| 1943 | Born April 12, London |
| 1952-56 | Chorister at Canterbury Cathedral Choir School |
| 1956-59 | Birmingham School of Music (Midland Institute); studies in piano, organ, oboe, trumpet and theory |
| 1957-59 | Organist and choirmaster, Methodist church, Smallheath, Birmingham |
| 1959-67 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London; principal studies: composition and piano |
| 1967-74 | Formed and directed Mouth of Hermes, a professional instrumental ensemble for new and experimental forms of music; toured widely in Europe, Scandinavia and the U.K. |
| 1970-74 | Visiting lecturer in composition and 20th century studies, Hornsey College of Art |
| 1972 | Formed and directed Anglo-Dutch Amalgam, a new music ensemble. Ensemble’s debut concert at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London |
| 1973 | Featured composer/performer, Festival d’Orléans, France; begins musical travels and first attempts at ethnomusicological fieldwork in W. Asia and N. India (Kulu Valley) |
| 1974 | Visiting lecturer, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India |
| 1974-77 | PhD student in Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA: PhD |
| 1978-80 | Research Fellow in African Music, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1980-81 | Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Kenyatta University College, Nairobi |
| 1981-91 | Senior Lecturer, Dartington College of Arts, Devon |
| 1982 | Performs regularly with trombonist James Fulkerson |
| 1984 | First commercial recording of several works for Orchid Records (Wheat) |
| 1987 | Ethnomusicological fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone |
| 1990 | Featured composer, Yokoyama Festival, Japan. Featured composer, International Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 1992-2010 | Joins Amsterdam-based new music group The Barton Workshop as pianist. Toured extensively and made CD recordings for Etcetera, Mode, Walpurgis, Conifer Classics, New World Records, and others |
| 1992 | CD recording of compositions for Continuum (A Monkey’s Paw). Featured composer, Gaudeamus Foundation International Composers Week, Holland |
| 1999 | CD recording of compositions for Etcetera (Finding Refuge in the Remains). Professor of Composition, Dartington College of Arts |
| 2002 | CD recording of compositions for Tzadik (Fired City) |
| 2005 | CD recording of compositions for Mode Records (Faint Traces) |
| 2006 | Tour of Spain with the Barton Workshop |
| 2007 | Tour of USA, Iceland and Korea with the Barton Workshop |
| 2008 | CD recording of composition for Another Timbre (Music for Shakuhachi); CD recording of compositions for Mode (Silenced Voices) |
| 2010 | Composer portrait concert in Los Angeles (Monday Evening Concert series) Closure of Dartington College of Arts awarded Emeritus Professorship by University College Falmouth |
| 2011 | Move to Oxford; performs Feldman’s Triadic Memories and several works by Alvin Lucier in Warsaw |
| 2012 | Featured composer and performer Tectonics Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland; appeared as soloist in Promenade Concerts, London playing Cage |
| 2013 | UK premiere of The Colours of Jellyfish conducted by IIan Volkov, Tectonics Festival Glasgow |
| 2015 | CD recording Whispers issued by Another Timbre |
| 2016 | Portrait Concert in The World according to Bob a tribute to Bob Gilmore (1961-2015) |
| 2019 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award |
| 2019 | CD recording The Fish that became the Sun: Songs of the Dispossessed issued by Another Timbre |
| 2019 | CD recording The Boundaries of Intimacy issued by Another Timbre |
| 2019 | Book: In the Margins of Composition published by Vision Edition |
| 2020 | Royal Philharmonic Society Award |
| 2021 | double CD recording Melodies issued by Another Timbre |
| 2022 | CD recording Screens issued by Another Timbre |
