O S C ~ @Chapel FM II (2023)
45-minute improvised tableaux
in collaboration with Barrington Brook
presented at the ChapelFM 24-hour Musicathon, 18th June 2023
Tetrahedron (2023)
for solo performer, custom control interface and audiovisual generative system
in collaboration with Colin Frank
first performance: Colin Frank, Cultures of Sound, Huddersfield, 21st April 2023
Tegmark variations (2022)
for solo oboe and generative score, no fixed duration
in collaboration with Niamh Dell
first performance: Niamh Dall, University of York Creative Coding Lab, 3rd March 2023
THREE SPACES (2021)
for improvising dancer and electronics
in collaboration with Erica Mulkern
first performance: online premiere, May 2021
O S C ~ @Chapel FM (2019)
45-minute improvised tableaux
in collaboration with Eloise Birtwhistle, Leo Birtwhistle and Barrington Brook
presented at the ChapelFM 24-hour Musicathon, December 2019
LARA: A PIANO AT NIGHT (2019)
piano and projections, 60 minutes
in collaboration with Lara Jones: piano and composition
first performance: 20th May 2019
flow (2018)
audiovisual installation, repeating 70 minute generative framework
based on internet traffic data provided by Bytemark
presented at the PHP Yorkshire conference, 18th of April 2018
Tell one forget one (2017)
for mezzo-soprano, piano and electronics, 21 minutes
an arrangement of Canto IV by Kevin Jones
first performance: Lisa Coates (voice), Nicole Johnson (piano), Desmond Clarke (electronics), Tête à Tête Opera Festival, London, August 2017
UNBELONGING (2017)
for double bass, electronics and voice, 10 minutes
devised in collaboration with Bethan Vincent
first performance: Bethan Vincent (voice), Desmond Clarke (double bass, electronics), York, June 2017
RECORDARI (2016-17)
for modified alto recorder, three archaic recorders and live electronics, 22 minutes
written in collaboration with Carmen Troncoso
first performance: Carmen Troncoso (recorders), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York, March 2017
O S C ~ @YSFNM (2016)
7-hour improvised megastructure
in collaboration with Leo Birtwhistle, James Whittle, Gaia Blandina and Barrington Brook
presented at the York Spring Festival of New Music, May 2016
In.Can.Obert Messina (2015)
50-minute devised performance
in collaboration with Gaia Blandina, Adam Bonser, Twm Dylan, Omar Peracha, Will Ozard and Andrea Mancianti
presented at the Torre Degli Inglesi Contemporary Art Space, Messina, September 2015
The Author's Effects (2015)
audiovisual installation, 15 minute loop
in collaboration with Leo Birtwhistle and Nicola Watson, supported by the Open University
presented at the Festival of Ideas, York, June 2015
WHERE AM I (2014)
for fixed media and contemporary dancers, 30 minutes
in collaboration with Shelley Haden
presented in a temporary performance space, Leeds, May 2014
Swan Lake (2014)
for oboe, fixed media and contemporary dancers 15, minutes
in collaboration with Maud Brambach (choreographer)
presented at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, February 2014
anomalous structures of my dreams (2013)
6-hour improvised megastructure
in collaboration with Leo Birtwhistle and Max Hampshire
presented at the CeReNeM Extended Durations Symposium, the University of Huddersfield, September 2013
The Ball Pit (2013)
for speaking dancers, fixed media and improvising violinist, 20 minutes
developed with and performed by students from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds, May 2013
Cybernetic Forest (2012)
24-hour improvised megastructure
in collaboration with Azlee Babar, Leo Birtwistle, Max Hampshire and Teresa Winter
presented at the Rymer Auditorium, York, October 2012