Commissions
Below is a sortable and searchable list of the works Evelyn has commissioned throughout her career. Publication details are stated in accordance with our most recently held records. Due to the rapidly changing structure of the music publishing industry we cannot guarantee that pieces are still held (or solely held) by the people indicated.
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* Items marked with an asterisk were commissioned as part of the 50 for 50 project – a collection of new 50-bar works for solo instruments in celebration of Evelyn’s 50th birthday.
| Composer | Title | Type | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard, Dani | The Wizard of Menlo Park | Percussion Concerto | Composer | 2024 |
| Philips, Julian | A Series of Strange Encounters | Marimba + Wind Quintet | Composer | 2023 |
| Ho, Vincent | Nostalgia | Recital (vibraphone + piano version) | Promethean Editions | 2022 |
| Chang, Dorothy | Fragility | Duet (percussion + cello) | Composer | 2022 |
| Astapov, Eugene | Tiny Shattered Pieces | Duet (percussion + electric violin) | Composer | 2022 |
| Stafylakis, Harry | Incinerate | Concert piece (percussion, violin, cello + piano) | Composer | 2022 |
| Etxebarria, Aitor | Gernika 85 | Concert piece | Composer | 2022 |
| Ní Ríain, Ailís | Revelling and Reckoning | Concert piece | Composer | 2022 |
| Jarman, Jill | Across the Divide (Concert Piece for double bass & percussion) | Concert piece | Composer | 2022 |
| Jarman, Jill | The Language of Bells | Concert piece | Composer | 2021 |
| Goss, Stephen | The Lake of Time | Duet (marimba + theorbo) | Composer | 2020 |
| Kamran Ince | Cikirikcilar Hill | Percussion Concerto | Composer | 2019 |
| Assad, Clarice | Ad Infinitum | Percussion Concerto | Composer | 2017 |
| Daniel, Omar | STELCO | Duet (percussion + piano) | Composer | 2017 |
| Bell, Allan | littoral/liminal | Solo | Composer | 2017 |
| Cohen, Jacques | Fire fly | Solo + strings | Composer | 2017 |
| Wolf, Luna Pearl | Entanglement | Duet (percussion + cello) | Composer | 2016 |
| Lindberg, Christian | Liverpool Lullabies | Double concerto (Trombone + Percussion) | Composer | 2016 |
| Antonioni, Francesco | Venus | Solo | Composer | 2016 |
| Jarman, Jill | Sounds of Science | Concert piece/Solo | Composer | 2016 |
| Tower, Joan | SMALL | Solo | Composer | 2016 |
| Charke, Derek | Tree Rings | Duet (percussion + violin) | Composer | 2016 |
| Veldhuis, Jacob ter | Hi Ho Hat | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Beamish, Sally | Whisper | Solo* | Edition Peters | 2015 |
| Daugherty, Michael | Viva for Xylophone | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Palej, Norbert | Natales | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Hans, Olga | Bass-Dance | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Boyer, Peter | Mini VibEtude in A | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Sierra, Roberto | Güira y güiro | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Forbes, Ron | Dance of the Methlick Garden Gnomes | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Beeson, Sean | 50 for 50 Tambourine | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| O'Boyle, Sean | Birthday Conga | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Ho, Vincent | Sandman's Castle | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Alrich, Alexis | Rondorimba | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Ho, Alice Ping Yee | Sparkling EG | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Koppel, Anders | Answer | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Másson, Áskell | Fo(u)r Mallets | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Yi, Chen | Colors of Naobo | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Lang, David | touch not the cat | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Wiseman, Debbie | Party Games | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Cuomo, Douglas | Quaz-e-modo | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| McGuire, Eddie | Prelude 24 | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz (Frangis Ali-Sade) | Sirius | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Keane, James | Piece for Dance | Solo | Composer | 2015 |
