🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 On the cover of Cardiff Connect this month - fresh through the letterbox! Woo! 🍾 Big thanks to Cardiff University Alumni for this - it's really amazing - as well as massive thanks to Nadine Ballantyne Photography & Design and Ian Williams for taking the snaps! Hurray! #cardiff #wales #newmusic

🔥 I've been working on a brand new saxophone concerto, commissioned by the mighty and beloved saxophonist Wade Dillingham! Upcoming performances below: 🇺🇸 Louisiana Tech University 🇺🇸 New Music on the Bayou 🇺🇸 University of North Alabama 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Aberystwyth Philomusica 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff University Symphonic Winds

🇺🇸 A throw back to being in the US a few years - who doesn't love a massive C major scale (6:15)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lots of announcements coming up soon and lots of new commissions. Keep your eyes peeled! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpAV...

🍾 Had a fabulous time contributing to the ABRSM's new Creative Musicianship qualifications, and had a fab time at their launch event today! Wahoo! www.abrsm.org/en-gb/other-...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Throwback to 8 years ago, working on a fabulous commission with the Orion Orchestra and Dyson - 8 years?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqc6...

🔥 The Only Marriage has been all over the shop! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 2 broadcasts on BBC Radio Introducing. The first with me playing - "Exquisite [...] beautifully realised", "Beautiful tremolo, beautiful piece" (Adam Walton). This was my first BBC broadcast!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 THOUSANDTH HYMNAL is one of my favourite pieces - go and check it out! Basses galore! Woo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uITt...

Really hoping that we continue to see an increased move towards DIY music creation, publishing, and commissioning - it is so obviously (with limited representation) the path forward. Even at the highest level.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Waves of Love was a Vale of Glamorgan Festival Commission for the BBC NOW. It's definitely one of my favourite pieces, it's won a stack of prizes, and it's always great to check it out on the BBC's Digital Concert Series platform. Go and listen! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

🎶 This summer I'll be taking up an Albi Rosenthal Visiting Fellowship in Music with the University of Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries. Wahoo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqY...

🇬🇷 Check out this radio broadcast in Greece with ERT εcho and Gerard Cousins, on Ο Ήχος της Νύχτας with Απόστολος Άννης. Listen at 00:20:10 - wahoo! Do it now! www.ertecho.gr/radio/trito/...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I'll be at the International Guitar Research Centre Conference at the University of Surrey this coming weekend - come and check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wve...

😂 Watch the video and see if you can guess which piece is mine (no prizes). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This time last year I had the pleasure of working with Uproar Wales New Music Ensemble on a new commission - Harm Reduction. Woo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sN7...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It was really lovely to win a Wales of the World Prize at the Cardiff University 30(ish) Awards recently. Awesome! www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/putt...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Check out my piece The Hammer of Acceptance / The Outrage of Repetition - for guitar octet (well, quartet with some extra bits!). www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-PY...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Really excited to be heading to Cardiff University School of Music today! I'll be talking about my music (including a few upcoming commissions!). It's going to be awesome. 🪄 Come and say hello if you're around and able to go!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Friday ahoy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Check out this piece I wrote as part of my role as Composer in Residence with Contemporary Music for All London. Woo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Qr...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It's St. David's Day! Woo! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ...so why not check out this club classic? Performed by me, commissioned by the National Library of Wales, released on NMC Recordings, and based on a speech given by David Lloyd George at an Eisteddfod. It's awesome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqY...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Come and hear my Happy Pieces this evening! 🇺🇸 Originally commissioned by the fantastic Symphonic Brass Cardiff, this is the pieces fourth performance (including one in New York, woo!). Come and see it! www.tycerdd.org/post/27-02-2...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I'll be at the International Guitar Research Centre Conference in March - come and say hello! 🇦🇺 I'll be talking with the mighty Samantha Muir about our collaborative work, creating new music for ukulele and large ensemble (as well as the problems that come with it!). igrc.site/conf26/?fbcl...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It's rainy and cold (in the UK at least!). So go and have a nice warming listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Qr...

When did Muse Score suddenly become such a dodgy app? I'm seeing so many people get caught out with its payment systems. Such a shame - it's a great app and they're wrecking it.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Check out my compositions Always Meant and The Only Marriage on Gerard Cousins's Simple Truths! Still on BBC Sounds! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Learning to Write and Arrange Music for Orchestra - a new module for Aberystwyth University's Centre for Lifelong Learning. Hurray! Wahoo! 🔥 Check out course details and sign up here: tinyurl.com/47ryf9me www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VsJ...

