Works
(click on the title of a work for additional info, recordings, score excerpts, etc.)
large ensemble
ochre song (2023-24) for 12 musicians — 15’30
1.0.1.0.bsax/1.0.1.0/perc/hp/pno/1.0.1.1.1
Commissioned by impuls
Premiere: 25 February 2025 | impuls Festival, Helmut List Halle, Graz, Austria | Klangforum Wien. Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
chamber/small ensemble
Quartet for clarinet, bassoon, violin, and piano - (in progress)
Written for “Always, Already There”
Premiere: Date TBC | International Contemporary Ensemble
from the threads of our tears a dance is woven (2024) for string quartet — 8’
Commissioned by the Signum Quartet with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Premiere: November 2024 | Signum Quartet
Parallel Flows (2024) for alto flute, cello, and marimba — 6’
Commissioned by the Mizar Trio
Premiere: 10 September 2024 | Fismer Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa | Mizar Trio: Louisa Theart (alto flute), Rosamund Ender (cello), Dylan Tabisher (marimba)
Points (2024) for horn and trumpet — 3’
Written for Christine Chapman and Marco Blaauw
Premiere: 15 August 2024 | Studio des Ensemble Musikfabrik, Cologne, Germany | Christine Chapman (horn), Marco Blaauw (trumpet)
Trio (2023-24) for violin, french horn, and piano — 20’
Commissioned for the Henri Lazarof Living Legacy at Brandeis University by the Henri Lazarof International Commission Prize 2023
Premiere: 5 May 2024 | Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA | Markus Placci (violin), Clark Matthews (horn), Heng-Jin Park (piano)
Bound objects (2023) for 6 string instruments — 5’
Premiere: 22 September 2023 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa | Bronwen Clacherty (uhadi and voice), SASF String Quintet, Jan-Hendrik Harley (conductor)
like knotted strings (2022, rev. 2023) for string quartet — 11’30
Commissioned by the JACK Quartet through JACK Studio
Premiere: 28 January 2023 | JACK Studio Festival, New York City, USA | JACK Quartet
a tap releases the new harmony (2022) for mixed sextet — 7’30” [Available for performance in October 2024]
(Ob, Cl[+ BassCl], Perc, Prep. Pno, Vln, Vc)
Commissioned by Ensemble Recherche as part of the “Postcolonial Recherche” project, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut
Premiere: 11 October 2022 | Goethe-Insitut Boston. Boston, MA, USA | Ensemble Recherche
European premiere: 8 March 2023 | Jazzhaus Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany | Ensemble Recherche
Weaving (2020) Miniature for violin, piano, and vibraphone — 0’45”
Written for Kompass Ensemble
Premiere: 8/9 January 2021 | Hochschule für musik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany | Kompass Ensemble
solo
New work for solo accordion
Written for Eva Zöllner for the Sterkfontein Composers Meeting
Premiere: 15 December 2024 | Nirox Foundation, Sterkfonten, South Africa | Eva Zöllner
Passing the Hues (2020) for solo soprano voice — 2’30”
Written for Stephanie Lamprea’s Unaccompanied: Tiny Works for Quarantine project
Premiere: 9 August 2020 | Ziksa: An Art Forum livestream | Stephanie Lamprea, soprano
Circles (2018, rev. 2019) for solo bassoon — 13’
Commissioned by Midori Samson, with funding provided by the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: 5 June 2018 | Buntrock Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, USA | Midori Samson
Écoulement (2018, currently under revision) for solo alto saxophone — 5’
Written for the SASRIM Composers’ Meeting
Premiere: 30 August 2018 | SASRIM Conference, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa | Naomi Sullivan
vocal
Passing the Hues (2020) for solo soprano voice — 2’30”
Written for Stephanie Lamprea’s Unaccompanied: Tiny Works for Quarantine project
Premiere: 9 August 2020 | Ziksa: An Art Forum livestream | Stephanie Lamprea, soprano
acousmatic
Montage (2022) for fixed media — 2’10
Written for the Bow Project 2: Bowscapes, in memory of Jürgen Bräuninger
Online and album premiere: January 2023
A Meditation on Maya (2017) for fixed media — 6’45
Premiere: 27 October 2017 | Fenway Center, Boston, MA, USA
Abyss (2015) for fixed media — 8’30
Commissioned by the New Music Forum at Stellenbosch
Premiere: 28 May 2015 | Slee Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
open instrumentation
Playground Postcard (2020) graphic score for any instrumentation
Premiere: 20 January 2022 | Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom | Yshani Perinpanayagam, Katherine Tinker (piano duo)
interdisciplinary
autoplay
Darkroom Contemporary
Concept, Choreography, Direction & Set Design: Louise Coetzer
Musical Director: Brydon Bolton
Music by: Brydon Bolton, Njabulo Phungula, Inge Beckmann
Performances: 10-28 September 2024 | Cape Town, South Africa