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.

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.