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'Kaleidophone'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2017
Premiere at the ISSTA Festival, DkIT Dundalk, 7/8th September 2017.
Programme Note

Kaleidophone (2017).

'Found Sounds Lost'
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and live electronics
Year of Completion: 2016
Premiere at the Crescent Arts Centre Belfast, 18th November 2016.


'Run na Mara'
For 8-channel fixed medium.
Year of Completion: 2015
Premiere at the International Csound Conference 2015 at Saint Petersburg, 4th October 2015.
Programme Note
(stereo version)

'Trace Diamorph II'
For singing bowls and Raspberry Pi.
Year of Completion: 2015
Premiere at the Kontakte Festival at the Akademy der Kunste in Berlin, 26th September 2015.


'Philharmonie'
For flute, clarinet and cello
Year of Completion: 2014
Premiere at the Belfast College of Art, 6th December 2014.


'Cupola'
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Year of Completion: 2014
Premiere at the Belfast College of Art, 6th December 2014.


'Trace Diamorph'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2014
Premiere at the Trřndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim, Norway , 13 March 2014.
Programme Note

Trace Diamorph (2014).




'Four States For Bass Trombone'
for bass trombone and computer
Year of Completion: 2013
Premiere at the SARC, 13 November 2013 5:00PM SARC Sonic Lab.
Programme Note


'Disinformation'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2013
Premiere at the LEAP, 28th September 2013 as part of the Transmediale festival and Art Hack Day, Berlin.
Programme Note



'Propeller Music'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2013
Premiere at the Newcastle Arts Festival, 15th - 18th August, 2013.
Programme Note



'Several Stories High'
Gamelan, Choir, Spoken Word and Electronic Sound.
Year of Completion: 2013
Premiere at the Stranmillis Drama Theatre, Belfast, July 21st, 2013.
Performed by the Open Arts Gamelan Ensemble, the Open Arts Choir and the Open Arts Drama Group


'One Three Two (133)'
Solo dance, camera motion tracking, music and live electronics.
Collaborative composition with Pipo Tafel (dance) and Daniel Berwanger (camera)
Year of Completion: 2011
Premiere at ZKM, Karlsruhe November 26th, 2011.

(This is the fixed medium part only and is a binaural rendering of the original 8-channel mix.)


'Csound Haiku'
Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2011
Premiere at the Csound Conference, Hannover September 30th - October 2nd 2011.
Programme Note and .csds
Example Renderings:

Csound Haiku I

Csound Haiku II

Csound Haiku III

Csound Haiku IV

Csound Haiku V

Csound Haiku VI

Csound Haiku VII

Csound Haiku VIII

Csound Haiku IX

Concert Versions:

Csound Haiku IV (concert version)

Csound Haiku VII (concert version)

Csound Haiku VIII (concert version)

(These are binaural renderings of the original 4-channel mixes.)


'glastropfen'
For fixed medium
Year of Completion: 2010
Premiere at the Soundings festival 5th November 2010.


'SU-Bahn Sonicography'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2010
Premiere at the Projektraumschwarz gallery, Neukölln, Berlin, 13th August 2010
Programme Note

'Cipher'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2009
Premiere at the Projektraumschwarz gallery, Neukoelln, Berlin, 27th August 2009
Programme Note
'Three Breaths'
For Flute and Live Electronics
Year of Completion: 2009
Duration: c.8'00"
Premiered by Joe O'Farrell at The Hilltown New Music Festival, 19th July 2009
Programme Note
Three Breaths I

Three Breaths II

Three Breaths III


'Kugelspiel'
For Clarinet, Cello, Double Bass and Live Electronics
Year of Completion: 2009
Duration: c.10'00"
Premiered at The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin, 28th February 2009

Programme Note
Performance at The Lab, Dublin, 28th February 2009 (movie)

'Pendulum'
Interactive Sound Installation
Year of Completion: 2008
First installed at Mantis Festival, Manchester University 31st October to 2nd November 2008
The Lab, Dublin, March 2009 (movie)
5a Mostra Sonora, International Festival of Contemporary Music, Sueca 29th, 30th, 31st May 2009
Projektraumschwarz gallery, Neukölln, Berlin, 26th August 2009
Programme Note


'Penumbra'
For Soprano Saxophone, Cello, Double Bass and Live Electronics
Year of Completion: 2007
Duration: c.10'00"
Premiered by the EAR Ensemble, 25th October 2007, at The Goethe-Institut, Dublin
Subsequently performed by the EAR Ensemble, 19th July 2009, at The Hilltown New Music Festival
Programme Note

'Sonic Kitchen'
For Household Objects and Live Electronics
Year of Completion: 2007
Duration: c.30'00"
First Performance: Bang '07 Festival, 28th March 2007

'Ram Raid'
For 2-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 2007
Duration: 8'37"

Molten Liquid
For 8-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 2006
Duration: 11'15"
First Performance: Inventionen 2006, Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, 26th May 2006


'Shapes'
For 8-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 2004
Duration: 27'06"

This is a binaural rendering of the 8 channel version.

'Traitment de choc'
For 2-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 2003
Duration: 11'12"
Programme Note


'Learning Your Lines'
Radiophonic Piece - Narration: Glen Patterson (Collaborative piece with composer Gordon Delap)
Year of Completion: 2002
Duration: 15'46"


'Shock Treatment'
for Piano, 8-channel Tape and Live Electronics
Year of Completion: 2002
Duration: 9'00"
Programme Note


'Piano Music for the Wired'
for Live Electronics and 2-channel Tape (Performed by the Wired Ensemble)
Year of Completion: 2001
Duration: 10'03"


'Bone Fractures'
for Trombone, 2-channel Tape and Live Electronics
Year of Completion: 2001
Duration: 11'17"
Programme Note


'After a Brief Silence'
for Video and 2-channel Tape (Collaorative piece with video artist Yvonne Buchheim)
Year of Completion: 2001
Duration: 5'30"


'Points of Collapse'
for 2-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 2001
Duration: 9'22"
Programme Note


'Trash'
for 2-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 2000
Duration: 11'17"
Programme Note


'Q'
for 2-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 1999
Duration: 9'38"
Programme Note


'Dualogue'
for 2-channel Tape
Year of Completion: 1998
Duration: 9'36"
Programme Note


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