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Choral Commission – Listen Here!
I’m pleased to be able to share the recording of ‘Assumpta Est Maria’, commissioned and performed by Suzi Digby and the ORA Singers. The piece was given its premiere at the Royal Welsh College of Music in Cardiff at the start of October. Listen to the recording below!
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ROSL Composition Award 2025 – Winner
UPDATE: I’m delighted to share that after a fabulous workshop at the Royal Over-Seas League’s Princess Alexandra Hall, the panel announced my piece, ‘Jester in the Malthouse’, as the winner of the ROSL Composition Award 2025. I’ll now begin work on a 15-minute commission for the London Sinfonietta – watch this space! (Original post:) I’m…
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ORA Singers Commission
I’m delighted to have won a commission from the fabulous ORA Singers. Over the summer months I’ll be working on a new piece for 18 voices, to be premiered in Cardiff in early October. I very much look forward to working with these marvellous singers and their director, Suzi Digby OBE. UPDATE: You can watch…
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Opera – watch here!
I am beyond delighted to share with you the full recording of my chamber opera, Airtime. The evening was given a 5-star review by Gramophone, in their Opera Now magazine: “Driver’s work with metrics is fascinating… The future of opera is bright.” Watch below: SYNOPSIS “Airtime” offers a magical realist take on Paris’s early-20th-century pneumatic…
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Dutch Premiere in Amsterdam
It was wonderful to hear another of Sarah Jeffery’s wonderful concerts, which took place in Amsterdam on Friday. The concert featured a performance of Escape Velocity, my piece for solo Paetzold contrabass recorder. You can listen to the piece and watch the full concert below:
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Opera Trailer
Watch the trailer for the Royal College of Music’s selection of brand new operas produced in association with Tête à Tête, directed by the wonderful Bill Bankes-Jones. All of the music and visuals in the video below are from my opera, Airtime, which features libretto by Samir Chadha. The first performance will take place tomorrow…
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First International Premiere
I’m thrilled to announce my first international premiere. Escape Velocity was given its world premiere at the 2024 Blockflötenfesttage in Bad Kissingen, Germany, last weekend. At the helm of the immense Paetzold contrabass recorder was Sarah Jeffery, a phenomenal musician and titan of the recorder world. You can listen to a recording of the piece…
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Opera tickets – on sale now!
Tickets for my new chamber opera, Airtime, are now available to purchase for RCM Friends and supporters. General sale begins on Wednesday 3rd April. Get them while you can – they’re going fast! Tickets can be purchased HERE.
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New piece for Explore Ensemble
On Thursday 25th April at 6pm, a new work of mine will be premiered by the Explore Ensemble at the Royal College of Music. An ‘earbending, mind-expanding’ ensemble (The Observer), it comprises six ridiculously good musicians, who will play devenir-enfance: a non-linear piece that resists traditional ideas of development and growth. Instead, the listener may…
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WeCompose – update
A few months ago I announced the start of my role as composer-mentor for Music in the Round’s WeCompose scheme. This involves work with young people in schools to mentor them as they compose pieces for the highly acclaimed Ligeti Quartet. Now a couple of sessions into the scheme, students have come up with inventive…
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