Composer history
2012
Release of first library album 'Through The Lense' with the Scoring House
Release of 'Here' CRCD05
Director of Music Orbit
Advisory panel of PRS Foundation
Mentor again for SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2012
2011
Further UK tour of 'Nonsense'
Premiere of 'Double Trio' by pianocircus at London's Kings Place
Director of Music Orbit
Advisory panel of PRS Foundation
Mentor again for SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2011
2010
Further UK tour of 'Nonsense'
Director of Music Orbit
Advisory panel of PRS Foundation
Mentor again for SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2010
2009
UK tour of 'Nonsense' with the Homemade Orchestra and Michael Rosen
Release of 'Skin And Wire' CRCD04 with pianocircus and Bill Bruford
Director of Music Orbit
Advisory panel of PRS Foundation
Mentor again for SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2009
2008
Awarded PhD in composition (Brunel University)
Director of Music Orbit
Mentor again for SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2008
Advisory panel of PRS Foundation
Premiere of Cradle by duoDorT
Release of MooV's debut album 'fold'
Premiere of 'The Big Sound Symphony' for the Henley Festival Orchestra
Premiere of 'Nonsense' with Michael Rosen and the Homemade Orchestra
'Featured Artist' article on PRS Foundation website
Nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Composers Award 2008
2007
Premiere of In-Between Lullabies
Director of Music Orbit (mO)
Mentor again for SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2007
Launch of Music Orbit website
Premiere of new songs for MooV (National Portrait Gallery)
Premiere of new pieces for Bill Bruford and Piano Circus (Cobden Club, London)
2006
Release of album In The Gloom of Whiteness CRCD01
Release of album Close CRCD02
Release of album A Green and Yellow Melancholy CRCD03
Mentor again for the SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2006
Recording of album with MooV
Premiere of songs for ensemble MooV
Premiere of Passing Places
Director of Music Orbit (mO)
Co-Artistic Director of IF06 Festival
Premiere of Fabric
Premiere of Squiggle Zipper
Advisory panel of PRS Foundation
Advisory panel of Arts Foundation
Tracks from all CD releases made available on iTunes
2005
Formation of ensemble, MooV
Recording of album A Green and Yellow Melancholy completed
Mentor again for the SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2005
Co-Artistic Director of IF05 Festival
Premiere of No Trace by MooV, IF Festival
Premiere of staged versions of Science Fictions and On The Sheltering Bars by Claron McFadden and MooV, IF Festival
Premiere of Melted Tracks by Zoe Martlew and Sinfonia Viva
Premiere of Sub Merge by Pete Wilson and Sinfonia Viva
Premiere of Shenanigans by Sue Gill
Premiere of Ebb Cast by Piano Circus
2004
21 date UK tour with the Homemade Orchestra (Arts Council National Touring Award)
Continue as a director of SPNM
Mentor again for the SPNM's Adopt A Composer Scheme 2004
Reappointed as Co-Artistic Director of IF (formerly the Isleworth Festival)
Premiere and CD recording of 3 song arrangements on the next Homemade Orchestra album, Inside Covers
CD recording made with the choir Canticum of Round The Still Earth for album, The Gloom Of Whiteness CRCD01
Premiere of Landscapes With Birds by Tim Whitehead and Sinfonia Viva
Premiere of Epiphanies and Meditations by Liam Noble and Sinfonia Viva
CD recording made with Claron McFadden of On The Sheltering Bars for a CD release in October 2004: Close CRCD02
CD recording made with Alison Wells and Kokoro, conducted by Mark Forkgen of a selection of chamber pieces. CD to be released in Jan 2006: A Green and Yellow Melancholy CRCD03
2002/3
Premiere of Close for new ensemble Sub Divo at the Spitz, London
Awarded grant from the AHRB (Arts and Humanities Research Board) to pursue work on two 'Concerti for Improvising Players'
Release of album Tides (written in collaboration with Tim Whitehead), September
Education work for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Debut performances of Tides and song arrangements by the newly-formed Homemade Orchestra
Lead Composer for the Brodsky Quartet's 'Anna And The Moods Project'
Continue as a Director of the SPNM
Mentor for the SPNM's 'Adopt A Composer Scheme'
Continue on the board of the Isleworth Festival
Appointed a patron for the Winchester Centre for Art and Science
Première of On the Sheltering Bars by the Smith Quartet
Première of The Message by the composer and the Homemade Orchestra
Première of Dream Colours by the Viva Wind Quintet
Première of A Stranger Called This Morning by Kokoro
2000/1
Recipient of the Peter Whittingham Award for a collaboration with jazz saxophonist Tim Whitehead
Artistic Director of the Isleworth Festival (4th year)
Commissions from the Smith Quartet, Sinfonia Viva, Subdivo and the Opera Band
The Royal Philharmonic Society's Education Award given to the Junior Composer's Scheme at the Huddersfield Festival which Colin has led for the last two years
Major contributor at the 'Interfaces' conference at Brunel University exploring the meeting points for composition and improvisation.
