These pieces, based largely on the compositional frameworks of great 18th-century chamber music including the string quartet and piano trio, have also been inspired by my love of more recent musical ideas and styles. My ideal is a fusion of old and new, where the music is both grounded in a definable structure and given the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic freedom to appeal to a broad spectrum of performers and listeners – I enjoy the challenge of fusing ideas and styles together into something that is both approachable and accessible. It’s not about creating something entirely new, but about finding and sharing a voice that has become so much a part of me, and of my musical journey.