Work list

CHAMBER/ENSEMBLE

THREE OR MORE PLAYERS

Four Guitar Trios – three guitars (2024) Op. 187
The best of all possible worlds – alto flute, guitar, viola (2024) Op. 180
Two Trios – From Stillness to Movement & Simultaneous Concerns – alto flute, guitar, viola (2023), Op. 163
Four States – Consideration, Obsession, Introspection & Action – clarinet, vibraphone, guitar, viola (2023), Op. 160
Song of the Watchmakers – clarinet, vibraphone, guitar, viola (2023), Op. 161
A Little Electric Symphony (chamber performance version) – flute, vibraphone, guitar, viola, cello (2022), Op. 156a
Life Sketches – flute, vibraphone, guitar, viola, ‘cello, (2022), Op. 154a
Wind-up Kaleidescope, Every Single Day & Rondo in Rondo – arrangements for flute, vibraphone, guitar, viola, ‘cello, (2022), Op. 158a
Two Pieces for Quartet – clarinet, mandolin guitar, piano, (2020) Op. 96
Your Beating Heart – clarinet, guitar, electric guitar, piano, (2019), Op. 87
Quartet of Voices – clarinet, guitar, electric guitar/mandolin piano, (2019), Op. 86
Two Characters – clarinet, guitar, piano, (2019) Op. 79
Terminal Beach (version for trio) – clarinet, guitar, piano, (2019) Op. 73a
Symphony for Quartet – clarinet, guitar, electric guitar, piano, (2018) Op. 72
Three Glass Sculptures – clarinet, guitar, electric guitar/mandolin piano, (2017) Op. 60
Fugue for my Friends – clarinet, guitar, electric guitar, piano, (2017), Op. 60
Three Moments in a Life – string trio, (2020) Op. 94
Intermezzo for brass band – (2016) Op. 51
1st. String Quartet (2016) Op. 49a
Prelude and Fugue – clarinet, electric guitar (or viola)/piano, (2013) Op. 23
Sonata for Quartet – piano trio & clarinet, (2012) Op. 13
Music for Dancers – piano trio, (2009) Op. 9

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DUOS (with guitar)

Two guitars

Two Little Fugues (2025), Op. 207 (two versions viola/guitar OR two guitars)

Violin and guitar

Five Brief Duos for violin & guitar (2025), Op. 211
- Rondos in Rondos in Rondos
- Three Lines
- Reflection
- Instantly
- Coda
A Duo for a Moment (2025), Op. 209
3rd Book of violin & guitar duos, (2024) Op. 189:
- The door into summer (2024)
- Optimism, why not? (2024)
- Urgently uncertain (2024)
- As soon as now (2024)
Five moments of lived experience (2024), Op. 180
- Concise Introspective Dance
- Farewell to the past
- From within the in-between
- Subito
- Towards the Light
Three Absolute Pieces (2023) Op. 170
From Dance to Fugue (2017) Op. 55
Perpetual Pavan (version for violin/guitar), (2016) Op. 17c

Viola and Guitar

Two Little Fugues (2025), Op. 207 (two versions viola/guitar OR two guitars)
Out of Shadow (2025), Op. 205
For Better Times (2025), Op. 204
Fantasticals (2025), Op. 203
Four Chromatic Duos (2025), Op. 202
- Here, there & here
- Syncomatic Love Song
- Meditation I
- Meditation II
Six Duos for viola and guitar (2025), Op. 197
- Year’s end
- New Year
- Pause-Return
- Moment
- To New Life
- Arrival
Fleeting dances (2021), Op. 141a
Automatic rondo waltz (2020), Op. 114a
It’s Closer and Later than You Think (2022), Op. 158
Quietly Touch (2020), Op. 108
A Brief Question (2020), Op. 100
Brief Insistence (2020), Op, 98
Continuous Song (guitar or piano), (2017) Op. 57
Invocation and Continuum (version for viola/guitar), (2014) Op. 38a

Flute and guitar

Invocation and Continuum (2014) Op. 38
Perpetual Pavan (version for alto flute/guitar), (2016) Op. 17b

