Ed has been commissioned to write a new work for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland’s 2026/27 season. The as yet untitled work will be premiered in April 2027 at the New Music Dublin Festival by the NSO and conductor Martyn Brabbins in a concert also featuring work by Dobrinka Tabakova and Harrison Birtwistle. More details to follow but for now click here for concert details.

As part of his ‘Cyborg Soloists’ project the pianist Zubin Kanga has commissioned Ed to create a substantial new work for himself and Danish accordionist Andreas Borregaard. The new work which will be premiered in 2027 with further details to follow here soon.

The premiere of ‘Everything is Connected’ took place in Wexford in June. ‘Everything is Connected’ is a concert length work commissioned by the Crash Ensemble written for core players from the ensemble performing with various amateur and community groups throughout Ireland. The work will be the subject of a major tour in the Autumn of 2026 and feature choirs and ensembles from around Ireland. ‘Everything Is Connected’ was commissioned by the Crash Ensemble with additional assistance from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Ed is currently working on a new project for singer Michelle O’Rourke. The new work ‘Distant Voices’ (working title) will be an evening long work for Michelle and featuring Ed on live electronics. The piece will feature multi-layered voices with all parts sung by Michelle and presented in an immersive, surround sound environment. The project commissioned by Michelle O’Rourke is supported by an award from the Arts Council of Ireland.

‘Concerto for Piano, Keyboards and Orchestra’ was commissioned by the New Music Dublin Festival and RTE for the soloist Xenia Pestova Bennett and the RTE Concert Orchestra. The new 30 minute work was premiered at the National Concert Hall in Dublin alongside works by Olga Neuwirth and Irene Buckley and conducted by Gavin Maloney.

‘All Earth Once Drowned’ is a new 70 minute work for ensemble, improvisers and spoken word working with texts by the Irish poet Cherry Smyth. The text and music addresses our relationship to the changing environment and particularly our relationship to the sea and how those changes affect our own and the planets welfare. It is part lament and part celebration.

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire recently hosted a birthday portrait concert of Ed’s music featuring the Thallein Ensemble and legendary saxophonist Paul Dunmall. The concert featured four of Ed’s works ‘Sometimes Everything Falls Apart’, ‘Spirals’, Tailbird’ and ‘Dzama Stories’ alongside brand new works by student composers written especially for the concert and in reaction to Ed’s music and influences.

‘Concerto for Piano, Keyboards and Orchestra’ was commissioned by the New Music Dublin Festival and RTE for the soloist Xenia Pestova Bennett and the RTE Concert Orchestra. The new 30 minute work was premiered at the National Concert Hall in Dublin alongside works by Olga Neuwirth and Irene Buckley and conducted by Gavin Maloney.

Recently a portrait concert of Ed’s music was presented as part of Ed’s time as a 2024/25 season fellow at the Kunstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg, Germany. The concert featured the soprano Michaela Riener and harpist Eve Tebbe performing ‘Journal Songs’ (2020) for voice, harp and synth and pianist Xenia Pestova Bennett performing ’21 Exotic Objects’ for piano and electronic media.