Advent Calendar Series (2022–2024)

A series of seasonal arrangement projects released daily throughout Advent.

Each iteration draws on lesser-known carols and historical sources, reimagined through vernacular idioms and shaped through ensemble-specific curation.

2024: Red Ochre Ensemble
2022–2023: Yellowwood Duo

Fox & Crow: Bespoke Folk Tunes (ongoing)

A series of miniature commissions for mixed instrumentation.

New folk tunes are written in response to individual performers and contexts, then treated as found melodies—arranged, notated, and recorded within a living tradition.

Ensemble Collaborations

Gqeberha Trio: Aria

A programme for violin, viola, and double bass.

Lyrical repertoire is reimagined through vernacular idioms and ensemble-specific performance practice.

South of Bear: Wanderlust

A programme for combinations of viola/mandolin/baroque guitar, viola/nyckelharpa, and double bass.

Centred on cross-cultural material, the project explores idiomatic interplay and stylistic exchange between instruments.

Yellowwood Duo: Down the Yellowwood Trails

A programme for double bass with viola, mandolin, or guitar.

Celebrates the expressive range of the double bass across varied cultural contexts through a combination of arrangements and newly composed works.

Here Be Dragons: Folk 101

A programme exploring the relationship between early music and folk traditions.

Draws on material from across Europe and beyond, reimagined through vernacular idioms and performance-led interpretation.

Here Be Dragons: Bowie Baroque

A programme reimagining modern repertoire through Baroque stylistic frameworks.

Explores transformation across genre and historical context through arrangement and performance.

Here Be Dragons: Compendium of the Carol

A programme exploring the carol as a living musical form.

Draws on historical and folk sources to reimagine seasonal repertoire through ensemble-specific performance practice.

Ensemble Je Ne Comprends Pas: Music for Ensemble

A body of new compositions for variable large ensemble.

Explores flexible scoring across combinations ranging from piano trio to twelve players, shaped by context and available forces.

Ensemble Je Ne Comprends Pas: Spieëlbeeld

A project combining music for visual media with ensemble performance.

Scored for strings, harp, percussion, and piano, the work explores the interaction between sound, image, and atmosphere.