The Marchus Trust Grant
2023
The Marchus Trust have generously awarded support for A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time, an album and film of new music for water-powered historical instruments and live instrumentalists, recorded and filmed in the historic Rivelin Valley in Sheffield.
Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant
2023
I was grateful to be awarded an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant to support recording and filming of A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time, my new album of music for water-powered historical instruments. The grant allowed me to work with sound-recordist Ross Davidson and filmmakers OPUS (as well as other collaborators) over a week recording and filming in the Rivelin valley, Sheffield. The resulting album will be released on the Birmingham Record Co. (an imprint of NMC) in November 2023.
PRS Foundation Composers’ Fund award with Jerwood Arts
2021
I am delighted to be awarded the PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund 2021 in partnership with Jerwood Arts. The fund is intended to support composers with a strong track record at a pivotal stage in their career. I will work with instrument designer Sam Underwood to design and build three water-powered historical instruments. Installed in historic rivers in Sheffield, the resulting music will be recorded for release on the Birmingham Record Co. label, an imprint of NMC.
UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council Studentship
2020-2024
I have been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council scholarship through the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership to complete my PhD at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Supervised by Professor Joe Cutler and Professor Jamie Savan, the project investigates new music arising from research with historical instruments and analogue synthesisers.
Arts Council England ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ Grant
2020
This Arts Council England ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ grant was awarded in order for me to take time to develop my writing for historical instruments and electronics. The project involves recording notable examples of historical instruments (harpsichords, organs, viols) in collections at The Royal College of Music Museum, Kew Palace/Royal Collection Trust, Handel and Hendrix in London, and elsewhere. These recordings will be used in the studio, alongside electronics and analogue synthesisers, developing material for a new album. Museum visits have been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
Jerwood Arts Bursary
2020
I was awarded this bursary to work with sopranos Ella Taylor and Heloise Werner to develop new writing for voices and synthesisers. Time in the studio was followed by a workshop exploring material developed with the poet Jacqueline Saphra which will inform future music-theatre composition.
Britten-Pears Red House Residency
2019
In August 2019, I spent a week with the poet Jacqueline Saphra at Benjamin Britten’s The Red House in Aldeburgh as part of the inaugural Wild Plum Arts residency series. During this week, Jacqueline and I developed an outline of, and tested material for, a new music-theatre piece exploring ecological themes. This was a development of the aria we wrote for The National Opera Studio’s 12:40 celebrations.
Arts Foundation Award (Shortlist)
2018
I was delighted to be shortlisted for the prestigious Arts Foundation Award in 2018 in the ‘performing arts’ category. That year marked the 25th Anniversary celebrations of the award with previous winners nominating artists.
Sound and Music Composer-Curator Award
2018
In 2018, I was awarded a Sound and Music Composer-Curator award with support from the PRS Foundation. This grant was awarded for my Classical Remix series and allowed me to develop a UK tour of Synth Remix. The project featured a new commission by electronic musician Jo Thomas based on archival research at the University of Manchester and BBC Archives into the music of electronic pioneer Delia Derbyshire. Alongside Jo’s work, the performances featured a set by artist and musician Olivia Louvel as well as DJ Sets. The project was additionally supported by Arts Council England, and the London performance was broadcast live on Resonance EXTRA.
Help Musicians UK Bursary
2016
A grant from Help Musicians UK allowed me to attend the prestigious Rarescale Summer School to develop my writing for low flutes and electronics. While there, I worked with flautist Carla Rees to compose new music for alto flute, contrabass flute and electronics.
New Voices Composer Award
2015
I was selected by Sound and Music to write new music for the percussionist Joby Burgess. In a series of workshops, I developed the piece ‘Drop’ which was premiered in a concert at the National Portrait Gallery in London and recorded for my album Wurl with support from the British Music Collection.
PRS Foundation Composer Award
2015
This award from the PRS Foundation was to support a studio recording of my collaboration with the poet Jacqueline Saphra, If I Lay on My Back I Saw Nothing But Naked Women. The music, for cello, piano, and spoken word. was recorded by the pianist Siwan Rhys, cellist Corentin Chassard, and Jacqueline.
Saboteur Awards: Best Collaborative Work
2015
For the release of the poet Jacqueline Saphra’s collection of prose poems, If I Lay on My Back I Saw Nothing But Naked Women, I composed a series of miniatures for piano, cello, and spoken word. This collaboration also featured illustrations by Mark Andrew Webber and was the winner of the 2015 Saboteur award for Best Collaborative Work.
Britten Sinfonia OPUS2014 (Finalist)
2014
I was finalist with the Britten Sinfonia’s OPUS2014 programme, writing new work for small ensemble. The project included a number of workshops.
St. Marylebone Educational Foundation Grant
2012
Additional support for my Masters degree at the Royal College of Music was offered by the St. Marylebone Educational Foundation.
Royal College of Music Scholarship
2009-2012
To undertake my Masters studies in composition at the Royal College of Music in London, I was an RCM Scholar with support from the Angela Nankivell Award.
Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust Grant
2009-2012
I was awarded a grant from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust to complete my Masters studies in composition at the Royal College of Music.