Composer biography and list of works

Recent works include:
Oliphaunt for string quartet and organ, for Sound Thought 2009
Christus Venit for SATB choir, divisi
The Windhover for SATB soloists, string quartet and two pianos, performed at Sound Thought 2008 at Glasgow University
La Belle Dame Sans Merci for Scottish Voices (four sopranos + harp)
Rorate Coeli De Super for Glasgow University Chapel Choir and James Grossmith, funded by the Britten-Pears Trust (double SATB choir and organ)
Sleep and The Toads' Chorus for chamber choir or 4-6 solo voices
Night Shift for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano
Prometheus for solo piano
Wilderness for baritone, marimba and percussion.

Some of those can be heard in the music player on the main page.

My work for voices includes several anthems for church choirs, with and without organ - Christus Venit, Crux Fidelis, O Vos Omnes, Song of Solomon, O Sing Unto The Lord (Psalm 98), By the Rivers of Babylon (Psalm 137, with optional brass quintet), Adeste Fideles, We Three Kings and more - and several works and arrangements for amateur choirs (Come Away Death, Dirge for Fidele, Jock O'Hazeldean, Duncan Gray, and more including some popular modern songs - email for full list.)

Some of these can also be heard in the music player on the main page.

Works for instruments (some with voices) include Oliphaunt for string quartet and organ; The Dwarf and his Infanta for clarinet and horn; Reflections for solo viola, violin or cello; Prometheus for solo piano; One Far Fierce Hour And Sweet and Night Shift, both for an ensemble of flute, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet in the latter), violin, viola, cello and piano; Song of Solomon for soprano, tenor, wind quintet, string quartet, harp and percussion; and In Principio for 16-part choir and large orchestra.

View scores online (arrangements for free download, and previews of some full scores)

I have received funding for composition projects and tuition from the St Magnus Festival, AHRC, Dartington International Summer School, and the Bliss Trust (twice). Awards include the Temple Church Composition Prize and the John McLeod Composition Prize. I have an MMus from the University of Hull (2001) and am currently studying part-time for a PhD at the University of Glasgow (started in 2006). In the five years between, I ran my own business, Ensemble Tours, organising tours for performing arts groups.

I am currently the chair and artistic director of Sound Thought 2009.

My other areas of interest include the intersection of music, the natural world and religion; singing techniques in amateur choirs; and emotions in music, particularly the perceived transmission of emotion from the composer to the audience.

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For all enquiries, please contact chris @ hutchingsmusic.co.uk or hutchingsmusic @ hotmail.com, or telephone 07811 395488.