| Farr, Gareth | Fifty Fifty: Leth-cheud - Rima tekau | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Wallace, Stewart | Lincoln Logs | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Darbellay, Jean-Luc | For E | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Jarman, Jill | Raindrops Rag | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| McLeod, John | Un Momento di Compleanno | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Girling, Jonathan | It's Not a Game | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Jenkins, Karl | D_E_E_A_G | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Karpman, Laura | Take Time | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Bowden, Mark | Nines | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Ptaszyńska, Marta | The Twittering Tree | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Hindson, Matthew | The Accelerating Hi-Hat | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Cheung, Pius | Untitled | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Brouwer, Margaret | Running Wild | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Chung, Yiu-Kwong | Variations on the Theme of Happy Birthday | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Tovey, Bramwell | Part Piece | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Higdon, Jennifer | The Grace of Presence | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Bryars, Gavin | Half-Time | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Five | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Müller, Fabian | Extempore | Duet (percussion + double bass) | Edition Fabian Müller | 2015 |
| Wee, Bertram | Dithyrambs | Solo | Composer | 2015 |
| Ewazen, Eric | Larkspur and Rubies | Solo* | Composer | 2015 |
| Daugherty, Michael | Dreamachine - Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra | Concerto | Michael Daugherty Music | 2014 |
| Müller, Fabian | Clatterclank | Concerto | Edition Fabian Müller | 2014 |
| Müller, Fabian | Concerto for Vibraphone and Orchestra | Concerto | Edition Fabian Müller | 2014 |
| O'Boyle, Sean | Portraits of Immortal Love | Concerto | ABC Music Publishing | 2014 |
| Jarman, Jill | Mindstream - Double Concerto for Percussion, Violin and Chamber Strings | Double concerto (percussion + violin) | JRJ Edition | 2014 |
| Wee, Bertram | Trench Songs with Crossfire | Duet (2 percussionists) | Composer | 2014 |
| Hans, Olga | Let's Play | Duet (percussion + cello) | Composer | 2013 |
| Koppel, Anders | Concerto for Aluphone, Marimba & Orchestra | Concerto | Wilhelm Hensen | 2013 |
| Morleo, Luigi | Art No War | Solo | Morleo Editore | 2013 |
| Peters, Randolph | Musicophilia | Concerto | Composer | 2013 |
| Bowden, Mark | Heartland | Concerto | Composer | 2012 |
| Hans, Olga | Entelecheia - Sinfonia Concertante for Percussion, Cello and Orchestra | Concerto | Composer | 2012 |
| Ho, Vincent | From Darkness to Light - A Spiritual Journey | Concerto | Promethean Editions | 2012 |
| Oesterle, Michael | Kaluza Klein | Concerto | Composer | 2012 |
| Sheppard, Philip | Engine Block | Solo + piano | Composer | 2012 |
| Wallin, Peter | Space III - Beyond the Pleiades, Concerto for Aluphone and large String Orchestra | Concerto | Composer | 2012 |
| Beeson, Sean; Brenton Dunnington; Stefan Podell, | The Tale of the Bamboo Princess | Solo + piano | Composer | 2011 |
| Darbellay, Jean-Luc | Cosmos | Concerto | Composer | 2011 |
| Phibbs, Joseph | Bar Veloce | Concerto | Composer | 2011 |
| Wolfe, Julia | Iron Maiden | Solo | Red Poppy Ltd | 2011 |
