[5] As a result of attending the Gulbenkian course for composers and choreographers in 1977, led by Robert Cohan, he wrote Ephialtes (1978) for Scottish Ballet, Invention (1978) and Maxims, Hymn, Riddle (1982) for Jonathan Burrows and the Spiral Dance Company.
[6] While serving his apprenticeship in Germany, he also worked at the Wexford Festival Ireland (1974–1976);[7] in 1977 he joined the music staff of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, (full-time 1977–1982, continuing freelance until 1996).
[32] In 2014 The Music Troupe mounted productions of Six Characters in Search of a Stage, The Inarticulate Burr, Stillleben (Sonata for Strings as dance), and The Catfish Conundrum.
[33][34] There followed Opera With a Title, The Cloak and Dagger Affair[35] and The Parting (after Lorca), The Oval Portrait (after Poe), The Art of Venus (2017) [36] and Apollo's Mission (2019).
The Burning Question (2022) was hailed by Planet Hugill as " ... a complex, layered story about love, loss, self sacrifice and sin... an absolute delight from start to finish.