innocence, and time is a work for vocal quartet and small ensemble in three short movements. The first song of the set was written after a long hiatus from composition, and the text was purposely chosen because I felt the need to compose something a bit more bright and cheerful than some of my other pieces (particularly on being invisible). I set the text quickly, combining parts of "Introduction" with "The Lamb" from William Blake's Songs of Innocence. I later found that there were a few slight textual errors in the book of poetry which I used, but I have stayed with my original text.

This piece began as Rise, Noble Soul, which was written for a friend as a Christmas present. Later in the year, I expanded the piece into a cycle of 6 short songs.

This piece began as a solo song for soprano on "Fear no more the heat of th' sun" from Shakepeare's Cymbeline. Later, the baritone solo song was added and finally the duet sections

The isle of the singing sands was composed in the early part of 1995. The title was suggested by a paper published by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1964 entitled "MUSICAL SAND: The Singing Sands of the Seashore: Part II". The paper discusses various sands which "...when trodden on in dry weather creak and hum eerily under foot." (Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, Country Life, August 23, 1962)

Winds and wires is a mini concerto for piano, winds and bass. It was composed for Darin Niebuhr (piano) and his wife Kristin Hoyer (bassoon).

A simple set of variations on a British folk tune written for Teresa Stubbs (who asked for something that wasn't too modern)