
Selected Portfolio
2022 La Performance | Commissioned by Tron Theatre
Original composition, sound design and live performance for touring theatre production. Premiered at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, October 2022 and International Visual Theatre, Paris, November 2022
2021 Fountain Tree | Commissioned by Sound Festival for British Art Show 9
Work for headphones. Premiered at Marischal College, Aberdeen 21 August 2021 | Link
MAIM [album] | Commissioned by Theatre by Gu Leòr
Third album release by WHYTE, featuring original music and arrangements. Distributed by Birnam CD and Xango Music | Link
Songs from the Other Side | Commissioned by Fuora Dance Project
Original music and audio mixing for dance film. Premiered online for Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2021 | Link
2020 MAIM | Commissioned by Theatre Gu Leòr
Score and sound design for theatre production by Theatre Gu Leòr in collaboartion with WHYTE. Premiered at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 10 March 2020. Tour postponed | Link
The Bill GIbb Line | Commissioned by Shane Strachan
Music for podcast series based on the life of fashion designer Bill Gibb | Link
2019 The Player Piano | Collaborative work with visual artist Kate Steenhauer
Semi-improvised live drawing and musical work. Premiered at Duff House, Banff September 2019, subsequent performance at Summerhall, Edinburgh, November 2019.
Canto
Dance theatre work based on Polari and other cant languages. Collaboration with choreographer/dancer Thania Acaron. Premiered Dance Live Festival, October 2019 | Link
The Shelter | Music for verbatim theatre work | Commissioned by National Theatre of Scotland
Collaboration with writer/performer Shane Strachan and visual artist Kate Steenhauer. Performed March 2019 at The Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen for National Theatre of Scotland's 'Just Start Here' Festival | Video
2018 The Bandstand Project | Commissioned by Art Walk Porty
Work for soundscape and choir, developed for live performance & digital app as part of Art Walk Porty Festival’s ‘Bandstand Project’. Premiere performance & app launch 1 September 2018 |Project Link
A Glimpse of Flesh & Blood | Collaborative work with Rob Heaslip Dance
Performative archive and multidisciplinary project exploring Scottish and Irish folk culture through the creation of new musical works and the reactivation of historic sound materials. Performance debut 31 August, Tanzmesse Festival, Düsseldorf, Germany | Project Link
Speaking in Tongues | Collaborative work with visual artist, Pedram Sadeghbeyki
Ongoing audio-visual research project into the musicality of language. Initial stage developed at Arteles Creative Center, Finland, June 2018 | Blog Link
Freagra: A Blurred Expanse | Commissioned by Rob Heaslip Dance
Electronic musical work for 5 dancers. Toured Scotland & Ireland, March 2018 | Trailer
Butterfly | Collaborative work with filmmaker, Jakub Sirkowski
Musical score for short film. Nominated for ‘Best Sound/Music’ at Scottish Short Film Festival 2018 | Trailer
2017 Echo Chamber
Long-form soundscape work for radio. Broadcast on temporary arts station Radiophrenia, 13 November 2017 | Audio Extract
Leis A' Bhàta Dhubh Dharaich | Commissioned by the Bùrach choir
Arrangement of 18th-century Gaelic song for SATB choir. Premiered by Bùrach choir at the Royal National Mòd on 9 October 2017 – winner of the Sheriff MacMaster Campbell Trophy | Video
W-Hat About? | Commissioned by Fuora Dance Project
Musical score for dance theatre show aimed at children 6+ and grandparents. Premiere performance at Scottish Storytelling Centre, 30 September 2017 | Trailer
“They listen, all coiled up in a silent radio…”
Performance-Installation for upright piano, 3 radios and video projection. Premiere performance at Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, 30 June 2017 | Video
Degrees of Separation
Research and development project focusing on the musicality of the Sinhalese language and soundscapes of Sri Lanka. The project featured the recording and archiving of sound materials, an audio installation, and a live musical performance for BBC Radio 3’s ‘Exposure’ show | Project Link
2016 Fairich
Debut album release by WHYTE (a collaboration with singer-songwriter Alasdair Whyte), featuring original music and arrangements of rarely-heard traditional 17th and 18th-century Gaelic songs | Audio
when in roam | Collaborative work with Orphaned Limbs Collective
Music for 4 dancers. Premiere performance at The Stove, Dumfries & Galloway Festival, May 2016 | Trailer
Earth Sounds |Collaborative work with Imogen Newland
Ambient work for amplified soil and solo dancer. Premiere performance at the Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University, February 2016 | Project Link
2015 Kaidan
Debut solo album released on Comprende Records | Audio
2014 The Visit |Commissioned by Elementz Dance Group
Music for dance film. Premiere screening at Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen, October 2014 | Video
The Witching Hour | Collaborative work with Orphaned Limbs Collective
Ambient score for 2 dancers and projected film. Premiere performance at Woodend Barn, Banchory, 26 June 2014 | Trailer
Ellie | Commissioned by Elementz Dance Group
Music for dance film. Premiere screening at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, June 2014 | Video
2013 Three Cities Project | Collaborative work with Professor Pete Stollery and Dr Suk-Jun Kim
Soundscape project co-devised to encourage aural engagement through sound recording and digital cataloguing in Aberdeen, Bergen, and St Petersburg. The project also featured sound recording workshops with members of the public and the writing and publication of an academic paper | Project Link
2012 Orphans
Series of audio-visual experimental shorts. Premiere screening at Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen, October 2012 | Project Link
Heritage
Downloadable ‘audio walk’ work for headphones. Released May 2012 | Audio
Melancholia
Work for projected video, electronics and contrabass flute. Premiere performance at Woodend Barn, Banchory, July 2012 | Video
2011 Memorial
Site-specific audio-installation & downloadable work for headphones. Premiered at Aberdeen Art Gallery, October 2011 | Project Link