Works

“Cruel Mother sent a chill up the spine”
— The Times
“Cruel Mother was vividly doom-laden in mood and musically ingenious”
— Daily Telegraph

Sarah’s compositional journey began out of necessity, writing arrangements for Juice Vocal Ensemble. As her performance career has developed however, so has her creative voice and she has been commissioned to write music for Opera projects (Gestalt Arts) and Theatre (The National Theatre & Orange Tree Theatre) and had her music performed at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival, the London Contemporary Church Music Festival, the Wigmore Hall and on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast and Hear and Now. Nearly all of her arrangements for Juice have feature on their albums with Nonclassical and Resonus Classics.

Her entry in the Cappella Nova Composers’ Competition of 2018 was ‘Highly Commended’. Three of her Juice arrangements/pieces (Cruel Mother/Cruel Sister/Cruel Brother) are published by UYMP in their ‘Songspin Songbook’.

Current projects include re-composing ‘Cruel Mother’ for the UK’s top Viol Consort, Fretwork and a new choral work (‘Love Letter’) is being published by OUP in January 2021.

Compositions Scores available on request.
Title Premiered Forces
A Little Respect Erasure arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Cold Cold Night The White Stripes arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble
Cold Nights Freeze Me Dead Renaissance song by Thomas Campion arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Cruel Mother Trad. English ballad arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Cruel Brother Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Cruel Sister Trad. English ballad arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Dona Nobis Pacem Cappella Nova Composers' Competition 2018 - 'Highly Commended' SSSAATTBB
Down in Yon Forest Carol arrangement for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Glance Miniature for Rolf Hind Solo Piano
Hark Hark the Lark Renaissance song by Thomas Campion arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
Julia Multiphonics Miniature for Heather Roche Solo Bass Clarinet
Liquid History Commissioned by Gestalt Arts. Premiered at Totally Thames Festival 2018 and Maritime Museum 2019 SSAAT & Cello
Love Letter Awaiting publication by OUP in Jan 2021 SATB
Poetree Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA & Percussion
Rutherford Songs: Blow the Winds, Derwentwater's Farewell, Gan to the Kye, Geordie Gill, Green Gravel, I drew my ship, I'm a-fading, It was one winter's night, Lay the Bent, Rue & Thyme, Sair Fyel'd, The Bonnie Redesdale Lassie, The Snow it melts the soonest Songs from Northumberland and North Yorks arr. for the National Theatre production of 'Rutherford & Son', 2019 SSA - SSSAAA
Salve Regina Premiered by Felicity Hayward in St. Mary-at-Hill Church, London, Contemporary Church Music Festival 2017 Solo Soprano
Stupid Cupid Premiered at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival, London, 2014 SATB
Winter Sky Judy Collins arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
You Don't Love Me (No No No) Dawn Penn arr. for Juice Vocal Ensemble SSA
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