🍾 Make sure you check out this episode of BBC Music Introducing with Adam Walton! I've got a new, Midwest emo / math rock(ish) track on there! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 You can hear my Always Meant on BBC Music Introducing tonight - complete with a lovely interview with Gerard Cousins. Go and listen! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Seeing a lot of Classical:NEXT stuff. It's really interesting to see that they are charging €280-€490 (€100 minimum for students) per ticket - and this is before travel, food, and accommodation. I wonder if this will be mentioned in their "Expanding Access to Deepen Excellence" talk?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gerard Cousins's Simple Truths is out today, containing my works The Only Marriage and Always Meant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfa1...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Always meant is out today! Check it out on Spotify's New Classical playlist right now - next to some bloke called Max Richter (never heard of him). www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGr...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 2 new recordings out this Friday - get ready! Woo! 🪄 ...but before then, check out this lovely brand new score video featuring a recording of one of my guitar duos! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-S...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I've a new score video up in advance of the release Gerard Cousins's new album this Friday (he's playing my pieces The Only Marriage and Always Meant, hurray!). ❤️‍🔥 Grab yourself a copy here: payhip.com/b/gbZUA www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqY...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 In advance of the release of Gerard Cousins' album Simple Truths later this week - which contains my new work Always Meant and my club classic The Only Marriage (woo!) - I've released a stack of new editions of my music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqY...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Excited for the release of Gerard Cousins' new album this week - his last release featured my For Alex, hitting over 325,000 streams!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 My new piece for trombone quartet and metal band - Leap of Unity, Leap of Faith - is premiering tonight in the US. Woo! 🔥 Huge thanks to the amazing (and patient) Beltline Bones and MCI Composers. 🎉 TICKETS available at: metronomebrewery.com www.youtube.com/shorts/cwzan...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lovely to see Uproar Wales New Music Ensemble mentioned in theartsdesk.com's Best of 2025, hurray! Very grateful that my commission - Harm Reduction - was part of this run of concerts! theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It's been a really lovely year, a great time with loads of fabulous performances. Come on 2026! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Qr...

🔥 Check out my end of year roundup! www.instagram.com/p/DSpbGI-iWvx/

This is becoming a timeless whinge, but stop putting deadlines on January 01 - it happens every year, it's a Fun Police move, just move it a day later.

🎄 It is the penultimate Dave of Christmas! Hurray! Are you prepared and excited for the ⚔️ special video ⚔️ I have going up tomorrow? You should be! You must be! It's going to be great... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMMs...

🎄 It's the 22nd Dave of Christmas, who knows where this ends?! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thinking back on this commission for Nantwen and the Dementia Trust. Beautiful playing in a beautiful place - and absolutely one of my favourite videos of any project I've worked on. A really moving time. vimeo.com/1116909859

🎄 It's the 21st Dave of Christmas, and I've got a brand new score video online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW7e...

🎄 It's the 20th Dave of Christmas, rejoice! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ...and while you're there, check out this new recording of my solo electric guitar piece Eternal Branching! Woo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Qr...

🎄 It's the 19th Dave of Christmas. I've kept the steak going. It's nearly there. Hurray! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obn-...

🎄 Cor! It's only the 18th Dave of Christmas! Getting near to the big day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Check out this brand new score video for my Sentimental Espionage Music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJu...

🎄 It's the 17th Dave of Christmas! Hurray! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Stafford Orchestra are - awesomely - performing my piece King Christmas this evening! Woo! Written especially for them, this is a big, fun, christmassy composition! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLiC...

🎄 It's the 16th Davie of Christmas - when does it end? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 If you enjoy my music and my work, then consider supporting me through Music Patron. ! musicpatron.com/my-city-my-m...

🎄 It is now the 15th Dave of Christmas. I'm doing it. I don't think I can live up to the hype. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-PY...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Summer, Christmas, whatever! 💎 Check out my new video, it's my piece Summer Classic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpAV...

🎄 It's the 14th Dave of Christmas - he's still going! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Check out this score following for my piece SUMMER CLASSIC. A fun, riffy chamber piece for 6 players - brand new and going up at 7PM tonight. 🔥 This is the second of 5 new score videos before Christmas, woo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpAV...

🎄 It's the 13th Dave of Christmas - here's my absurdly difficult arrangement (for ukulele) of O Holy Night! Woo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSHw...