Compositions

Pippa has been composing since 1991 and her output includes instrumental, acousmatic and live improvisation works for radio, concert halls, festivals, clubs, galleries, schools and theatres.

2010

Scottish Flute Trio – New work for 3 flutes and bass clarinet to be toured around Scotland in June.

dBale Electronic Music Festival, Switzerland – new commission for Saxophone and live electronics.

2009

British Council – Hanoi New Music Festival (Oct 2009) - Devising, improvising and performing new pieces for 1 month with Vietnamese musicians.

BBC Radio 3/Catherine Bailey Productions/Bona Broadcasting – Original music for radio play ‘Side Effects’ Dir: Lorne Campbell

Aberdeen Art Gallery/SOUND Festival – Commission in response to Joan Eardley paintings for 2 flutes, cello and bass clarinet. Performed by Richard Craig, Roberto Fabriciani, Tajed Kenig, Rohan de Saram

2008

Scottish Flute Trio – New commission for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Aberdeenshire Council Pathfinder Project – New commission for a radiophonic piece to investigate and celebrate music of the north East of Scotland.

2007

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh – Original music for ‘Strangers, Babies’. Dir: Philip Howard.

2006

BBC Radio 4/ Catherine Bailey Productions – Original music for play ‘The Room’

New Commission – Scottish Arts council – to write a piece for cello, musical saw, Theremin and electronics premiered at ‘Cubed’ – Traverse Theatre

Nutshell Theatre Company – Original music for ‘Stars’ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival.

Auld Reekie: David Leddy – Music for Audio Tour – Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

2005

Nutshell Theatre Company – Original music for ‘Crestfall’ at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Tron Theatre Glasgow – Original music for David Leddy’s ‘In the Shade’

Dance Base Edinburgh – Composer in residence with Mehrav Israel and Skye Reynolds

2004

Tron Theatre Company – composer for ‘Standing Wave’ a play about the composer Delia Derbyshire

Papillons Theatre Company – Soundtrack to a show choreographed by Skye Reynolds funded by Scottish Arts Council.

Salford Art Gallery and Museum – soundtrack to ‘Wayfarer’ a film about Asylum Seekers arriving in Salford.

Commission from COMA (Contemporary Music For Amateurs) – new commission to write a 30-minute ensemble & tape piece with London based composer Phil Cashian funded by the Arts Council England.

2003

ZKM Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karsruhe – 2 month residency to compose Voix du Sable made possible with funds from the Scottish Arts Council

7:84 Theatre Company – Composed the original music to Gilt

Scottish Arts Council – Award winner of a £6,000 music bursary to compose three pieces inspired by oceanic mythology from Persia, India and Europe.

2002

Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Sound Design for Dee Isacs’ opera Festus funded by the Scottish Arts Council.

2001

Paragon Ensemble – Commissioned to write 2 pieces for the Paragon Ensemble’s new season. Performances at the Tron Theatre, and the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, October 2001

Fadjr Theatre & Film Festival, Iran – Composition for a theatre & multimedia performance at Tatre Shah, Tehran.

2000

‘Safe Delivery’ Tom McGrath - Original music and sound design for playwright Tom McGrath, with Dave Trouton, sponsored by the ‘Glaxo Wellcome Trust’ performed in the Edinburgh International Festival.

1998

Gerard McBurney, Woods and Trees – recording and editing sounds of a Balkan lithaphone, and engineering a performance of his ‘Woods and Trees’ with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) at Witney Court.