Clarinet and guitar

Four Imaginary Works, (2025) Op. 201
- Resolution
- Travelling Lines
- Second Look
- The Fourth Colour
Three Memory Prints (2024) Op. 190
- Innocence
- Awareness
- Reflection
- Overture to your Dream – clarinet & guitar, (2013) Op. 24

Mandolin and guitar

Every single day (2021), Op. 152
Clockwork radio love song (2021), Op. 151
Rondo in rondo (2021), Op. 149
Reflections (2021), Op. 148
Transience (2021), Op. 145
Wind-up kaleidescopes (4 pieces), (2021), Op. 142
A dream, driven (2020), Op. 115
Insistence (2020), Op. 96
Perpetual Pavan (version for mandolin/guitar), (2016) Op. 17d
Invocation and Continuum (version for mandolin/guitar), (2014) Op. 38a
Secret almost-waltz (2020), Op. 121
A dream, driven (2020), Op. 115
Automatic rondo waltz (version for mandolin/guitar), (2020), Op. 114a
A Brief Question (version for mandolin/guitar), (2020), Op. 100

Bassoon and guitar

From Then to Now (2024) Op. 183
Momentary Interlude (2024) Op. 182
Impetuous lines (2024) Op. 181
Suspended-Extended (2024) Op. 174
Murmuring Dance Moves (2024) Op. 175

French horn and guitar

Three duos for horn and guitar (2024), Op. 184-6
- Suspended, Op. 184
- Sanguine, Op. 185
- Quietude, Op. 186

Guitar plus unspecified instrument

Two duos (2019)

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DUOS (with piano)

Violin and piano

Suite of Characters (2023) Op. 167
- Dreamer
- Hesitant Dancer
- Constance
- Still Life/Transfigured Life (2023) Op. 165
- Perpetual Pavan – version for violin & piano – (2013) Op. 17a
- Invention (2010) Op. 11

Viola and piano

Four Duos for when the World Momentarily Stops Turning:
- Simple Song (2024)
- Stop the World; I want to get off (2024) Op. 176
- Always at the Back of Your Mind (2024) Op. 172
- Outside of all Possible Time (2023) Op. 169

Clarinet and piano

Invocation & Fugue – clarinet & piano, (2012), Op. 36

Trombone and piano

Northern Song (2024) Op. 188

Vibraphone and piano

Four Silver Lines – vibraphone & piano, (2016) Op. 53

Mandolin and viola

Fleeting dances (2021), Op. 141
Three inventions for two players (2021), Op. 136
Three fugues for two (2021), Op. 132
For Crotchet (2021), Op. 130
Press pause (2020), Op. 125
Tryst (2020), Op. 123
Rain (2020), Op. 118
Automatic rondo waltz (2020), Op. 114
Two glass sculptures – (mandolin doubling guitar), (2020), Op. 112
A glass sculpture (2020), Op. 112a
One fine day (2020), Op. 111
Song and Dance (2020), Op. 109
Nano-clockwork poem (2020), Op. 107
Two Lines Drawn in Silk (2020), Op. 104

OTHER VARIOUS DUOS

Three Duos for Oboe & Vibraphone: Never a Day Repeats, Reflection, Arrival, (2023) Op. 162
Rendevouz Rondo – Baroque violin & 8-c Renaissance lute, (2014) Op. 32
Perpetual Pavan –Baroque violin & 8c Renaissance lute, (2012) Op. 17
Perpetual Pavan – version for alto flute & piano, (2016) Op. 17d
Infinite Reminiscence – 2 pianos or four hands, (2007) Op. 4
Returns and Retorts – ‘cello & piano, (2001) Op. 1

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VOCAL

ONE VOICE

Soprano

Soprano & mandolin – 17 songs

Eyes to wonder (text: Shakespeare), (2021), Op. 147
How many crossings? (text: D. Braid), (2021), Op. 143
Your true image (text: Shakespeare), (2021), Op. 139
Animals (text: D. Braid), (2021), Op. 128
Time travel (text: D. Braid), (2021), Op. 133
The mermaid (W.B. Yeats), (2021), Op. 127a
Guarded by ormes (text: D. Braid), (2021), Op. 138
Bungalows by the sea (text: D. Braid), (2021), Op. 135
The Trees (text: P. Larkin), (2020), Op. 124
Tonight I can write (text: Neruda), (2020), Op. 120
Sainte (text: S. Mallarme), (mandolin version, 2021), Op. 113a
Santiago (text: Lorca), (mandolin version, 2021)
Five Songs (text: Shakespeare (sonnets)), (2020), Op. 97

