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Instrumental Solos
Beautiful Cracked Eyes (2007), Piano Solo, 10 mins.
Into the Sea of Waking Dreams… (2007), Piano solo, 10 mins.
Fwd: [no subject] (2003), Trumpet solo, 5 mins.
Rude Boy (2002), Piano/speaker, 3 mins.
Flat-Footed-Former-Flyer (2002), Trombone solo music-theatre work, 12 mins.
The Falling (2005) Harp solo. 10 mins.
Dogs in Waiting (1999), Double-Bass, 6 mins.
Instrumental Duos
End with Words of Hope (2010) Soprano, Clarinet (& optional Speaker). 9 mins.
FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION (2004), Bass-Clarinet & Accordion, 11 mins.
10,000 Deviants (2007), Flute, Piano (& optional Speaker) 5 mins.
Never… (2001), Guitar Duo, 8 mins.
DON’T! (2000), Bass-Clarinet & Cello, 4 mins.
Attrition (2000), Song Cycle, Sop & Pf, 13 mins.
The Man Made of Rain (1999), Clarinet/Speaker & Piano, 10 mins.
Mercury (1997), Violin & Piano, 5 mins.
Down the Rabbit Hole (1994), Flute, Piano & Folk Drum, 8 mins.
Instrumental Trios
Reinventions (2010) Clarinet, Viola, Piano (& optional Speaker) 18 mins.
UPTHEWALLS (2007) Trumpet, Drumkit, Double-Bass. 5 mins.
Rogue Boar Shot Dead (2004/7), Trumpet, Drum-Kit, Piano, 7 mins.
The Last Time I Died… (2001/2), Violin, Piano, Percussion, 6 mins.
Under the Rose… (2000), Flute, Violin, Piano & Spoons, 10 mins.
Instrumental Quartets & Quintets
Silently in Space (2002), String Quartet & Glasses, 16 mins.
Possibility? (2001), Saxophone Quartet/Speakers, 4 mins.
Orizzontale (1997), Vln, Cl, Vc, Pf, Perc, 8 mins.
Other Instrumental Ensembles
In Sleep… (2010) Fl, Clar, Bsn, Tpt, Trom, Mezzo, Pf, Perc. 15 mins.
The Dead Live (2002), Picc, B Cl, Ob, Bsn, Hrn, Vc, Pf, Hrp, DB, Perc & Six pairs of glasses. 14 mins.
METRO:GNOME (2001), Wind & brass band with electric bass guitar, 3 mins.
A Song for My Body (1998), Sop, Fl, Tpt, Vc, Pf, Perc, 12 mins.
Mini-Operas
We Know We Got Soul (2007) Tenor, Baritone. 12 mins.
Are Friends Electric? (2008) Mezzo, Baritone. 13 mins.
The People with Complicated Shoes (2009) Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor. 12 mins.
Girls on Heat (2011) Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone. 14 mins.
Bloodlines (2011) Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone. 12 mins.
Rivers Take Them (2011) Soprano, Baritone. 13 mins.
Vocal/Choral
Stones (2008), Male voice choir, 5 mins.
Cease to Exist (1998. rev. 2002), Chamber Choir or Vocal Sextet (Two versions available), 3 mins.
The Falling (1995), Chamber Choir, 2 movements, 4 mins.
Spurious Balancing (2003), A madrigal for Counter-tenor, Tenor, Baritone, 3 mins.
She Tells Her Love (1996), Mezzo Soprano & Cello. 2 mins.
This Moment (1996), Any Solo Voice, 2 mins.
Child of Our Time (1996), Any Solo Voice, 3 mins.
Site-Specific Music/Sound Installation/Public Realm
TAKEN (2011) An acousmatic composition for Clitheroe Castle Keep. 10 mins.
DOWN (2010) An electroacoustic sound installation commissioned by METALCulture for their accumulator tower at METAL, Edge Hill Train Station, Liverpool as part of the Liverpool Biennale in collaboration with visual artist Nicola Dale. 12 mins.
Conversations We Wish We’d Had (2010) An electroacoustic sound installation for a UK old fashioned K6 red telephone box. 12 mins.
Lighthouse Lullaby (2009), for Maryport Lighthouse, West Cumbria, UK. 10 mins.
Streetsong (2006), Music installation for the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland. 4 mins.
Missing Persons (2006), For an old textile mill in Ancoats, Manchester. 12 mins.
Tape and Instrument
Crevice Cradle Cracks (2010) Solo bass-clarinet and ‘tape’. 12 mins.
2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are) (2006), Amplified Harpsichord and Tape, 6 mins.
Surrealist Pilgrims (2007), Amplified Cello and Tape, 12 mins.
Music-Theatre
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom (2007, revised. 2010) Guitar, Electric Guitar, ‘Tape’, Sign-language interpretation and film. 60 mins duration.
EXIT (2003), Music-theatre, multi-media work. 3 Sop, 1 Ten, 2 Bar, Fl, Cl, Vln, Guit, Hrp, Vib, Perc, Db/Electric Bass, tape, film. 40 mins.
Other
Pulse Prelude I (digital work) commissioned by Motiroti, London for What Counts? Exhibition, The Rag Factory, London July 2011.
Distant Interiors a short film by Melanie Clifford and Rebecca Key with music by Ailis Ni Riain, commissioned by Drake Music, London, Spring 2011 (online distribution)
Dancing Fears (2010) for Ghandini Juggling Company commissioned by Ludlow Assembly Room, Shropshire, UK. 5 mins.
‘Tape’ Pieces
How Did it Feel? (2005), Tape. Voice, Harp, Prepared Piano. Text and vocal by Ailís Ní Ríain. 7 mins.
TranSextreme (2005) Tape. Voice, prepared piano and harp. Text and vocal by Ailís Ní Ríain. 6 mins. Released on CD by Deep Wireless, Canada, 2007.
But Will You? (2005) Voice, Harp, Piano. Text and vocal by Ailis Ni Riain.
Wounds, Scars, Screams (2005), Tape. Voice, Harp, Prepared Piano. Text and vocal by Ailís Ní Ríain. 6 mins. Released on ‘Unsafe’ sonic art CD, UK, in 2007