Commissioned by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir with funding from Respect Organics and logistical support from the Soil Association. The World Premiere was on 18 November, 2006 at Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, with a second performance at the Soil Association Annual Conference in Cardiff in January 2007. FIVE SEASONS grew out of their residencies at five different organic farms across Britain, in Dorset, Cumbria, Lincolnshire, North Wales and on the Isle of Mull. The result is an exciting and innovative cantata for 34 voices and string quintet plus oboe and harp, which takes a refreshing look at the pastoral tradition.

Type: Cantata,Choral,Orchestral

A setting of Christie's poem 'Messengers', written as a Christmas song for the Canterbury Chamber Choir. It has now been performed many times.

Type: Choral,Songs

A choral song commissioned by West Hampstead Girls High School to take to the Eisteddfod in 2006 (where they placed 9th), is a light-hearted, non-pastoral take on the seasons.

Type: Children,Choral,Songs

A series of musical performance pieces for very young children (age 3-5), written with teacher, Rosie Wolf, and composer, Avril Crosland. All have been performed in schools.

Type: Children,Performance-Piece,Choral,Rap

is a setting of three of Christie’s poems, each offering a different view of being alone. The first song, 'Autumn Migration', describes the flight of a flock of birds across the sky pursued by a ‘single late flyer’ stitching ‘together earth and sky’. The second song, 'Night Garden', evokes the delicate fragrance of a still summer’s evening in which ‘lives too small to risk the light’ bravely begin to stir. The final song, 'Would Like To Meet', presents a ‘Lonely Hearts’ column, with a comic difference. Commissioned by the Canterbury Chamber Choir and first performed in 2005.

Type: Choral,Songs