Soprano & guitar – 22 songs

Second Book of Songs (6 songs) (texts: R.S. Thomas, Liao Chung-K’ai, Lorca, Ho Hsiang-ning) (2018), Op. 72
In Time to Come (text: Shakespeare) (2017), Op. 62
That Time of Year (text: Shakespeare) (2017), Op. 61
Songs of Contrasting Subjects (5 songs) (texts: Shakespeare, John Bunyan) (2015), Op. 47
One Year Lighter (5 songs) (text: Ewa Sonnenberg, Polish or English), (2007), Op. 6

Soprano, viola & mandolin – 9 songs

The Mermaid (text: W. B. Yeats), (2020), Op. 127
Sainte (text: S. Mallarme), (2020), Op. 113
So am I as the rich (Shakespeare), (2020), Op. 117- 2
When I do count the clock (Shakespeare) (2020), Op. 117 – 1
Interference (text: Frank Newsum), (mandolin version, 2021), Op. 110a
Ignorance (text: Philip Larkin), (2020), Op. 107
Tracing a face (text: Philip Larkin), (2020), Op. 106
Days (text: Philip Larkin), (2020), Op. 101
Instead, bereft – mandolin version – (text: Philip Larkin), (2020), Op. 103a

Soprano, viola & guitar – 5 songs

Sainte (text: S. Mallarme), (2020), Op. 113
Interference (text: Frank Newsum) (2020), Op. 110
Instead, bereft – guitar version – (text: Philip Larkin), (2020), Op. 103
Love Songs in Age (text: Philip Larkin), (2020), Op. 99

Soprano, clarinet & guitar

Light without shadows (text: R.S. Thomas) (non-piano version, 2020), 68a

Soprano & string quartet

Child (text: Sylvia Plath) (2015), Op. 41
Morning (text: Pablo Neruda) (2006) Op. 3

Soprano & piano

Encounter (text: Leo Tolstoy) (2008) Op. 7

Soprano & lute (8-course)

Four songs (text: David Braid) (2013) Op. 20

Soprano & mixed ensemble

Appearances (text: David Braid): soprano, flute, vibraphone, guitar, viola, ‘cello. Op. 155
Journey Time (text: David Braid) – (evening-long work): soprano, mandolin, viola, guitar, sound design. Op. 153
Fallen to dust (text: Requiescat by O. Wilde) – soprano, clarinet, harp, viols.

Mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-soprano & guitar

Songs of Opposing Considerations (4 songs) (texts: David Braid) (2022), Op. 157

Mezzo-soprano, viola & guitar

Songs of Escape (text, D. Braid), (2025), Op. 198
- Shine’s not lost on me
- Instrumental interlude
- Singular Moments
So is it not with me (text: Shakespeare), (2017), Op. 64a (viola version)

Mezzo-soprano, trumpet & guitar

Four Songs of Introspection (text, David Braid), (2025), Op. 208

Mezzo-soprano, clarinet & guitar

Songs of Change (text: D Braid) (2025), Op. 199
- Change is All
- Interlude I
- No to Change
- Interlude II
- Interlude III
- Reversion is Change
So is it not with me (text: Shakespeare), (2017), Op. 64
Not from the stars (text: Shakespeare), (2017)

Mezzo-soprano, guitar & piano

Upon Silver Trees (text: Walter de la Mare), (2014), Op. 34

Mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano, guitar

Light without shadows (text: R.S. Thomas), (2018), Op. 68
The fugue of Art (text: R.S. Thomas), (2018), Op. 67
Touch (text: Thom Gunn), (2019)

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CHORAL

O Sapienta (for Chapelle du Roi) – Four-part, a cappella setting, (2014) Op. 37
Alma Redemptoris Mater (text: Hermannus Contractus (Herman the Cripple, 1013–1054), 4-part a cappella choir, (2012) Op. 16
Agnus Dei (text: Liturgical; 8-part a cappella choir, (2004) Op. 2