| Lang, David | Stuttered Chant | Duet (percussion + cello) | Red Poppy Ltd | 2011 |
| Ho, Vincent | The Shaman | Concerto | Promethean Editions | 2010 |
| Chung, Yiu-Kwong | Emporer Qin | Percussion (2) + orchestra (not concerto) | Composer | 2010 |
| Barrett, James | Toilers of the Elements | Concerto | Composer | 2010 |
| Ewazen, Eric | Songs to the Banks of Ayr | Concerto | Composer | 2010 |
| Nobre, Marlos | Concerto for Percussion No.2 | Concerto | Composer | 2009 |
| Palej, Norbert | Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble | Concerto | Composer | 2009 |
| Hatzis, Christos | Mirage? | Solo + orchestra (not concerto) | Promethean Editions | 2009 |
| Chung, Yiu-Kwong | Concerto for Solo Percussion and Chinese Traditional Orchestra | Concerto | Composer | 2009 |
| Ptaszyńska, Marta | Drum of Orfeo | Concerto | Composer | 2009 |
| Beeson, Sean; Lochstampfor, Adam | Prometheus Rapture | Concerto | Composer | 2009 |
| Corigliano, John | Conjuror | Concerto | Boosey & Hawkes | 2008 |
| Hatzis, Christos | Tongues of Fire | Concerto | Promethean Editions | 2007 |
| Bernstein, Leonard (arr. Leon, Craig) | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story | Solo + orchestra (not concerto) | Composer | 2007 |
| Rosauro, Ney | Concerto for Vibraphone and Orchestra | Concerto | Pro-Percussao | 2006 |
| Veldhuis, Jacob ter | Barracuda Concerto | Concerto | Donemus | 2006 |
| Veldhuis, Jacob ter | Barracuda Solo | Solo | Donemus | 2006 |
| Hindman, Dorothy | Tapping the Furnace | Solo | Composer | 2006 |
| Matthews, David | Piano Concerto (Schumann) | Concerto | Faber Music | 2006 |
| Musgrave, Thea | Two's Company | Double concerto (percussion + oboe) | Novello | 2006 |
| Hindson, Matthew | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Faber Music | 2005 |
| Simons, Marijn | Concerto for an Odd Couple | Double concerto (percussion + violin) | Composer | 2005 |
| Puts, Kevin | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Composer | 2005 |
| Sheng, Bright | Colours of Crimson | Concerto | Boosey & Hawkes | 2004 |
| Lang, David | Loud Love Songs | Concerto | Schirmer | 2004 |
| Rorem, Ned | Concerto for Mallet Instruments | Concerto | Boosey & Hawkes | 2004 |
| Girling, Jonathan | Long Lost Son | Solo + choir | Composer | 2004 |
| Jenkins, Karl | La Folia | Solo + orchestra (not concerto) | Composer | 2004 |
| Beamish, Sally | Trance o Nicht | Concerto | Scottish Music Centre | 2004 |
| Trower, Terry | Encore for Evelyn | Solo (great highland pipes) + orchestra (not concerto) | Band Leader Productions | 2004 |
| Turrin, Joseph | Zarabanda | Solo + wind band | Composer | 2004 |
| Stucky, Steven | Spirit Voices | Concerto | Composer | 2003 |
| McGuire, Eddie | Prazdnik | Concerto | Composer | 2003 |
| Heitzig, Steve | Free! | Solo | Stone Circle Music | 2003 |
| Másson, Áskell | Crossings | Double concerto (2 percussion) | Editions B.I.M | 2002 |
| Chilcott, Bob | Follow the Leader | Solo + choir | Oxford University Press | 2002 |
| Tüür, Erkki-Sven | Magma | Concerto | Peters | 2002 |
| Jost, Christian | Cosmodromion | Concerto | Composer | 2002 |
| King, Alistair | The Games we Play | Solo + piano | Chester Music | 2002 |
| Woolf, Randy | Missing | Solo | Composer | 2002 |
| Horne, David | Ignition | Concerto | Boosey & Hawkes | 2002 |
| Eckardt, Jason | Reul na Coile | Concerto | Composer | 2002 |
| Newson, George | Both Arms | Concerto | Composer | 2002 |
| Hurnik, Lukas | Globus | Concerto | Composer | 2001 |
| Kanno, Yoshihiro | Earth Stream | Solo + piano duet | Boosey & Hawkes | 2001 |
| Cutler, Joe | Koroviev's Tricks | Solo + piano | Composer | 2001 |
| Causton, Richard | Concerto for Solo Percussion & Gamelan | Concerto | Oxford University Press | 2001 |
| Živković, Nebojša Jovan | Quasi Una Sonata | Solo + piano | Ed.Musica Europea | 2001 |
| Živković, Nebojša Jovan | Born to Beat Wild | Duet (perucssion + trumpet) | Ed. Musica Europea | 2001 |
