Composing
Graeme is an award-winning composer, writing a great variety of music, from piano miniatures to orchestral works. Graeme is available for commissions of original pieces or arrangements.
Graeme showed an interest in music from an early age, with his music soon attracted wider attention, winning several awards and prizes, including the Ensemble Eleven Composers Competition (2002), the Soroptimist International Society Award (2003), the Hilda Collens Memorial Award (2004) and, more recently, the Choral Director’s Prize in The Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition (2009). Graeme’s music has been broadcast on BBC radio, and performed across the UK and USA.
Graeme studied composition with Patric Standford at the University of Huddersfield, graduating with first class honours, and with Paul Patterson at the Royal Northern College of Music, gaining a Masters’ degree in 2004.
Below is a small cross-section of Graeme’s work. You can listen to excerpts by clicking the play button. Scores with the Sibelius icon can be viewed and purchased from Sibelius Music. For the availability of other scores, please contact the composer.
ORCHESTRAL
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Fragments from Dance Fragments (2003)
chamber orchestra of 16 players
duration: 3’00
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BRASS BAND
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Fanfares and Laments (2004) 
brass band, timpani, percussion
duration: 4’00
recording: RNCM Brass Band, conducted by James Gourlay
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CHAMBER
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Quintet (2002)
flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion (vibraphone & marimba)
duration: 9’00
recording: Firebird Ensemble, conducted by Barry Webb
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CHORAL
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Myn Lyking (1998)
SATB choir, soprano solo, piano
duration: 2’30
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A Divine Image (2003)
SATB choir & organ
duration: 2’00
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Snow-flakes (2008) 
SATB choir & piano
duration: 3’30
recording: Longfellow Chorus, conducted by Charles Kaufmann
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SOLO
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Fairground Follies (1999)
piano duet
duration: 1’40
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Archaic Landscape (2003)
trombone
duration: 8’30
recording: Richard Brown (trombone)
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Shard (2004)
vibraphone
duration: 4’00
recording: David Lewis (vibraphone)