Writings
Publications
Forthcoming: 'A Prescription for Action: a common approach to performing simple, complex, graphic and verbal scores' in The Ashgate Research Companion to Experimental Music ed. J. Saunders (2009)
Forthcoming: 'For Pianist: the piano music of Christian Wolff', and 'Playing the Game?: a performer's perspective on Wolff's music' in new collection of essays about Christian Wolff, co-edited by Stephen Chase and Philip Thomas, to be published by Ashgate Publications (2010)
'Determining the Indeterminate' Contemporary Music Review (2007) 26/2 pp.129-140
'Berio's Sequenza IV: approaches to performance and interpretation' Contemporary Music Review (2007) 26/2 pp.189-206
‘Interpretation and Performance in Bryn Harrison’s être temps’, Musicae Scientiae (2005) 9 pp.31-74
Conferences
2006
‘Hung up on the number 64’ International Cage Conference, University of Huddersfield: ‘Choosing the moment – performing the late works of John Cage’
2005
Fourth Biennial Conference on Twentieth Century Music, University of Sussex: ‘A performer’s view on Christian Wolff’s Music’
2003
Third Biennial International Conference on 20th Century Music, Nottingham University; ‘Interpretation and performance in Bryn Harrison's etre-temps' (with Bryn Harrison and Professors Nicholas Cook and Eric Clarke)
Programme Notes (Click on title to download)
2008
For Pianist: the solo piano music of Christian Wolff
Three concerts of Wolff's music, alongside music by composers who have been influential upon or influenced by Wolff
2005
Comprovisation
A concert presenting music written by musicians more normally known as improvisers, and composers influenced by improvisation. Includes music by Beck, Burn, Cage, Cardew, Fell, Finnissy, Obermayer, Wolff.
2004
Something New Something Old Something Else: Christopher Fox
featuring new work Republican Bagatelles alongside Fox's Prime Site and works by Beethoven, Linda C Smith, Sharman, Ives and Webern.
Lucier and Cage: works for piano and electronics
2003
Something New Something Old Something Else: Richard Emsley
Featuring new work for piano 13 alongside Emsley's Flow Form and works by Bach, Ives, Clementi, Finnissy
Croft, Lachenmann, Taylor, Zimmerman
2002
The Art of Touch
Four concerts presenting the piano music of Morton Feldman, alongside newly commissioned works by Harrison, Parsons and Saunders.
2001
John Cage and Twenty-First Century Britain
A 3-concert survey of piano music by John Cage alongside music by Richard Ayres, Chris Burn, Stephen Chase, Richard Emsley, Christopher Fox, Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton