Musical director and composer

Robert is a prolific composer for orchestra, choir, dance, musicals.

1976–1998

• High Rise, 1976
  • Musical
  • Book, Music and Lyrics
  • Based on short stories by Peter Ustinov
  • Commissioned by and produced by Mountview Drama College, Post-graduate production
• Saturday Night Inside, 1977
  • One-act Musical
  • Book and two songs, created for students of Mountview Drama College
• Brighton Belle, 1980
  • Musical
  • Music and Lyrics
  • Commissioned by Martha Beirne for the Brighton Actors Workshop with assistance from the Arts Council and Southeast Arts Council
  • Played for 2 weeks in the Brighton Arts Festival
• Gawain And The Green Knight, 1981
  • Musical
  • Music and Lyrics
  • Commissioned by Martha Beirne for the Brighton Actors Workshop with assistance from the Southeast Arts Council
  • Played at the Chapel Royal as part of the Brighton Festival
• “I” which was re-rehearsed as “Y”
  1983-84
  • Musical
  • Music and Lyrics
  • Piccadilly Theatre London, June 1983- June 1984
  • With Aturo Bracchetti
• Dash With Wayne Sleep, 1982-1984
  • Dance show
  • Music
  • This show played on tour and at various times in London
    • The Dominion Theatre
    • The Apollo Victoria
    • Sadlers Wells.
  • Robert composed approximately 40 minutes of the show’s musical content, including Swimming
  • With costume designers Elizabeth and David Emmanuelle
• Thor Versus The Giants, 1984
  • Musical
  • Music and Lyrics
  • Commissioned by the Brighton Actors Workshop
  • Played at the Pavilion Theatre and subsequently toured schools in the Brighton area
• The Real Story Of Mister Punch, 1985
  • Musical
  • Music and Lyrics
  • Commissioned and performed by the Brighton Actors Workshop in the Festival and
  • toured to schools in the Brighton area
  • The piece enjoyed a revival 2 years later
• Gorgeous George, 1985
  • Musical
  • Book, music and Lyrics
  • Commissioned by Caroline Roboh
  • As yet this work is unproduced, but several songs have been sung in concert
• Budgie, 1988
  • Dance Music
  • Commissioned by the producers in collaboration with the choreographer Anthony van Laast
• Chess, 1990
  • Dance Music
  • Commissioned by the producers for the New Zealand Tour
• The Happy Prince, 1996
  • Music and setting of the Oscar Wilde short story
  • Unproduced
• The Remarkable Rocket 1997-98
  • Music and setting of the Oscar Wilde short story
  • Song (music)
  • Lyrics by Kate Dove
  • Commissioned for A Christmas Carol at
    The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke, 2000
  • Unproduced
• The Moon’s Aria (1982)
  • 1st performance (with piano accompaniment) Southwark Church, 2000, Karen Broughton
  • 1st concert performance with orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia with Deborah Wai Kapohe at the Bruce Mason Theatre, 2001
  • 1st European performance with orchestra, Theatre Royal, Newcastle, with Yvonne Patrick

1972–1976

These works were written when Robert was studying composition with John Tavener at Trinity College of Music, London:

• Junior Voices (Dramatic song cycle) 1972
• Threnody
• Body Of John (Denis Glover) 1973
• Gamelan For The Morning Of The World 1974
  • orchestra, choir and soloists.
  • Unperformed
• Rusty Nail (for orchestra)