“I commissioned Dominic to write for my new group 'Philomel' because I had been impressed by his On the Beach, a choral work I'd performed with the experimental vocal group The CoMA Singers (part of Contemporary Music for All). The confident writing for voices, the great textures and a perfect sense of spacing and pacing in that work was also displayed in the commissioned piece Night Song, an atmospheric and challenging – but very satisfying – piece for 6 sopranos. I had no doubt in asking him to continue to write for Philomel, this time a smaller work Rhythm Herd.”

Janet Oates, Soprano/Director/Composer