Biography
2011
- June: Blood Piano in collaboration with Mads Floor Andersen and Sheena Kelly at PS2 Gallery, Belfast
2010
- November: Woman=Music=Desire in collaboration with the newly-formed performance company SOMA as part of the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music 2010
2009
- October: Performed TRYST at Ars Electronica, Linz and lecture-recital screening of PLAY at the Conference of Interdisciplinary Musicology 2009, Paris. Performed selected piano pieces from Helmut Lachenmann's Ein Kinderspiel at the Sonic Arts Research Centre
- September: Lecture-recital of Stockhausen's Tierkreis at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London as part of Zombomodernism: The Ends of Practice as Research Colloquium. PLAY (LIVE) at The Potthouse and screenings of PLAY and TRYST at Dance Resource Base as part of the Cathedral Quarter Culture Night, Belfast
- August: PLAY (LIVE) adapted and performed inside a freight container as part of the OUTSIDE ISEA program, Belfast
- July: Awarded bursary to attend 3x3 Dance and Cross-Art Collaborations at the Findhorn Foundation, Scotland, including workshops with Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion
- June: Exhibition and lecture-recital of TRYST at The Art Tank, Belfast, in collaboration with the artist-photographer Chris Parker, as well as first screening of film short INCUBUS in collaboration with the video-artist Dan Faberoff. Performed TRYST at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in collaboration with Conan McIvor (live video-feed) and Dave Bird (sound) and as a lecture-recital at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow as part of Connecting Research: The RSAMD Postgraduate Research Talks
- May: Stockhausen's Tierkries with saxophonist Franziska Schroeder at the Sonic Arts Research Centre as part of the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music 2009
- April: Lecture-recital of Stockhausen's Tierkreis in collaboration with the saxophonist Franziska Schroeder, at the Royal College of Music, London as part of The Musical Body: Gesture, Representation and Ergonomics in Musical Performance
2008
- September: Awarded full studentship to undertake a PhD at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast
- July: Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music, piano (performance)
2007
- November: Graduated with an MA in Choreography with distinction from Dartington College of Arts
- September: Chiasm in collaboration with the sound-artist Leon Boyden and a concert by KLAT[S]CH, (including newly devised works) at the Outhere 07 Festival at Dartington College of Arts, Devon
- August: KLAT[S]CH concert at the Dartington International Summer School, including The Fault Between Us by David Fennessey
- June: KLAT[S]CH devised original works that were presented at the Klankkleur Festival, Amsterdam alongside existing works by Makye Nas and Peter Garland
- April: Presented a revised version of the performance work Fallen in collaboration with author Durian Gray at the Arnolfini, Bristol
- March: Presented the exhibition Fallen in collaboration with the artist-photographer Chris Parker at The Gallery at Dartington College of Arts
2006
- December: Attempting Play in collaboration with Paul Bull, Chris Parker and the film-maker Dave Harbott
- Fallen in collaboration with the sound-artist Paul Bull
- August: Awarded full bursary for master classes at the Dartington International Summer School with Margaret Leng Tan
- April: Residency at M&DE (Music and Dance Exchange) at Dartington College of Arts, Devon
- Four concerts with KLAT[S]CH, including works by George Crumb, Kevin Volans, Steve Reich and Gavin Bryars
2005
- October: Formed the duo KLAT[S]CH with Bob Gilmore
- June: Attended NIM (Nordic Improvisation Meeting) – a five-day intensive contact improvisation festival in Porvoo, Finland
- March: Tour of East Iceland with the Silfurberg Ensemble as pianist and oboist, presenting works by Mihauld, Messaien and Poulenc
2004
- November: Recorded with Icelandic State Television as principle oboist and accompanist
2003
- November: Graduated in BA (Hons) Music (Performance) from Dartington College of Arts
- June: First solo work 1993
2002
- July: Attended the International Teacher’s Conference for Contact Improvisation at the Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
- DipABRSM piano
- February: Recorded with Channel Four as oboist for the docudrama The Real Captain Bligh
- January: Awarded trophy for Best Modern Piano Solo and Tamarisk plate for Best Open Piano Solo at the Devon Festival of Performing Arts
1998
- Joined the multi-disciplinary arts company Soundworks, presenting two consecutive productions. Performances combined text, choreography, music and visual art