October 2024
Paraclete Press have published three choral pieces Drop, drop slow tears, Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and voices raise and Love came down at Christmas
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October 2024
Toccata on Aberystwyth has been published by Church Organ World in Sortie Sorted, Vol. 1
September 2024
No fewer than five of Chris's pieces, published by Paraclete and Church Organ World, have been reviewed in the latest edition of Church Music Quarterly.
August 2024All of Chris' music (both choral and organ) published by Paraclete Press is now available in the UK from Banks Music Publications. (All his organ music continues to be available from Church Organ World.)
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June 2024
All of Chris's published organ music may now be purchased in the UK from Church Organ World
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May 2024Over the last month there have been numerous performances of Chris's music, including several of the Prelude & Fugue on the Name of Durufle by Dr Anthony Gritten, Head of Undergraduate Studies at the Royal Academy of Music, a performance of Aurora Lucis Rutilat at St George's Catholic Cathedral, Southwark by Alexander Wilson (as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music), and the public premiere of Ars Vitae by Simon Scott Plummer and Richard Murray in the Blackheath Music Festival. More information about these and a selection of other past performances can be found here
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April 2024
Chris was commissioned by William Whitehead to contribute to the Orgelbüchlein Project and has composed two (very different) settings of Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig
January 2024
Recessional for organ has been published by Paraclete Press
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January 2024
Chris has been composing responsorial Psalms for St Mary Magdalene, East Ham. These are available in the Psalms: Responsorial (with Chants) folder on Score Exchange
November 2023
Church Organ World Publications has published Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh Volume 3, which includes Chris's Adoration at the Crib
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A performance by Steven Maxson
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November 2023
The Jolly Shepherd (published by Paraclete Press) has been reviewed in the December 2023 edition of Organists' Review, The review may be read on the Reviews page.
September 2023
Two of Chris's Christmas choral pieces published by Paraclete Press, The World's Desire and A little child there is yborn, have been reviewed in the RSCM's Sunday by Sunday magazine. They may be read on the Reviews page.
August 2023
Chris has recently completed two paid commissions. A few weeks ago he composed a setting of 'Rejoice in the Lord', requested for the 40th anniversary celebrations of the present St Bartholomew's Church and Centre in East Ham. He has just finished Ars Vitae, a cycle of songs for two bass-baritones with piano accompaniment, commissioned by Simon Scott Plummer.
June 2023
February 2023
The Linden Tree Carol has been published by Paraclete Press. It can be found here.