Works
(click on the title of a work for additional info, recordings, score excerpts, etc.)
large ensemble
ochre song (2024/25) for 12 musicians — 16’00
1.0.1.0.bsax/1.0.1.0/perc/hp/pno/1.0.1.1.1
Commissioned by impuls
Premiere: 25 February 2025 | impuls Festival, Helmut List Halle, Graz, Austria | Klangforum Wien. Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
chamber/small ensemble
New work for baritone voice, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet
Premiere: Fall 2027 | New York City, NY, USA | loadbang
New work for violin and cimbalom
Commissioned by Lamnth as part of the 2025/2026 LamnthLab project
Premiere: 2026/2027 season | Lamnth
Garden Clocks (2025) for soprano voice and double bass — 13’
Commissioned by Departure Duo
Premiere: 2026/2027 season | Departure Duo: Nina Guo (soprano), Edward Kass (double bass)
heads and thraws (wring it out) (2025-present) for pianist, keyboardist and 2 percussionists — 7’
Written for the 2025 Yarn/Wire International Institute: Creative Studio
Premiere: 13 August 2025 | Queens, NY, USA | Yarn/Wire
Parallel Flows (2024) four miniatures for alto flute, cello, and marimba — 6’
Commissioned by the Mizar Trio
Premiere: 10 September 2024 | Fismer Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa | Mizar Trio: Louisa Theart (alto flute), Rosamund Roth (cello), Dylan Tabisher (marimba)
Trio (2023-24) violin, french horn, and piano — 20’
Commissioned for the Henri Lazarof Living Legacy at Brandeis University by the Henri Lazarof International Commission Prize 2023
Premiere: 5 May 2024 | Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA | Markus Placci (violin), Clark Matthews (horn), Heng-Jin Park (piano)
Bound objects (2023) for 6 string instruments — 5’
Premiere: 22 September 2023 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa | Bronwen Clacherty (uhadi and voice), SASF String Quintet, Jan-Hendrik Harley (conductor)
like knotted strings (2022/23) for string quartet — 11’30
Commissioned by the JACK Quartet through JACK Studio
Premiere: 28 January 2023 | JACK Studio Festival, New York City, USA | JACK Quartet
a tap releases the new harmony (2022) for mixed sextet — 7’30”
(Ob, Cl[+ BassCl], Perc, Prep. Pno, Vln, Vc)
Commissioned by Ensemble Recherche as part of the “Postcolonial Recherche” project, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut
Premiere: 11 October 2022 | Goethe-Insitut Boston. Boston, MA, USA | Ensemble Recherche
European premiere: 8 March 2023 | Jazzhaus Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany | Ensemble Recherche
Weaving (2020) Miniature for violin, piano, and vibraphone — 0’45”
Written for Kompass Ensemble
Premiere: 8/9 January 2021 | Hochschule für musik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany | Kompass Ensemble
solo (with or without fixed media/electronics)
here is an artefact (2025) for violin and fixed media — 3’
Written for Darragh Morgan
Premiere: Darragh Morgan. Date TBC
Passing the Hues (2020) for solo soprano voice — 2’30”
Written for Stephanie Lamprea’s Unaccompanied: Tiny Works for Quarantine project
Premiere: 9 August 2020 | Ziksa: An Art Forum livestream | Stephanie Lamprea, soprano
Circles (2018, rev. 2019) for solo bassoon — 13’
Commissioned by Midori Samson, with funding provided by the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: 5 June 2018 | Buntrock Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, USA | Midori Samson (bassoon)
vocal
New work for baritone voice, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet
Premiere: Fall 2027 | NYC, NY, USA | loadbang
Garden Clocks (2025) for soprano voice and double bass — 13’
Commissioned by Departure Duo
Premiere: 2026/2027 season | Departure Duo: Nina Guo (soprano), Edward Kass (double bass)
Passing the Hues (2020) for solo soprano voice — 2’30”
Written for Stephanie Lamprea’s Unaccompanied: Tiny Works for Quarantine project
Premiere: 9 August 2020 | Ziksa: An Art Forum livestream | Stephanie Lamprea, soprano
acousmatic
Montage (2022) for fixed media — 2’10
Written for the Bow Project 2: Bowscapes, in memory of Jürgen Bräuninger
Online and album premiere: January 2023
A Meditation on Maya (2017) for fixed media — 6’45
Premiere: 27 October 2017 | Fenway Center, Boston, MA, USA
Abyss (2015) for fixed media — 8’30
Commissioned by the New Music Forum at Stellenbosch
Premiere: 28 May 2015 | Slee Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
open instrumentation
Playground Postcard (2020) graphic score for any instrumentation
Premiere: 20 January 2022 | Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom | Yshani Perinpanayagam, Katherine Tinker (piano duo)
interdisciplinary
e.ID: A Fugue
Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre
Concept, Direction, Choreography: Louise Coetzer
Musical Director: Brydon Bolton
Music by: Inge Beckmann, Njabulo Phungula, Heidrun Schramm, Nicolas Wiese
Performances: 19-23 August 2026 | South African State Theatre, Pretoria, South Africa
German premiere: 2-5 September 2026 | DOCK 11, Berlin, Germany
Dutch premiere: 8-9 September 2026 | ArtEZ, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre
Concept, Choreography, Direction & Set Design: Louise Coetzer
Musical Director: Brydon Bolton
Music by: Brydon Bolton, Njabulo Phungula, Inge Beckmann
Performances: 10-28 September 2024 | Cape Town, South Africa