| Wallace, Stewart | Irving in Indonesia | Solo + piano | Sidmar | 2001 |
| Tsontakis, George | Mirologia | Concerto | Theodore Presser | 2001 |
| Tower, Joan | Strike Zones | Concerto | Associated Music Publishers | 2001 |
| Rouse, Christopher | Àmhran | Duet (great highland bagpipes + percussion) | Boosey & Hawkes | 2001 |
| Psathas, John | View from Olympus | Double concerto (percussion + piano) | Promethean Editions | 2001 |
| Bedford, David | To Ullapool & Beyond | Solo | Composer | 2001 |
| Brouwer, Margaret | Aurolucent Circles | Concerto | Composer | 2001 |
| Cunningham, Phil | Ceilidh | Solo + orchestra (not concerto) | Composer | 2001 |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Vitalia's Steps | Trio (percussion + piano/toy piano) | Boosey & Hawkes | 2001 |
| Hoover, Jeffrey | Fourth World | Solo + piano | Composer | 2001 |
| Jegede, Tjunde | Savannah | Concerto | Composer | 2000 |
| Carl, Robert | Written on Wood | Solo | Composer | 2000 |
| Másson, Áskell | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Editions B.I.M | 2000 |
| Montague, Stephen | Black 'n' Blues | Solo + piano | Composer | 2000 |
| Turnage, Mark Anthony | Fractured Lines | Double concerto (2 percussion) | Schott | 2000 |
| Wiener, Ruud | Capriccio Virtuoso | Solo | Composer | 2000 |
| Živković, Nebojša Jovan | Concerto of the Mad Queen | Concerto | Ed. Musica Europea | 2000 |
| Birtwistle, Harrison (Sir) | The Axe Manual | Duet (percussion & piano) | Boosey & Hawkes | 2000 |
| Jenkins, Karl | Metallum | Solo + handbells | Boosey & Hawkes | 2000 |
| Živković, Nebojša Jovan | The Castle of the Mad King | Solo | Ed. Musica Europea | 1999 |
| Wallace, Stewart | The Cheese and the Worms | Solo + piano | Sidmar | 1999 |
| Bedford, David | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Composer | 1999 |
| Farr, Gareth | Hikoi | Concerto | Composer | 1999 |
| Farr, Gareth | Taiko Tango | Solo | Composer | 1999 |
| Glasser, Stanley | Ukhamba Luka Sonkonmose | Solo | Composer | 1999 |
| Glasser, Stanley | Ogwajan' Ufudu | Solo | Composer | 1999 |
| Glasser, Stanley | Malangashona | Solo | Composer | 1999 |
| Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz (Frangis Ali-Sade) | Silk Road | Concerto | Composer | 1999 |
| Yi, Chen | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Theodore Presser | 1999 |
| Sierra, Roberto | Los Destellos de la Resonancia | Solo + piano | Composer | 1999 |
| Heath, Dave C | Dawn of a New Age | Trio (percussion + saxophone+ piano) | Composer | 1999 |
| Sommerro, Henning | Vesterled | Solo + Celtic ensemble | Composer | 1998 |
| Yamaguchi, Motofumi | Marimba and Taiko | Duet + (percussion + taiko) | Composer | 1998 |
| Brophy, Gerard | Trance... Dakar | Concerto | Composer | 1998 |
| Daugherty, Michael | UFO | Concerto | Peer Music | 1998 |
| Glasser, Stanley | Hamba! | Solo | Composer | 1998 |
| Glasser, Stanley | Tshotsholoza | Solo | Composer | 1998 |
| Gord, Adam | Elements | Concerto | Composer | 1998 |
| Hallgrímsson, Haflidi | Ears Stretch - A Sensitive Sail | Solo + string quartet | Composer | 1998 |
| Macarez, Frédéric | Des Pieds et des Mains | Solo | Composer | 1998 |
| Miki, Minoru | Requiem 99 | Concerto | Composer | 1998 |
| Rouse, Christopher | Der Gerettete Alberich | Concerto | Boosey & Hawkes | 1998 |
| Rouse, Christopher | Mime | Solo | Composer | 1998 |
| Hart, Paul | Cathcart Concertina for Percussion | Concerto | Composer | 1998 |
| Sierra, Roberto | Con Madera, Metal y Cuero | Concerto | Subito Music | 1998 |
| Xenakis, Iannis | O-Mega | Solo + chamber orchestra | Salabert | 1997 |
| Hellawell, Piers | Drum of the Nàjd | Double concerto (percussion + recorder) | Edition Peters | 1997 |
| Finkel, Ian | Jealous of Pianists | Solo | Composer | 1997 |
| Finkel, Ian | The Gypsy Xylophonist | Solo + piano; solo + brass band | Rosewood Productions | 1997 |
| Gordon, Michael | XY | Solo | Composer | 1997 |
