WORKS
2011
The Jimmy Rig Slip Jig 50'6 song machinists assemble and perform on
a large musical instrument
of the composer's invention
commissioned by The Arts Council
The Jimmy Rig Slip Jig Workshop Performance at the Sensorium Festival
The Machine of Song 15'
A composition for an instrument
invented specifically for performance
by deaf ensemble
commissioned by The Arts Council's
Artist in the Community Scheme
The Machine of Song at the Contemporary Music Centre
2010
The Electro Acoustic Journey of the Joculator 15'for Joculator (an electro acoustic vehicle),
brass trio and the general public
commissioned by Temple Bar Cultural Trust
2009
The Evolvaphone 21'a booth which generates a composition
according to the laws of natural selection
Programmed using Pure Data
commissioned by the WELLCOME TRUST
and the Arts Council
Head of Hamlet 20'
an installation for music, light and vibrations
Programmed using Pure Data
funded by an Arts Council Project New Work Award
Music for Modern Animals 8'
3 hand cranked outdoor sculptures which
play a composition for telegraph and livestock orchestra
-funded by the Arts Council through Airfield Trust
The Idiot Box 21'
music for boxes, lights and dancers
2008
Bed of Macbeth 25'a tragedy for music cinema in 5 scenes
Watch video excerpt of scene iv.
a=aght
2'44
tape piece using street sounds and young people's voices
commissioned by Jackie Summell
2007
The Electro Acoustic Exchange 25'for 4 cellos, 8 speakers, 4 commodities and sine waves
Watch video excerpt.
The Voyage of Particle H
12'
- the musical diary of a journey through a carbon atom
for orchestra and bass soloist
Music for Six-Legged Percussionists
10'42
for houseflies and dungbeetles
(in lamps and cigar boxes respectively and respectfully)
Edible Music Recipe #1
4'10
for tape, speakers and rice
Who's There?
16'40
for amplified door, two knockers, double bass,
electric guitar, clarinet, oboe, trombone and trumpet
2006
W.V.H . 10'18for string orchestra,
commissioned by Kremlin Chamber Ensemble
Listen to audio excerpt.
Storm in a Teacup 17'
sonata in three movements for piano,
electronics and teacup speakers
The Rainbow Death of Roy G Biv 8'40
for chamber ensemble
(vn,vc,fl,cl,pn)
Fatimaphone Suite 8'30
for homemade dulcimer, samples
and trash cans on pulleys
The Callan Workhouse 7'20
for amplified table,
wooden blocks, sewage pipes, homemade dulcimer
and live electronics
Commissioned by the Butler Gallery
Scenes from an Invisible Play 1'
short piece for solo double bass
Music for an Invisible Play in 9 scenes 21'58
for string quartet
The Dragonfly Dreams It's a Moose 8'40
for saxophone ensemble
(sopranino,soprano,alto,tenor,baritone,contrabass)
Symphony of Invisible Sound 22'50
in 10 movements for full orchestra
(transcribed for wind ensemble)
The Famine Dance 4'
for string orchestra
winner of the Director's Prize Mozart 250
Listen to recording.
2005
The Shelfless Sonata 16'
for piano in four movements
Brass Picnic 18'
for mobile outdoor brass ensemble
4 quartets (hn, tpt, tr, tb)
The Workhouse Sonata 19'52
for string trio (vn,vla,vc) and three voices (S,A,B)
2004
Hongongalongalo; an opera without words 90'
for female choir and orchestra
4 stars from the Irish Times
Listen to audio excerpt of "The Vowel Chorus" (from Hongongalongalo).
2002
Dreaming Dog 4'02
tape piece
Baghdad Rag 4'18
tape piece for B4 organ
Listen to audio excerpt.
2000
Suicide of Miss Understood; 80'
a guerrilla opera with 3 commercials
for choir, soloists and rock band
(gtr,bs,pn,drums)
1999
Kahoogaphone; a guerrilla opera in 2 acts 90'
for 3 singers and small ensemble
(gtr,banjo,bs,acc.,drums)
Listen to audio excerpt of "God is Bored"(from Kahoogaphone).
1998
3 pieces 7'
for cello and guitar
Dog is Dead 80'
a play in two acts
(for 3 actors)
1989-1997
about 200 songs 600'