First Performed by Christopher Britton, at Holywell Music Room, Oxford, on 20th April 2008.

It is a beautiful poetic meditation ... which stands as a companion piece to his successful and evocative Sky Dance for solo flute. Tempo, October 2008.

First performed at the Stratford International Flute Festival, July 2005.

For Owen Dennis and Sarah Nicoll. Commissioned by Music Past and Present for performance in London, February 2004.

"It is a wonderful piece. The nature of the oboe is incorporated into every note. Intense expression in both the assertive sections and the contemplative moments seem to embrace the qualities of the instrument with so much eloquence and beauty. The dialogue with the piano is very exciting." Edwin Roxburgh (2011), former professor at the RCM and (with Leon Goossens) author of the Yehudi Menuhin Guide to the Oboe.

Dedicated to Michael Dean, Texas, USA.

This piece was inspired by a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, the 19th century American Quaker who became a household name in the US and the UK. Despite all the earthquakes, wind and fire of our minds, if we let it the "still small voice of calm" reappears to soothe us. Essentially this is what happens in the piece: sudden violent interjections are gradually pacified by the quiet authority of the insistent repeated melody.

The video below is of the first performance by Michael Dean (Clarinet) and Dena Kay Jones (Piano) at Orfeo Music Festival, Vitipeno, Italy, 8 July 2018.

First US performance on 27 October 2018 at the University of Texas at El Paso by Dr James Logan and Dena Kay Jones (piano). The audience response was very good: "The contrasts between chaos and peace resonated within people".

Commissioned by Ian Chester and the Manchester Recorder Orchestra. First Performance at Buxton Festival, July 2017.

For Ian Chesters and the Manchester Recorder Orchestra 2016.

An easy, jolly piece which should be played with a sense of fun.

First performance 21st April 2012 at All Saints Church, Isleworth, Middlesex by Robert Gibbs (violin) and Oliver Davies ( piano) during Alan Gibbs’ 80th birthday concert.

First performed at the Warwick International Arts Festival, July 2006 by James Barralet (cello) and Sophie Rahman (piano).

Exhilarating. Leamington Courier.

First performed at the Leominster Festival by the composer, 1997.

First performed by Duncan Honeybourne, Magdalen College, Oxford, June 2000.

... an exciting and flamboyant work earned a standing ovation for performer (Kirsten Johnson) and composer. Lionel Sainsbury, Tempo, October 2008.

Commissioned by the Lenthall Concerts, Burford, Oxfordshire and performed by the Rogeri Trio in 1998.

A solo harpsichord piece dedicated to John Cage which was short listed for a competition organised by the British Harpsichord Society in 2012. Although it is obviously contemporary it has a French inflection and is a very expressive piece. It would work well in any recital of 18th century music. Not difficult.

1st Public Performance 15th April 2014, Christchurch, Woking, Surrey by Penelope Cave.

"This stunning work feels traditional — despite being dedicated to John Cage and in the metre 5:7:3 — yet according to Head it opposes the 'endless desire for change in Western music. Stasis and tranquillity is what I wanted to retrieve; variety is implicit, like ripples on a gentle river'." Alice McVeigh, Music and Vision

For Ray Burley.

Written for a wedding.

Inspired by seeing the solar eclipse of 1999 in the UK when at the moment of total eclipse the corona seemed to shine brighter than ever. The words are the last spoken by Goethe.

First performed by the Morley College Chamber Choir, conductor Dr Robert Hanson, June 2003.

For North Cotswold Chamber Choir, conductor Ashley Stafford.

First performed by the Birmingham Conservatoire Choir, conductor Julian Pike, at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, February 1998.

This is a beautiful and often surprising piece which ought to appeal to the large audience already captured by Taverner and Pärt, yet offers a more complex and thought-provoking experience. Calum MacDonald, Tempo (C.U.P) July 1998.

Commissioned by David Pedder for the Abingdon Chamber Recitals with funds from the Arts Council, Autumn 2001. Words specially written by the Irish poet Bernard O'Donaghue. First Performance at St Nicholas Church Abingdon, September 2001.

This piece was commissioned by Cardiff Winds for performance at RWCMD in Cardiff 2017 but for various reasons was not played. The initial idea for this piece came from seeing water dropping down onto a plant in a cave and then being told that the water had dropped in the 18th century! The idea of time (what is it?) permeates the whole piece. Apparently, it starts in the deserts of the Triassic Period and through various modifications goes into the Jurassic when life became abundant in the seas. But the whole piece is a metaphor for changing times when something new and hopeful is reached.

First performance by Cardiff Winds at the Lion Ballroom, Leominster, Herefordshire on Sunday 16th September 2018. Listen to a recording of this performance here:

First Public Performance at James Allen School, London, 5 November 2007, conductor Mr Leigh O'Hara. Played at the Music For You course held at Bicton College, Sidmouth, Devon in August 2007, conductor Guy Woolfenden.

This work has been admirably tailored to suit the developing player. Winds Magazine, Autumn 2007.

Commissioned by the Chipping Norton Youth Theatre, Oxfordshire. Public performances in March 2000.