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  • Marram

    Commissioned by Turner & Jones

    Original score for short film. Screened on BBC Alba and BBC iPlayer late-2023

  • La Performance

    La Performance is a theatre production devised and directed by Andy Arnold in association with IVT (International Visual Theatre) Paris. Inspired by the poetic realism of classic French cinema, the show stars Emmanuelle Laborit and Ramesh Meyyappan, with original composition and live performance by myself.

  • Fountain Tree

    Commissioned by Sound Festival for British Art Show 9, Fountain Tree is a headphones-specific work which was created in response to the movement, rhythm, sound and the play of light on the water of the fountain at Aberdeen’s Marischal College.

  • MAIM

    A theatre production commissioned by Theatre Gu Leòr and developed in collaboration between them and WHYTE. MAIM, meaning panic in Gàidhlig, is a call to action, giving voice to the frustrations of the next generation who care deeply about the crisis facing their land and language. Receiving 4 star reviews in The Scotsman, The Herald, The Times, and The List, MAIM enjoyed several sell-out performances at Tron Theatre, Glasgow before Covid-19 put a stop to the forthcoming tour.

  • The Bill Gibb Line

    With a score commissioned by writer Shane Strachan, The Bill Gibb Line began life as a podcast series, documenting the life and work of north-east born, internationally celebrated fashion designer Bill Gibb. The work found a new life in the form of an exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery as part of Look Again Festival 2019.

    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bill-gibb-line/id1501739469

  • The Bandstand Project

    Commissioned by Art Walk Porty, The Bandstand Project is a work for soundscape and choir, developed for both live performance and a digital app. Its premiere performance & app launch took place on 1 September 2018 as part of the Art Walk Porty Festival.

  • Freagra: A Blurred Expanse

    Live score commissioned by Rob Heaslip Dance. Freagra is a work for 5 dancers which explores play and cause-and-effect. It toured Scotland & Ireland throughout March 2018.​

  • Butterfly

    Music for a short film, commissioned by filmmaker Jakub Sirkowski. Butterfly tells the story of a retired war photographer who reflects on his life when he is diagnosed with progressive sight loss. Butterfly was nominated for ‘Best Sound/Music’ at Scottish Short Film Festival 2018.

  • Leis A' Bhàta Dhubh Dharaich

    A setting of the 18th-century Gaelic song for mixed choir. Leis A' Bhàta Dhubh Dharaich was performed by Bùrach at the Royal National Mòd on 9 October 2017 winning them the Sheriff MacMaster Campbell Trophy.

  • Three Cities Project

    Collaborative work with Professor Pete Stollery and Dr Suk-Jun Kim

    Soundscape project co-devised to encourage aural engagement through sound recording and digital cataloguing in Aberdeen, Bergen, and St Petersburg. The project also featured sound recording workshops with members of the public and the writing and publication of an academic paper.

  • Orphans

    Orphans is a series of short works which incorporate early silent movies, daguerreotype portraits and “orphan” films and re-contextualises them as audio-video intermedia shorts.

    The works draw inspiration from wabi sabi – the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of impermanence, and use found materials, both sonically and visually.

  • Melancholia

    Melancholia is a work for projected video, electronics and live contrabass flute.

  • Memorial

    Memorial is a site-specific audio work for headphones and multi-channel live performance, using ambient recordings from the Aberdeen Art Gallery’s Memorial Court and archival recordings of war testimonials.

    The installation took place in the Memorial Court of Aberdeen Art Gallery on Saturday 22 October 2011.