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ORCHESTRAL

Viola Concerto: solo viola, 2.2.2.2; 4.2.3.1; timp; harp/piano; strings, (2019), Op. 83
3rd. Symphony: 2.2.2.2; 2.2.2.1; timp; harp; vibr; strings, (2016) Op. 54
2nd. Symphony: 2.2.2.2; 4.2.3.1; timp; 8.6.5.4.3, (2016) Op. 52
1st. Symphony: 2.2.2.2; 2.2.1.1; 8.6.5.4.3, (2016) Op. 50
Out of the Darkness – string orchestra, (2016) Op. 49
Morning – version for string orchestra, text: Pablo Neruda, (2010), Op. 3a
Returns and Retorts – version for chamber orchestra, (2004), Op. 1a
Score for an Imaginary Film – string orchestra, (2018) Op. 48
Fugue for strings – string orchestra, (2008, rev. 2018), Op. 48a
Yesterday, like you and me – children’s choir, 2 ob. 2 cr, timp, strings, (2017), Op. 63

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SOLO INSTRUMENTAL

SOLO GUITAR

Late November (2025), Op. 210
Four Miniatures (2025), Op. 196
Two brief solos (2025), Op. 200
Five Preludes (2024), Op 193
Four States of Being (2023), Op. 166
April Improvisation (electric guitar) (2019), Op. 80
Microprelude ‘in one breath’ (2017) Op. 65
7-note Invention (2017) Op. 58
Far away next to me (classical or archtop/electric) guitar, (2015) Op. 46
Wordless Song (classical or archtop/electric) guitar, (2015) Op. 45
Invention (classical or archtop/electric) guitar, (2015) Op. 44
For Alex (classical or archtop/electric) guitar, (2015) Op. 43
Five Intimate Pieces (archtop/electric) guitar, (2013-14) Op. 21:
Strings in Blue (electric or classical – 2 versions) guitar, (2018) Op. 75
Rondo for Tomorrow (electric) guitar, (2018) Op. 74

SOLO PIANO

1st. Piano Sonata (2012) Op. 14
2nd. Piano Sonata (2012) Op. 15
Postlude (2010) Op. 10
Three Pieces (2008) Op. 8

SOLO LUTE (8-course Renaissance)

Two-part Invention (2014) Op. 40
Return to Wonderland (2014) Op. 35
A Subtle String to Touch (2014) Op. 27
All Things Consequent (2014) Op. 30
Birthday Song (2014) Op. 31

SOLO MANDOLIN

Seven bright ideas (2023), Op. 158
Pocket symphony (2021), Op. 146
Cantabile (2021), Op. 140
The temptation to exist (2021), Op. 137
Stop all the clocks (2021), Op. 134
Conversation & Reflective dance (2021), Op. 131
Mirrors (2020), Op. 122
Uncertainty (2020), Op. 124
Quiet dance (2020), Op. 119
Coloratura (2020), Op. 116
Two Cadenzas (2020), Op. 105

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AUTO-WORK SERIES
(all instruments/samples played/programmed, recorded, edited, mastered by myself)

Carito’s Evening Song – electric guitar, string samples, (2023), Op. 168
A Direction Sought – electric guitars, organ, samples, mandolin, (2022), Op. 167
A Little Electric Symphony – bassoon, trumpet, tuba, vibraphone, mandolin, electric guitar, archtop guitar, classical guitar, organ solo viola, viola section, (2022), Op. 156
September Improvisation – 7 electric guitars (2019), Op. 90
Terminal Beach – after J.G.Ballard, (2018), Op. 73 – electric guitars (played normally & bowed), classical guitar, acoustic archtop guitar, piano, mandolin, accordion, clarinet, oboe, strings.
Radio Love Song – three electric guitars, (2018), Op. 77
Cinematic Memories – three electric guitars, mandolin, piano, strings, (2019,) Op. 78
Strings in the Void – two electric guitars, dur: (2019), Op. 88
Imaginary Circus – two electric guitars, archtop guitar, acoustic guitar, horn, trumpet, strings, organ, piano, dur: (2019), Op. 79