano, Flute (Piccolo) and Clarinet in Bb)

Stratifications (E.Guitar, Bass Clarinet, Violin)

Stage Fright (String Quartet)

Recollections (String Quartet No.1)

In Search of Lost Time… (String Quartet No.2)

Bustin’ The Groove (Piano and Mixed Percussion)

Devils Bridge (Piano, Clarinet in Bb, Trumpet in Bb, Cello, Violin and Untuned Percussion)

Bright Star (Large Chamber Ensemble)

Vocal

Attention! (Alto, Piccolo, Cello)

The Poison Tree (Bass, Oboe, Cello)

Nocturne (SATB Choir)

Ave Maria (SATB Choir)

Song of Spring (SSAA)

Orchestral

Fanfares of Time - 3 (3 Pic.),2, 3(B.Cl), 3 (3 C. Bsn), 4, 3, 3 (3 B. Trom.), 2 Perc (crots, glock.

B.Drum, S.Drum,Sus cym, crash cym, and whip), Harp, Piano/Celeste, 10-10-8-10-6.
CityScapes - - 3 (3 Pic.),2, 3(B.Cl), 3 (3 C. Bsn), 4, 3, 3 (3 B. Trom.), 2 Perc, Harp, Piano/
Celeste, 10-10-8-10-6.