| Globokar, Vinko | Pensee Ecartelee | Solo | Ricordi Editions | 1997 |
| Harvey, Jonathan | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Faber Music | 1997 |
| Martland, Steve | Street Songs | Solo + vocal ensemble | Schott | 1997 |
| Hipplar, Dietmar | Tashi Delek | Solo + piano | Composer | 1997 |
| Heath, Dave C | Darkness to Light | Solo + piano | Composer | 1997 |
| Klatzow, Peter | Return of the Moon | Solo + vocal ensemble | Composer | 1997 |
| Psathas, John | Happy Tachyons | Solo + piano | Promethean Editions | 1996 |
| Wallace, Stewart | Gorilla in a Cage | Concerto | Sidmar | 1996 |
| Bates, Django | My Dream Kitchen | Solo | Composer | 1996 |
| Hellawell, Piers | Takla Makan | Solo | Maecenas Music | 1995 |
| Thompson, Barbara | Rhythms of the Gods | Trio (percussion + saxophone + piano) | Temple Music | 1995 |
| Horne, David | Reaching Out | Solo | Boosey & Hawkes | 1995 |
| Heath, Dave C | African Sunrise - Manhattan Rave | Concerto | Chester Music | 1995 |
| Másson, Áskell | Frum | Solo | Smith Publications (US) | 1995 |
| Burgon, Geoffrey | City Adventures | Concerto | Chester Music | 1995 |
| Keeling, Andrew | Nekyia | Concerto | Composer | 1995 |
| Bourgeois, Derek | Concerto for Percussion & Brass Band | Concerto | Composer | 1995 |
| Skempton, Howard | Concerto for Hurdy Gurdy & Percussion | Double Concerto (Percussion & Hurdy Gurdy) | Oxford University Press | 1994 |
| Musgrave, Thea | Journey through a Japanese Landscape | Concerto | Novello | 1994 |
| Godman, Robert | eye assume you knew two... | Solo (+ tape) | Composer | 1994 |
| Godman, Robert | ...to eye from you | Solo | Composer | 1993 |
| Farnon, Robert | Encore piece | Solo | Composer | 1993 |
| Psathas, John | Drum Dances | Solo + piano | Promethean Editions | 1993 |
| Boyle, Rory | Marimba Concerto | Concerto | Composer | 1993 |
| Gow, David | Marimba Concerto | Concerto | Composer | 1992 |
| MacMillan, James | Veni Veni Emmanuel | Concerto | Boosey & Hawkes | 1992 |
| Newton, Rodney | Variations for Percussion | Concerto | Composer | 1992 |
| Richards, Goff | Zimba Zamba | Solo + piano; solo + brass band | Composer | 1992 |
| Dankworth, John | Prelude, Blues & Godiva | Solo + piano | Composer | 1992 |
| Boo, Michael | Three Short Lollipops | Solo | Studio 4 Music | 1992 |
| Trower, Terry | To Freedom | Concerto | Composer | 1992 |
| Brown, Christopher | La Legende de L'Etoile | Duet (percussion + organ) | Musography | 1991 |
| Muldowney, Dominic | Figure in a Landscape | Concerto | Faber Music | 1991 |
| Boo, Michael | Prayer in Time of War | Solo | Studio 4 Music | 1991 |
| Edwards, Ross | Prelude & Dragonfly Dance | Solo + percussion Ensemble | Composer | 1991 |
| Sharkey, Jeffrey | Toccata | Solo + piano | Composer | 1991 |
| Steadman, Robert | Sonata for Timpani | Solo | Vanderbeek & Imrie | 1990 |
| Steadman, Robert | Ikon | Solo | Vanderbeek & Imrie | 1990 |
| Rodney Bennett, Richard | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Novello | 1990 |
| Steadman, Robert | Seventten Days, Two Bottles, One Duvet | Solo | Vanderbeek & Imrie | 1989 |
| Stevenson, Ronald | The Harlot's House | Solo + accordion | Bardic Edition | 1988 |
| McLeod, John | The Song of Dionysius | Solo + piano | Composer | 1988 |
| Boo, Michael | Psalms for Marimba | Solo | Studio 4 Music | 1988 |
| Schumann, Robert (arr. David Matthews) | Piano Concerto | Concerto | Arranger | 1987 |
| McLeod, John | Percussion Concerto | Concerto | Composer | 1987 |
| Russell, Ray | Steeple Chase | Solo | Composer | 1987 |
| Shipley, Edward | Old Battlefields | Duet (percussion + trumpet) | Composer | 1987 |
| Singer, Malcolm | Rags to Riches | Solo + piano | Composer | 1986 |
| Mayer, John | Damaru | Solo + piano | Lopes Edition | 1985 |
| Dempster, Kenneth | Concerto Palindromos | Concerto | Composer | 1985 |
| Ridout, Alan | Concertino for Percussion | Concerto | Composer | 1985 |