Education projects with London Sinfonietta, South Bank Centre and English National Opera
Retire as Artistic Director of the Isleworth Festival
98/9
Commissions from London Sinfonietta / Bournmouth Sinfonietta / East of England Orchestra / Kokoro / Triptych / Isleworth Festival / Hounslow Borough Council / Warrington Youth Orchestra
Recording of Science Fictions at the Church Studios for CD with the Opera Band and soprano Claron McFadden, conducted by the composer
Artistic Director of the Isleworth Festival (2nd and 3rd years)
Education project with A-level pupils in Wiltshire Schools in conjunction with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Appointed to spnm board and reading panel
Co-ordinator of music-theatre project in rural villages of Lincolnshire in conjunction with East of England Orchestra leading to a participatory performance of Rhymes Of The Greenwood
Join the music-media company Artemis
Education project (Junior Composers Scheme) with Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Artistic Director of the ensemble Stringfactory
Collaborate with Toby Wilsher (Trestle Theatre Company) on a reworking of Rhymes Of The Greenwood
96/7
Commissions from Bournemouth Sinfonietta / COMA / Ian Wilson / Isleworth Festival
Education project as Associate Composer with Bournemouth Orchestras in Portsmouth Schools
Education project with the London Sinfonietta
Composition Weekend for school children with English String Orchestra
Long-term project as Associate Composer with Bournemouth Orchestras working with Swindon Young Musicians on a collaborative piece
Artistic Director of the Isleworth Festival (1st year). The festival focuses on creating new work by both established and emerging composers
Part-time Lecturer in Composition at Brunel University Sept 97 - 2000
94/5
Commissions from National Youth Choir of Great Britain / Sounds Positive / English String Orchestra / Smith Quartet / Oxford Contemporary Music Festival / Midlands Arts Centre / Paula Hampson / Brunel University
10 week run of Hansel And Gretel at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
Education project with Nash Ensemble culminating in a performance of work created at the Purcell Room, London
Visiting Composition Tutor at Dartington College of Arts Sept 95 - July 96
92/3
Commissions from the Leeds Youth Orchestra / London Contemporary Dance School / Bingham Quartet / Icarus Allsorts
Participant on the International Course for Professional Composers and Choreographers at Bretton Hall, Yorkshire
Artistic Director of performance company Icarus Allsorts in Liverpool. Performances at the Edinburgh Fringe
Postgraduate student on the Advanced Composition Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
PRS Composer-in-Education in Liverpool Sept - Nov
Invited to the Gaudeamus Week in Amsterdam for premiere of Flying Kites by the Gaudeamus Ensemble
Research Fellow in Composition at West London Institute Oct 93 - Oct 96
Composer-in-Residence with the English String Orchestra Dec 93 - Dec 95
