This album represents compositions and improvisation born from Tom's doctoral research.

Recorded at Free Energy Device

Thematic material for the 3rd and 4th movements of this suite are drawn from Barclay's Scherzo (for orchestra) and Quinticello (for cello quintet).

Composed in 1978 for New Zealand cellist, Brigid O'Meeghan, the seven Variations for Solo Cello, like Renaissance variations, have no theme. Instead they w...

Composition for Solo Viola explores the gradual growth of material from a single note to long chains of gestures. The soft opening sound, which returns th...

The piece is the first work in which I adopted the formal proportions and organic unfolding of the spiral to shape multiple dimensions of the music. This exp...

This trio was conceived of on behalf of all teenaged chamber musicians who find themselves in a group of two violins and piano, with little choice of reperto...

This Scherzo makes pairs of repeated notes its main feature. Intervals of the semitone and minor third predominate, although there is also an underlying to...

A lively one movement work for average to advanced players, written in a very accessible style for recorder ensemble.

A piece in the style of an elegant waltz. This work should not prove difficult for average players.

A sustained and challenging four movement work for solo instrument, the player switches from standard flute to piccolo for the scherzo-like third movement. ...

Three Pieces for Solo Piano was written in 2003, and was performed by Rei Fen at the concert of the Llewelyn Jones Prize in Music for Piano 2004, where it ...

Four Laments for Solo Clarinet consists of four short and rather quiet movements. Each movement takes its title and some aspects of its musical character f...

This work was composed in 2016 for clarinetist, Anna McGregor, for performance in Sweden. It recognizes Anna’s marvelous gifts as a performer and the support...

This suite of music is composed for young hands - students who have been playing guitar for 6 months onwards. Each piece explores different techniques common...

Originally, chorales were arrangements from plain chant (the first religious songs in the Catholic Church and the recognized beginnings of all western "art" ...

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These 3 pieces were a 'Bar Mitzvah' gift to my nephew in New York, who was learning cello then.